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PURPOSE: To identify what the new officials at the Department of Justice can learn from the mistakes made by their predecessors in responding to Congress's inquiry.   To understand the effect of the Justice Department's obstruction on these witnesses. BACKGROUND:

Documents obtained after years of litigation reveal the full depth of DOJ's obstructionist tactics The report highlights key documents and communications won during the course of federal litigation which detail DOJ's stonewalling of both Congress and the family of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.

Documents obtained after years of litigation reveal the full depth of DOJ's obstructionist tactics Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) released a 250-plus page

PURPOSE: To evaluate the Department of Education's (the Department) progress towards accurately estimating improper payments and its plans to prevent them in the future.  To examine how the Department recovers overpayments. BACKGROUND: Improper ...

Affirms Congress' independent investigative authority WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) responding to the agency's decision to withhold documents requested by the Committee on

PURPOSE: To examine how environmental advocacy groups and federal agencies regulate through consent decrees using citizen lawsuit provisions in environmental laws. To discuss these lawsuits' impact on businesses and landowners, as well as potential long-term solutions.

WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after the Department of Education announced the resignation of James Runcie, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Federal Student Aid (FSA), who was invited to testify at a Committee hearing on improper payments tomorrow. "It is disappointing Mr. Runcie would rather resign than ...

Bills address Official Time Transparency and Social Security Number Fraud Prevention  "While OPM may request that agencies provide data related to official time, OPM does not have any set standards or procedures prescribing the collection of official time data. Considering the burden that official time puts on the taxpayer, more ...

PURPOSE: To examine efforts by federal agencies to reduce the use of Social Security numbers (SSNs) and the security challenges facing these agencies. BACKGROUND: In 2007, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) required all federal agencies to identify opportunities to ...