The Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Ways & Means Committee holds a hearing today on Economic Stimulus Payments.  From the hearing announcement:

The Subcommittees will review the status of the economic stimulus payments. They will examine the number of returns received and processed, the number of rebate checks issued (direct deposit and paper), the amount of the rebate checks issued, the overall payment schedule of rebate checks, and outreach activities conducted by the IRS and the SSA to locate individuals eligible for the rebate checks. Further, the Subcommittees will examine problems experienced by individuals eligible for rebate checks and what can be done to address these problems.

The Subcommittees also will examine the identity theft schemes developed to date and review actions taken in response. Finally, the Subcommittees will ask the agencies to examine how to protect Social Security beneficiaries and other individuals from identity theft schemes using rebate checks as a lure.

Here are the witnesses scheduled to testify:

• Nina E. Olson (National Taxpayer Advocate, IRS)
• Douglas H. Shulman (Commissioner, IRS)
• Linda McMahon (Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Social Security Administration)

The hearing takes place this morning at 10:00 a.m. in the main Committee hearing room, 1100 Longworth House Office Building.