Nominations of Angela B. Styles, Stephen A. Perry, and John D. Graham: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session on the Nominations of Angela B. Styles to be Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget, Stephen A. Perry to be Administrator of the General Services Administration, and John D. Graham to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, May 17, 2001U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 689 pages |
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Page 146 - No. 5. If confirmed, are there any issues from which you may have to recuse or disqualify yourself because of a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest?
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Page 101 - Gleiman being duly sworn, hereby states that he has read and signed the foregoing Statement on Biographical and Financial Information and that the information provided therein is, to the best of his knowledge, current, accurate, and complete. Subscribed and sworn before me this II.
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