Y4.G 74/7:AD 9/11 THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT, OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION NOVEMBER 5, 1997 Serial No. 105-120 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 48-759 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-057226-6 BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York MARSHALL "MARK” SANFORD, South JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire MICHAEL PAPPAS, New Jersey VINCE SNOWBARGER, Kansas ROB PORTMAN, Ohio HENRY A. WAXMAN, California ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia GARY A. CONDIT, California CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine HAROLD E. FORD, JR., Tennessee BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont (Independent) CONTENTS Hearing held on November 5, 1997 Alberts, Bruce, president, National Academy of Science; Eric Glitzenstein, attorney, Meyer & Glitzenstein; Valerie Stanley, staff attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund; R. Scott Fosler, president, National Academy of Public Administration; Peter Szanton, chairman, Board of Trustees, National Academy of Public Administration; Dwight Ink, former Acting Administrator, General Services Administration; and Christopher Paine, senior research associate, Natural Resources Defense Council Stevens, L. Nye, Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office, accompanied by G. Martin Wagner, Associate Administrator for Government Policy, General Services Ad- ministration; James L. Dean, director of the committee management Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by: Alberts, Bruce, president, National Academy of Science: Davis, Hon. Danny K., a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, prepared statement of Fosler, R. Scott, president, National Academy of Public Administration, Glitzenstein, Eric, attorney, Meyer & Glitzenstein, prepared statement Prepared statement of ... 141 Wagner, G. Martin, Associate Administrator for Government Policy, Gen- Waxman, Hon. Henry A., a Representative in Congress from the State |