Wasteful Spending

“Actual data and actual solutions are what today’s hearing is going to be about” WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing today titled “Shifting Gears: Moving from Recovery to Prevention of Improper Payments and Fraud” to continue a multi-year long investigation into flaws in federal government payment ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee’s first hearing of the 119th Congress titled “Shifting Gears: Moving from Recovery to Prevention of Improper Payments and Fraud.” Subcommittee Chairman Sessions began his remarks by emphasizing that preventing fraudulent and improper payments will continue to be an important subject of investigation ...

Chairman Comer requests briefing and documents from WMATA Chairman Paul Smedberg WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) launched an investigation into reports that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has failed to properly cooperate with its Office of Inspector General (OIG). The investigation was initiated after WMATA recently saw its second IG depart in just the past two years.  In ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Committee Republicans today called on the Committee on Appropriations to use the power of the purse to hold government agencies accountable by withholding funding in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget from agencies who have failed to cooperate with oversight investigations. Throughout the 118th Congress, the Biden Administration has failed to accommodate legitimate requests from ...

Federal agencies are spending billionsto lease, maintain and furnish mostly empty office buildings while the federal workforce still largely works from home    WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing today titled “Oversight of the U.S. General Services Administration.” Members examined ...

“Each year, the federal government spends $80 billion on federal information technology systems, yet much of that is wasted on cost overruns, long delays, and servicing outdated programs,” said Issa. “By giving Chief Information Officers the budgetary authority over what their agency spends on IT, we are putting those who best know technology in charge of buying technology. Our current disjointed and fractured system lacks clear lines of authority and leaves IT decisions in the hands of ...

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