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Transparency Through Technology: Evaluating Federal Open-Government Initiatives
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Red to Black: Improving the Collection of Delinquent Debt Owed to the Government
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Joint Hearing “Financial Management, Work Force, and Operations at the SEC: Who’s Watching Wall Street’s Watchdog?”

Joint Hearing with the Subcommittee on Government Organization and the Subcommittee on TARP and Financial Services
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A Look at the FY2010 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government
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Are Federal Workers Underpaid?

Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Ross Opening Statement We are here today to discuss whether federal employees are compensated fairly. According to the Office of Personnel Management the average salary for federal employees was $74,311 in 2010. The average private sector worker earned $50,462, according to an August 10, 2010 analysis conducted by the Cato Institute. The federal government also pays an average of 36 percent of employees’ base pay health insurance ...
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Assessing the Cumulative Impact of Regulation on U.S. Manufacturers
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Field Hearing “The Foreclosure Crisis”

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Tuesday’s hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled “The Foreclosure Crisis,” follows a tradition of the committee’s work to hold field hearings at locations around the country where the subject matter is especially pertinent to issues facing those communities. The Baltimore area is facing record unemployment – hovering well above the national average at 10.5 percent – ...
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The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge II: How U.S. Taxpayers are Paying Double for Failing Government Programs

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Thursday’s hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled “Waste and Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge II: How U.S. Taxpayers are Paying Double for Failing Government Programs,” will examine the waste associated with duplicative federal initiatives. On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released its first annual report to ...
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U.S. Military Leaving Iraq: Is the State Department Ready?
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Pushing the Envelope: The Looming Crisis at USPS