SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION:PATRICIA Q. STONESIFER

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: April 11, 2007 | Copyright information


Congressional Testimony

04-11-2007

Statement of Patricia Q. Stonesifer Chair, Governance Committee card of
Regents Smithsonian Institution Committee on Senate Rules and Administration
April 11, 2007 Thank you for inviting me to testify, as Chair of the Governance
Committee of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, on steps
the Board of Regents recently has taken to strengthen governance at the
institution, and what we intend to do in th...

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