WITNESS LIST
Government Efficiency & Reform Committee
April 1, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Corson, Michelle (Self; Champion Impact Capital)
Shah, Nirav (Social Finance, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)
Travis, Clayton (Texans Care for Children)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Sesgraves, Clare (Health and human services commission)
For:
Henley, Terry (Self; Commission on State Emergency Communications)
Kramer, Matt (Sahs and Associates, P.C.)
Kramer, Matt (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)
Sweeney, Jack (Self; Houston Chronicle and the Texas Press Association)
On:
Bruun, Bech (Office of the Governor)
Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)
Treacy, William (Tx state board of public accountancy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and Texas Press
Association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
On:
Hermanson, Alan (Tx State Board of Public Accountancy)
Moore, Kelvin (Council on purchasing from people with disabilities)
Scantlen, Alan (Health and human services commission)
For:
Baylor, William (Emdeon)
Crowder, Paul (FICO)
1
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Hines, James (Verizon)
Kroll, John (Gemalto, Inc.)
For:
Kramer, Matt (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)
Kramer, Matt (Sahs and Associates, P.C.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
On:
Lersch, Chad (DIR)
For:
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Olson, Anne (Tx Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of Light)
On:
Shaw, Jean (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
2
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
For:
Aleshire, Bill (Self)
Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Hiott, Debbie (Self; Texas Press Association, Austin American-Statesman)
Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and Texas Press
Association)
Prather, Laura (Self)
Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of information of texas, texas press association)
Watler, Paul (Self; Texas Association of Broadcasters)
On:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Borders, Gary (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Hartman, Fred (Self; Texas Press Association, Hartman Newspapers, L.P.)
Moser, Jim (Self; Texas Press Association)
Patterson, Bill (Denton record chronicle/dallas morning news/texas press association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Stephenson, Thomas (Texas press association and the Houston Chronicle)
Woomer, Eric (Daily Court Review & Daily Commercial Record)
Against:
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
On:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
On:
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Traylor, Chris (Health and human services commission)
3
WITNESS LIST
For:
Grimes, Cyd (Self; Travis County / TXPPA)
Hallett, Cindy (Self; TxPPA)
Hallett, Cindy (Self; TxPPA)
Hallett, Cindy (Self; TxPPA and City of Cedar Park)
Henley, Terry (City of Meadows Place)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Borders, Gary (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Hartman, Fred (Self; Texas Press Association)
Mckelvy, Clay (Public Citizen)
Moser, Jim (Self; Texas Press Association)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Denton Record-Chronicle/Dallas Morning News/Texas Press
Association)
Stephenson, Thomas (Texas Press Association and the Houston Chronicle)
Weaver, Michael (Self; Weaver & Jacobs Constructors, Associated Builders and Contractors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Luna, Vilma (City of Irving)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Cates, Emily (Self; Daily Commercial Recors)
Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Hiott, Debbie (Self; Texas Press Association, Austin American-Statesman)
Morin, Thomas (Self; Daily Court Review)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)
Vielma, Eliza (Americans for Prosperity)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
On:
Hallett, Cindy (Self; City if Cedar Park)
4
WITNESS LIST
For:
Borders, Gary (Self; Freedom ofnInformation Foundation of Texas)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
On:
Cary, Katherine (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Hiott, Debbie (Self; Texas Press Association, Austin American-Statesman)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and Texas Press
Association)
Woomer, Eric (Daily Court Review & Daily Commercial Record)
On:
Peterson, Peg (Texas Legislative Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Seagraves, CLare (Health amd human services commission)
5