LIST OF WITNESSES TO APPEAR BEFORE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON
THE YEAR 2000 CONVERSION EFFORTS AND
IMPLICATIONS FOR BENEFICIARIES AND TAXPAYERS


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1999 - BEGINNING AT 9:00 A.M.
ROOM 1100 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING


The Honorable John A. Koskinen, Assistant to the President, and
    Chairman, President=s Council on Year 2000 Conversion


PANEL:

The Honorable Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

          The Honorable Richard L. Gregg, Commissioner, Financial Management Service

A. Scott Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Zions National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Member, Communications Council, American Bankers Association

Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Accounting and Information Management Division, U.S. General Accounting Office

Dennis S. Schindel, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Treasury


The Honorable Olivia Golden, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


PANEL:

Julie Pollard, Medicaid Director, Connecticut Department of Social Services, on behalf of National Governors= Association (Chair, Systems Technical Advisory Group, Health Care Financing Administration)

Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, U.S. General Accounting Office


PANEL:

The Honorable Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service

Paul Cosgrave, Chief Information Officer, Internal Revenue Service

Mark A. Ernst, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, H&R Block

William J. Dennis, Senior Research Fellow, Education Foundation, National Federation of Independent Businesses

James R. White, Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, General Government Division, U.S. General Accounting Office


PANEL:

John W. Magaw, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

Patrick Schambach, Assistant Director, Science and Technology, and Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

S.W. Hall, Jr., Assistant Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, U.S. Customs Service

George N. Naccara, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Transportation

James B. Clawson, Secretariat, Joint Industry Group

Dennis S. Schindel, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Randolph C. Hite, Associate Director, Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, U.S. General Accounting Office


The Honorable Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


PANEL:

Fred Brown, Vice Chairman, BJC Health Systems, St. Louis, Missouri, and Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association

Donald J. Palmisano, M.D., J.D., Member, Board of Directors, and Chair, Development Committee, National Patient Safety Foundation, and Member, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association

Curtis Lord, Chief Executive Officer, First Coast Service Options, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association of Florida, on behalf of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Diane Archer, Executive Director, Medicare Rights Center, New York, New York

Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Accounting and Information Management Division, U.S. General Accounting Office