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New details on misconduct and security lapses emerge Today, after a year-long investigation of  the United States Secret Service (USSS), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD), released a bipartisan report detailing the Committee’s findings into the troubled agency. The report highlights serious leadership and staffing concerns, ...

PURPOSE: • To examine the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and their efforts to coordinate drug control policy and spending across the federal government. • To discuss the various proposals for reauthorization of ONDCP and its programs. • To examine ONDCP’s responses to Government Accountability Office reviews and the resulting recommendations. BACKGROUND: • Congress created ONDCP in 1988 as part of the Anti-Drug Abuse ...

PURPOSE: • To examine the National Invasive Species Information Center (NISC) and its mission of treating and eradicating invasive species. • To discuss the ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee commended the work of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Office of the Inspector General (IG) upon release of its Semiannual Report to Congress. During Fiscal Year 2015, the GSA IG issued 85 audit reports, seven (7) audit memoranda, and seven (7) inspection and evaluation reports. The IG opened 161 ...