House Committee on Agriculture

Subcommittee on Department Operation, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture Hearing - March 12, 1997



Hearing of the House Committee on Agriculture

Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee

Review the status of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) for the food stamp program implementation

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9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 12, 1997

1302 Longworth House Office Building

WITNESS LIST

First Panel

Mary Ann Keeffe, Acting Undersecretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, U.S Department of Agriculture

Acc. By: Yvette Jackson, Deputy Administrator for the Food Stamp Program

Roger Viadero, USDA Inspector General

Acc. By: James R. Ebbitt, Assistant Inspector General For Audit;

Craig L Beauchamp, Assistant Inspector Investigations

Second Panel

Gregory Coler, President and CEO, Transactive Corporation

Bob Rasor, Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Investigation, U.S. Secret Service

G. Edward DeSeve, Controller, OMB

Third Panel

Ronald Spendal, Manager, Policy and Budget Section, Adult and Family Service Division,

Oregon Department of Human Services, for American Public Welfare Association

Jerri Thomas, Project Director, MD

Acc. By: Mark Reger, Chief Deputy Treasurer, State of MD

Annette LoVoi, EBT Liaison to the Comptroller of Texas' Office

Melba Price, Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Missouri Department of Social Services

Roberta York, EBT Manager, San Bernardino County, Department of Social Services