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COTS Audio

Some panelists in POGO's Congressional Oversight Training Series (COTS) permit the recording of their opening remarks. Recordings of these remarks can be found below.


Comments by John Donnelly, Senior Writer, Congressional Quarterly and Editor, CQ’s Executive Briefing-Defense, February 24, 2012, on How to Work with the Media. (Running time: 9:17)
 

 
Comments by Matthew Mosk, Producer, ABC News, February 24, 2012, on How to Work with the Media. (Running time: 11:04)
 

 

Comments by David Willman, Reporter, Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2012, on How to Work with the Media. (Running time: 7:24)
 

 
Comments by Michal Ilana Freedhoff, Ph.D., Policy Director, Office of Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA), November 18, 2011, on Personal Offices & Oversight: What You Can Do. (Running time: 11:04)
 

 
Comments by Paul Thacker, former investigator on the Finance Committee for Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and current investigator at the Project On Government Oversight, November 18, 2011, on Personal Offices & Oversight: What You Can Do. (Running time: 12:03)
 

 

Comments by Ruth Fleischer, Adjunct Professor in the Legislative Practicum/Congressional Internship Program University of Maryland School of Law, September 30, 2011, on How to Prepare for an Oversight Hearing. (Running time: 15:39)
 

 
Comments by Mark R. Paoletta, Partner in Dickstein Shapiro’s Government Law & Strategy Group and leads the firm’s Congressional Investigations Practice. Former Chief Counsel for the House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s Oversight and Investigations and Assistant Counsel to the President during the George H.W. Bush Administration, September 30, 2011, on How to Prepare for an Oversight Hearing. (Running time: 4:24)
 

 
Comments by Adam Miles, Director of Policy and Congressional Affairs at the Office of Special Counsel; formerly a professional staff member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 22, 2011, on the Office of Special Counsel and Working with Insiders and Whistleblowers. (Running time: 6:43)
 

 
Comments by Peter Tyler, Professional Staff, Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, May 20, 2011, on Conducting Oversight of the Department of Defense. (Running time: 12:18)
 

 
Comments by Winslow Wheeler, Director of the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information, and former professional staff member who worked on national security issues for both Republican and Democratic Senators, May 20, 2011, on conducting Oversight of the Department of Defense. (Running time: 17:27)
 

 

Comments by David Kotz, Inspector General, Securities and Exchange Commission, April 29, 2011. (Running time: 9:36)
 

 

Comments by Jonathan Gill, Assistant Director at the Government Accountability Office, April 29, 2011. (Running time: 10:32)
 

 

Comments by Louis Fisher, former Specialist in Constitutional Law at the Law Library and former Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers at the Congressional Research Service, April 29, 2011. (Running time: 14:27)
 

 

Comments by Mickey Edwards, Vice President and Director of the Aspen Institute; former Member of Congress (R-OK) and Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, February 7, 2011. (Running time: 8:56)
 

 
Comments by Morton Rosenberg, Fellow, The Constitution Project; former Specialist in American Law at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), February 7, 2011. (Running time: 11:12)
 

 

Comments by Stanley Brand of the Brand Law Group; former General Counsel to the House of Representatives under Speaker Tip O’Neill, Jr., February 7, 2011. (Running time: 10:10)
 

 

Comments by Cherri Branson, Chief Oversight Counsel, House Homeland Security Committee on Key Ingredients for Effective Oversight of Disaster Relief, February 19, 2010. (Running time: 8:51)

 

 
Comments by William Jenkins, Director, Homeland Security and Justice at the Government Accountability Office. Key Ingredients for Effective Oversight of Disaster Relief,  February 19, 2010. (Running time: 7:49)
 

 
Comments by Scott Lilly, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress,and former Clerk and Staff Director of the House Appropriations Committee, Minority Staff Director of that Committee, Executive Director of the House Democratic Study Group, Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee and Chief of Staff in the Office of Congressman David Obey.  January 22, 2010. (Running time: 15:04)
 

 
Comments by Scott Burnison, Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Homeland Security, IT, and Civic Agencies for Lockheed Martin, and former Staff for the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee. January 22, 2010. (Running time: 18:17)
 

 

Comments by Jerry Kammer, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, former journalist at The Arizona Republic and Copley News Service, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2006. January 22, 2010. (Running time: 15:19)
   
Comments by Peter Tyler, Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Congressional Oversight Training Series: The Nuts n' Bolts of a Good Investigation, Seminar Objectives: To learn how to conduct meaningful oversight from a personal office; To identify the dangers of partisan investigations; To be sure your investigation is asking the right questions; How to work with nontraditional oversight partners, November 20, 2009. (Running time: 15:04)
   
Comments by Jeffrey Gerth, Senior Reporter with ProPublica, and formerly with The New York Times, (Full disclosure - Jeff Gerth's wife worked for the Senate Foreign Relations Committe until early 2007).  Congressional Oversight Training Series: The Nuts n' Bolts of a Good Investigation, Seminar Objectives: To learn how to conduct meaningful oversight from a personal office; To identify the dangers of partisan investigations; To be sure your investigation is asking the right questions; How to work with nontraditional oversight partners, November 20, 2009. (Running time: 14:28)
   
Comments by Marco Villagrana, Investigator for the Senate Special Committee on Aging; Congressional Oversight Training Series: The Nuts n' Bolts of a Good Investigation, Seminar Objectives: To learn how to conduct meaningful oversight from a personal office; To identify the dangers of partisan investigations; To be sure your investigation is asking the right questions; How to work with nontraditional oversight partners, November 20, 2009. (Running time: 9:52)
   
Comments by Steve Castor, Senior Counsel, House Committee on Oversight and Gov't Reform, Darrell Issa, Ranking Member. Congressional Oversight Training Series: Beginning Seminar: How to Prepare For An Oversight Hearing, October 16, 2009 (Running time: 20:40)
   
Comments by Linda Gustitus, former Chief of Staff for Senator Carl Levin (D-MI). Congressional Oversight Training Series: Beginning Seminar: How to Prepare For An Oversight Hearing, October 16, 2009. (Running time: 18:12)
   
Comments by Leigh Ann Caldwell, DC Editor and Reporter, Free Speech Radio News (FSRN)/Pacifica. Congressional Oversight Training Series: Beginning Seminar: How to Prepare For An Oversight Hearing, October 16, 2009. (Running time: 10:13)
   

Panel Comments, Congressional Oversight Training Series: Congress vs. the President: The Scope and Limits of Congressional Oversight Powers  (held at the National Press Club, Washington DC), July 16, 2009. 

[The proper role of the legislature is] to watch and control the government; to throw the light of publicity on its acts; to compel a full exposition and justification of all of them which any one considers questionable; to censure them if found condemnable.
– John Stuart Mill

Panel Included:

  • Mickey Edwards; former Member of Congress (R-OK), 1977-1993
  • Morton Rosenberg; author/contributor to the handbooks; former Specialist in American Law at the Congressional Research Service staffer, and Constitution Project Fellow
  • Chris Shays; former Member of Congress (R-CT), 1987-2009
  • Ronald Weich; Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs for President Barack Obama

Comments by Margaret Daum, soon-to-be Staff Director for the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight chaired by Senator McCaskill (D-MO), and former Counsel for the House Oversight Committee; Congressional Oversight Training Series: Contracting Know-How, March 20, 2009. (Running time: 6:56)
   
Comments By Jim Catella, Senior Legislative Assistant in the Office of Congressman Michael N. Castle (DE); Congressional Oversight Training Series: Contracting Know-How, March 20, 2009. (Running tme: 8:56)
   

Comments by Mort Rosenberg, current fellow at the Constitution Project, former specialist in American public law, Congressional Research Service; Congressional Oversight Training Series: "Investigations for Beginners," February 20, 2009. (Running time: 14:50)
   

Comments by Edward Mills, Office of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney; Congressional Oversight Training Series: "Advanced Seminar: Oversight of the Financial Sector," February 20, 2009. (Running time: 11:29)
   

Comments by Stanley Brand, former General Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives under Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr.; Congressional Oversight Training Series: "The Right Balance of Power: The Responsibility of Congressional Oversight," January 23, 2009. (Running time: 12:48)
   

Comments by Chris Strohm, national security reporter for Congress Daily; Congressional Oversight Training Series: "The Right Balance of Power: The Responsibility of Congressional Oversight," January 23, 2009. (Running time: 9:27)