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House approves legislation ahead of 50th Anniversary of landmark Open Government Law Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation, S. 337, the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, which includes provisions of a companion bill introduced in the House by former Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), and current Ranking Member, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD).  The FOIA Improvement ...

PURPOSE: To examine the roles of 18F and US Digital Service (USDS) in providing IT services to federal agencies and to evaluate how closely they adhere to their original purpose. To explore how they protect against overlap and duplication, measure results, and interact with agency CIOs. BACKGROUND: In March 2014, General Services Administration announced the creation of a new digital government program ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement today after issuing a subpoena to Secretary of State John Kerry for documents and communications related to the Department’s determination that the Keystone XL pipeline would undercut U.S. leadership on climate change, among other things. “The State Department is not cooperating with the Committee’s investigation. Producing ...

PURPOSE: To examine federal and state efforts to combat fraud and trafficking in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program. BACKGROUND: In FY 2015, SNAP provided 46 million low-income individuals and/or households with $69 billion in benefits to help provide for a more nutritious diet. The Office of Management and Budget designated SNAP as a high-error program due to an estimated $2.6 ...

TAKEAWAYS: Significant changes are needed at the Census Bureau to prevent massive cost overruns with Census 2020. Mismanagement is a problem at the Bureau. As the 2018 end-to-end test deadline draws closer, there are still 178 decisions for management to make to ensure readiness of the modernized system. The Bureau must narrowly focus and hasten IT modernization efforts in order prevent cost overruns and meet Census 2020's immutable time ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after learning of the arrest of the information security officer for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 on four counts of possession of child pornography, a class II felony. “If true, the level of ...