During this reporting period, the Inspector General testified three times:

(1) Before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, concerning the FBI’s use of exigent letters and other informal requests for telephone records;

(2) Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism and DHS, concerning the Department’s readiness to respond to a Weapons of Mass Destruction incident; and

(3) Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, concerning OIG reports relevant to the FY 2011 budget request for the Department.