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Sequestration Oversight: Understanding the Administration’s Decisions on Spending Cuts and Furloughs

Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements, Chairman James Lankford (R-OK) and Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the Census, Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-TX)
Hearing
DOD and DHS: Implementing Agency Watchdogs’ Recommendations Could Save Taxpayers Billions

Full Committee Hearing, Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Press Release
Oversight Leaders Introduce Bill to Enhance GAO Investigative Powers

“The GAO’s work is vital to Congress and to this Committee in particular,” said Issa. “Congress must have current information on how Federal programs are performing in order to both legislate effectively and to conduct meaningful oversight.”
Press Release
Oversight Leaders Introduce Federal Information Security Update Legislation

“Currently, federal agencies are struggling with cyber-security threats,” said Issa. “This update to FISMA will incorporate the last decade of technological innovation, while also addressing FISMA shortcomings realized over the past years.”
Press Release
Oversight Subcommittees Question Agencies’ Plans for Sequester

Chairman Jim Jordan(R-OH) and Chairman Blake Farenthold will convene a joint subcommittee hearing Tuesday, March 19th at 1:30 p.m. to examine and contrast how three federal agencies are implementing mandatory budget cuts enacted by sequestration over the coming months.
Hearing
Addressing Transparency in the Federal Bureaucracy: Moving Toward A More Open Government

Full Committee Hearing, Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Press Release
Issa Statement on House’s Balanced Budget Proposal

“I applaud Chairman Ryan for his strong and consistent leadership in reminding all of us that, just as American families have to budget their spending, the federal government should too. Much of the spending reduction targets included in this plan to balance the budget in ten years can be achieved...
Press Release
Issa & Cummings Unveil FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act

“Requests through the Freedom of Information Act remain the principal vehicle through which the American people can access information generated by their government,” said Issa. “The draft bill is designed to strengthen transparency by ensuring that legislative and executive action to...
Hearing
Field Hearing “Addressing Unused and Vacant Federal Courthouses: A Case Study in Miami-Dade, Florida”

Subcommittee on Government Operations, Chairman John Mica (R-FL)
Report
Billions of Federal Tax Dollars Misspent on New York’s Medicaid Program

New York State’s Medicaid program is the largest in the country. In fiscal year 2010,  New York’s $2,700 per resident Medicaid spending exceeded per capita Medicaid spending in  the rest of the country by more than $1,500. When problems have been identified, the cost  associated has often been large as well. Poor program oversight by both the State and federal  Government has contributed to these problems.