LIST OF WITNESSES TO APPEAR BEFORE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY
ON WORK INCENTIVES FOR BLIND AND DISABLED SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARIES


THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2000 - BEGINNING AT 10:00 A.M
ROOM 1100 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING


The Honorable Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., M.C., Maryland


Social Security Administration:
    Susan Daniels, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs


U.S. General Accounting Office:

Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Associate Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues; Health, Education and Human Services Division;
    accompanied by
Carol Petersen, Assistant Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues; Health, Education and Human Services Division


PANEL:

Brenda Gillis, Social Security Beneficiary, Stuart, Florida

Joanne Wilson, Director, Louisiana Center for the Blind, Ruston, Louisiana

Brenda S. Cavenaugh, Ph.D., Research Director,   Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision,   Mississippi State University

James Gashel, Director, Governmental Affairs, National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, Maryland


PANEL:

David Gallagher, Social Security Beneficiary, Eastpointe, Michigan

William VanOoteghem, Father of Social Security Beneficiary, Essexville, Michigan, on behalf of Arc of the United States;
    accompanied by
Wendy VanOoteghem, Social Security Beneficiary, Essexville, Michigan

Pamela P. Hanes, Ph.D., Associate Director for Research, Oregon Health Policy Institute, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University

Tony Young, Vice Chair, and Co-Chair, Task Force on Social Security, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities; and Director of Government Activities, NISH, Vienna, Virginia