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Letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen regarding “special project team” responsible for Lois Lerner FOIA requests
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Chairmen Chaffetz and Jordan Request Information on the IRS’ “Special Project Team” Created in Connection to the Lois Lerner Investigation

WASHINGTON—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, and Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan, sent a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen requesting further information on the “special project team” established outside of the normal agency process to respond to congressional subpoenas and requests for information, Freedom of ...
Letter
Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry Regarding Mexico Consulates
Letter
Letter to TSA Acting Deputy Administrator Mark Hatfield Regarding the DHS OIG Investigation of a System-Wide Failure to Secure the Nation’s Airports
Press Release
House Oversight Full Committee FOIA Hearings Wrap-Up

“Ensuring Transparency through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)” Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 2:00 p.m. “Ensuring Agency Compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)” Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 9:00 ...
Hearing
Ensuring Agency Compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

HEARING PURPOSE: This hearing will examine the processes agencies use to meet FOIA’s legal requirements and explore barriers to effective and efficient compliance from the FOIA officer’s perspective. The Committee will hear from the witnesses tasked with implementing FOIA at several agencies that need to improve response efforts. HEARING BACKGROUND: ...
Hearing
Ensuring Transparency through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

HEARING PURPOSE: To examine the use of FOIA requests as a tool for government transparency and explore barriers to accessing public documents from the user’s perspective. The Committee will hear from witnesses that use FOIA in news reporting, academic research, and to conduct government oversight. HEARING BACKGROUND: Enacted in 1966, FOIA is a transparency tool for individuals to ensure government accountability. Under FOIA, requesters may ask ...
Letter
Letter to President Obama Urging the Nomination of a Permanent Inspector General for the Department of the Interior
Press Release
Majority Leader, Chairmen Bishop, Chaffetz, Calvert Urge President to Nominate Permanent Inspector General at Interior

For more than six years the Department of the Interior (DOI) has been without a permanent Inspector General which has “reduced the Department’s efficiency and deprived taxpayers from fully realizing the benefits of a strong inspector general,” according to key lawmakers in the House.   Today, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Natural Resources ...
Press Release
Oversight Committee Issues Subpoena to IRS Official for FOIA Hearing

“Compelling a witness to testify under subpoena is not the preference of this Committee.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of next week’s Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declined an invitation to allow Mary Howard, the Director of Privacy, Governmental Liaison, and Disclosure, to testify before the Committee. Chairman Jason Chaffetz sent a