Oversight Committees to Probe SEC's Management Practices
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TARP, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND BAILOUTS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROGRAMS
THE HONORABLE PATRICK MCHENRY, CHAIRMAN
&
SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, EFFICIENCY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
THE HONORABLE TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, CHAIRMAN
will hold a hearing entitled
“Financial Management, Work Force, and Operations at the SEC: Who’s Watching Wall Street’s Watchdog?”
ON THURSDAY, MARCH 10TH AT 1:30 PM
Oversight Subcommittees to Probe SEC’s Management Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C – This hearing will provide Members of the Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs and the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management with an opportunity to explore current and historical problems with the SEC’s management practices.
The hearing will ask questions about the agency’s handling of Mr. David Becker’s conflict of interest regarding the Madoff case and how it relates to those management problems. The hearing will also examine the way management handled 2010’s employee pornography scandal and audits of the SEC’s internal controls.
Information for the hearing is below. The hearing will be posted online at https://oversight.house.gov later in the day.
Read the joint press release from Rep. Issa/Sen. Grassley.
Title: Financial Management, Work Force and Operations at the SEC: Who’s Watching Wall Street’s Watchdog?
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011
Start Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
Witnesses:
• Mary Schapiro
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission
• Jeffrey Risinger
Director of Human Resources, Securities and Exchange Commission
• Jonathan (“Jack”) Katz
Former Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission
• Helen Chaitman, Esq.
Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
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