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PURPOSE: To continue oversight of the federal agencies' implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA). BACKGROUND: In December 2014, Congress enacted FITARA to promote federal IT modernization and strengthen the federal IT workforce. The Committee worked alongside the Government Accountability Office to develop a scorecard to assess ...

WASHINGTON, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows and Subcommittee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly released the following statement after the Committee passed bipartisan legislation, 

PURPOSE: To further explore the current state of free speech protections on college campuses and examine first-hand accounts from the perspectives of those at the forefront of the debate. To understand the policies and viewpoints that have enabled suppression of constitutionally protected free speech at institutions of higher education. BACKGROUND: On July 27, 2017, the Subcommittee on ...

PURPOSE: To mark the 10th anniversary of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and to evaluate the Hardest Hit Fund's (HHF) foreclosure mitigation performance. BACKGROUND: In response to the U.S. financial recession, Congress created the Department of Treasury's TARP in 2008 with the ...

Washington, DC - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and National Security Subcommittee Vice Chairman Steve Russell released the following statement after the Committee held a classified briefing on the October 2017 ambush of U.S. and Nigerien soldiers near Tongo Tongo, Niger.  "We appreciate the Department's willingness to brief Members of the Committee on the findings ...

PURPOSE: To examine the Census Bureau’s progress during the 2018 end-to-end test and examine ongoing preparations for the 2020 decennial census. BACKGROUND: In order to control costs, the Census Bureau is concentrating on four main innovation areas: (1) reengineering address canvassing; (2) optimizing ...

PURPOSE: To discuss policy proposals for reauthorizing the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) as they play a critical role in coordinating the federal response to our nation's opioid epidemic. To discuss how evidence-based policymaking and information sharing can be used to identify and prevent emerging drug trends. BACKGROUND: Over the last 20 years, the ...

PURPOSE: To examine the workforce modernization provisions of the President's Management Agenda. To discuss how the Agenda fits into the ongoing reorganization efforts and the Administration's vision for a modern, effective, efficient, and accountable federal government. BACKGROUND: On March 20, 2018, ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Mitchell released the following statement after hosting a roundtable discussion with the Departments of State, Labor and Homeland Security to examine fraud and misuse of B-1 visas in lieu of H-1B visas. "It's important that we identify, examine, and fight the fraudulent use of visas by employers. Specific visas are designed for specific purposes, and when companies abuse or deceive the visa system, they hurt American workers ...