"field hearing" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a public hearing held outside of the court or legislative system, such as a hearing held by the Federal Communications Commission in a remote town. For example, "The Federal Communications Commission held a field hearing in Greenville, Mississippi last week to discuss rural access to broadband internet."
"Last year, there was a Congressional subcommittee field hearing at Logan, which highlighted that the airport's security policies are some of the best in the country," he said.
IN THE UNITED STATES On Monday, a House small business subcommittee will conduct a field hearing in Pittsburgh about the effect of trade policies on small businesses and manufacturing.
"These agencies along with Stanford have robbed me of my American dream," Craig Nelson, a 55-year-old resident of Magnolia Springs, Ala., testified at a Senate Banking Committee field hearing.
MIAMI, July 10 — Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified on Monday before the Senate Armed Services Committee at a field hearing here on immigrants in the military.
At a Monday morning Congressional field hearing here, lawmakers and executives both described a deteriorating situation in which $20 billion annually in copyrighted movies, music and other entertainment are being lost to global piracy networks that are tolerated or encouraged by countries like China, Russia, India and — in a case that drew special attention — Canada.
In July, I held a Senate Judiciary Committee field hearing in Vermont on the importance of protecting an open Internet.
He made it to the stadium only after officials from US Track & Field heard of their plight and stepped in.
Next month, Zipz, the company behind this new format, will introduce them at baseball stadiums, including Citi Field (hear that, Mets fans?), and at wine shops.
One of the speakers – a huge name in our field – heard that I did research in her area, and came over and introduced herself.
Field heard back this week from the financial secretary to the Treasury, Jane Ellison, who revealed that HM Revenue and Customs was establishing a specialist unit to investigate firms shirking employment obligations.
"I have never, ever in my 30-plus years in the medical field heard of anyone ever making out in a supply closet.
