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Sessions and Mfume Examine DOD’s Progress Toward Achieving a Clean Audit

WASHINGTON––Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) continue to examine the Department of Defense’s (DOD) financial management practices and path toward achieving a clean audit. In a letter to DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth, the lawmakers request a bipartisan briefing on DOD’s updated efforts to address any outstanding issues related to the Department’s financial management and progress toward achieving a clean audit ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: DOD Fraud Risk Management Needs Improvement

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing today on “Safeguarding Procurement: Examining Fraud Risk Management in the Department of Defense.” At the hearing, members examined strategies to combat fraud in the Department of Defense (DOD) and the steps the DOD is taking to address these problems. Reducing the risk of fraud will ...
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Sessions Opens Hearing on the Department of Defense’s Fraud Risk Management

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing on “Safeguarding Procurement: Examining Fraud Risk Management in the Department of Defense.” In his remarks, Subcommittee Chairman Sessions noted that the Department of Defense (DOD) has reported billions of dollars lost to ...
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Sessions to Hold Hearing on the Department of Defense’s Fraud Risk Management

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today announced a hearing on “Safeguarding Procurement: Examining Fraud Risk Management in the Department of Defense.” At the hearing, members will examine how the Department of Defense’s (DOD) discretionary spending and long-term ineffective fraud risk management ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: DOD Must Obtain Clean Audit to Protect Taxpayer Dollars, Ensure Military Readiness

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations  today held a hearing on “Tracking Progress: Updates to DOD’s Financial Management Scorecard.” After failing seven financial audits, members examined the Department of Defense’s (DoD) progress towards addressing financial management challenges. Members also discussed how DoD can leverage lessons learned from the ...
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Sessions Opens Hearing on DOD’s Progress Toward a Clean Financial Audit

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing on “Tracking Progress: Updates to DoD’s Financial Management Scorecard.” Since the Department of Defense (DOD) has never passed a comprehensive audit, Subcommittee Chairman Sessions emphasized that financial transparency of the military is ...
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Sessions to Hold Hearing on DOD’s Financial Management and Progress Toward a Clean Audit

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today announced a hearing on “Tracking Progress: Updates to DOD’s Financial Management Scorecard.” The Department of Defense (DOD) is the only federal agency never to receive a clean audit opinion on their agency-wide financial statement. After failing seven financial audits, the hearing ...
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POSTPONED: Subcommittee Hearing on FEMA Reform Opportunities, Recovery Efforts in North Carolina

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operation's hearing titled "Oversight of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Operational Challenges and Opportunities for Reform" previously scheduled for Wednesday, March 26, 2025, has been postponed until further notice. WHAT: Hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Operational Challenges and Opportunities for Reform.” DATE: Postponed (new time and ...
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Sessions Opens First Subcommittee Hearing on Fraud in Government Payment Systems

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 ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: Preventing Fraud in Government Payment Systems Through Bipartisan, Commonsense Solutions

“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 ...