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OGR Full Committee Business Meeting 3/10/2011

Oversight and Government Reform Full Committee Business Meeting Thursday   On Thursday, March 10, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a Business Meeting to take up the following legislation:   •H.R. 471, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act •H.R. 899, a bill to amend Title 41 of the United States Code to extend the sunset date for certain ...
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Oversight Committees to Probe SEC's Management Practices

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TARP, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND BAILOUTS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROGRAMS THE HONORABLE PATRICK MCHENRY, CHAIRMAN   &   SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, EFFICIENCY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THE HONORABLE TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, CHAIRMAN   will hold a hearing entitled “Financial Management, Work Force, and Operations at the SEC: Who’s Watching ...
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Oversight Subcommittee to Probe Government’s Financial Books, Examine Real Deficit

Government’s financial statements show total deficit in Fiscal Year 2010 to be twice as large as advertised   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Todd Platts, R-Pa., wants to examine the real size of the deficit when taking into account private sector accounting standards, and ask the nation’s top audit and financial management officials how we can get the government a clean financial bill of health. This week the Government ...
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Chairman Issa Lauds Leadership Change in Troubled GAO Unit

Washington, D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today applauded changes in the structure and leadership for the Forensic Audit and Special Investigations unit (FSI) of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made after the revelations of serious errors in a GAO report. Rick Hillman, current Managing Director of the Financial Markets and Community Investments team, is replacing Greg Kutz, the Managing Director responsible for releasing an ...
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Issa and Grassley Probe SEC on Failure to Properly Examine Conflict of Interest in Madoff Scandal

WASHINGTON D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter today requesting additional information from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Chairman Issa and Senator Grassley seek to clarify how the SEC neglected to act on the seemingly obvious, significant conflicts of interest presented by then-General Counsel David Becker’s involvement in the ...
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OGR Subcommittee Hearing Advisory: "Pushing the Envelope: The Looming Crisis at USPS"

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL WORKFORCE, U.S. POSTAL SERVICE AND LABOR POLICY THE HONORABLE DENNIS ROSS, CHAIRMAN Pushing the Envelope: The Looming Crisis at USPS   Date: Wednesday March 2nd, 2011   Start Time: 1:30 p.m.   Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building   Title: Pushing the Envelope: The Looming Crisis at USPS   Description: The ...
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OGR Subcommittee Hearing Advisory: "U.S. Military Leaving Iraq: Is the State Department Ready?"

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, HOMELAND DEFENSE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS THE HONORABLE JASON CHAFFETZ, CHAIRMAN U.S. Military Leaving Iraq: Is the State Department Ready?   Date: Wednesday March 2nd, 2011   Start Time: 9:30 a.m.   Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building   Title: U.S. Military Leaving Iraq: Is the State Department ...
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OGR Subcommittee Hearing Advisory: "The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship: Keeping the Door Open"

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CENSUS AND THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES THE HONORABLE TREY GOWDY, CHAIRMAN The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship: Keeping the Door Open   Date: Tuesday, March 1st, 2011   Start Time: 9:30 a.m.   Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building   Title: The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship: Keeping the Door ...
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Chairman Issa Issues Subpoena for All Countrywide VIP Docs

WASHINGTON. D.C. – In December of 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), then the Committee’s Ranking Member, launched an investigation into Countrywide Financial Corporation’s infamous VIP and Friends of Angelo Program that exposed the inner workings of Countrywide’s efforts to buy friends in critical government and industry positions affecting the ...
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Chairman Issa Announces Oversight Hearing on Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Federal Spending

Chairman Issa Announces Oversight Hearing on Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Federal Spending   Washington- Representative Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced today he will hold a full committee hearing examining waste, fraud, and abuse in federal spending this Thursday. Determining an exact figure for the amount of federal spending lost each year to waste, fraud and abuse is difficult. ...