The Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia will hold an oversight hearing on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled, “Protecting the Protectors: An Assessment of Front-line Federal Workers in Response to the H1N1 Flu .”

The hearing will examine the status of agencies’ occupational safety and health protocols that are responsible for protecting federal workers from communicable diseases, such as the H1N1 virus.

For further information regarding the hearing, please contact the Subcommittee Clerk/Press Secretary, Marcus A. Williams, at ext – 65845.

WITNESS LIST

Panel I:

Mr. Thomas Galassi
Director, Technical Support & Emergency Management, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Dr. David Weissman
Director, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Ms. Nancy Kichak
Associate Director, Strategic Human Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Ms. Elaine Duke
Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Panel II:

Mr. John Gage
National President, American Federation of Government Employees

Ms. Colleen Kelley
National President, National Treasury Employees Union

Panel III:

Dr. Thomas F. O’Brien
Vice President, Global Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics
Director Microbiology Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Associate professor, Harvard Medical School

Mr. Jeffrey Levi, PhD
Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health

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