House Ways & Means Subcommittee Hearing on Social Security Offset Penalties

House Ways & Means Subcommittee Hearing on Social Security Offset Penalties
DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMMENTS:
Please Note:  Any person(s) and/or organization(s) wishing to submit written testimony for the Social Security subcommittee hearing record MUST REPLY with a submission attachment as a Word or WordPerfect document, in compliance with the formatting requirements listed below, by the deadline: the  close of business Wednesday, January 30, 2008.

• From the Committee homepage: http://waysandmeans.house.gov
• select “110th Congress” from the dropdown menu entitled, “Committee Hearings” (http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Hearings.asp?congress=18)
• select: 1-16-2008 “Hearing on Social Security Benefits for Economically Vulnerable Beneficiaries” (http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=603)
• Click on the link entitled, “Click here to provide a submission for the record.”  Once you have followed the online instructions, completing all informational forms and clicking “submit” on the final page, an email will be sent to the address which you supply confirming your interest in providing a submission for the record.  You MUST REPLY to the email and ATTACH your submission as a Word or WordPerfect document, in compliance with the formatting requirements listed below, by close of business Wednesday, January 30, 2008.  
• Please note that due to the change in House mail policy, the U.S. Capitol Police will refuse sealed-package deliveries to all House Office Buildings.  For questions, or if you encounter technical problems, please call (202) 225-1721.

FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS:
The Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the official hearing record. As always, submissions will be included in the record according to the discretion of the Committee. The Committee will not alter the content of your submission, but we reserve the right to format it according to our guidelines. Any submission provided to the Committee by a witness, any supplementary materials submitted for the printed record, and any written comments in response to a request for written comments must conform to the guidelines listed below. Any submission or supplementary item not in compliance with these guidelines will not be printed, but will be maintained in the Committee files for review and use by the Committee.
1.   All submissions and supplementary materials must be provided in Word or WordPerfect format and MUST NOT exceed a total of 10 pages, including attachments.  Witnesses and submitters are advised that the Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the official hearing record.
2.  Copies of whole documents submitted as exhibit material will not be accepted for printing.  Instead, exhibit material should be referenced and quoted or paraphrased.  All exhibit material not meeting these specifications will be maintained in the Committee files for review and use by the Committee.
3.  All submissions must include a list of all clients, persons, and/or organizations on whose behalf the witness appears.  A supplemental sheet must accompany each submission listing the name, company, address, telephone and fax numbers of each witness.
Note:  All Committee advisories and news releases are available on the World Wide Web at http://waysandmeans.house.gov.