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HEARING: Chairman Reichert Announces Hearing on Ending Cash for Convicts and Other Ways to Improve the Integrity of the UI Program

September 11, 2013

Focus Of The Hearing
The hearing will review possible measures to improve the program integrity of the UI program, including H.R. 2826, the Permanently Ending Receipt by Prisoners (PERP) Act.

Witness List

Julia Hearthway
Secretary of Labor and Industry, Pennsylvania
Testimony

Scott Sanders
Commissioner, Department of Workforce Development, Indiana
Testimony

Doug Holmes
President, UWC – Strategic Services on Unemployment & Workers’ Compensation
Testimony
(Truth in Testimony)

Valerie Melvin
Director, Information Management and Technology Resources Issues, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Testimony

Sharon Dietrich
Managing Attorney, Community Legal Services
Testimony
(Truth in Testimony)

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