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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican leaders of three congressional committees today wrote to the Department of Labor and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to call for the withdrawal of the administration’s proposed blacklisting guidance and regulation. Expressing concern over the anticipated harmful consequences of the proposal, leaders on the Education and the Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Small Business Committee explain: The ...

Administrator refuses to produce documents despite numerous Congressional inquiries WASHINGTON – Today, after repeated efforts to work with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz issued a subpoena to Administrator Howard Shelanski to produce documents and communications related to the agency’s review of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Upon issuing the subpoena ...

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to today’s announcement that U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Archuleta is resigning. “This is the absolute right call. OPM needs a competent, technically savvy leader to manage the biggest cybersecurity crisis in this nation’s history. The IG has been warning about security lapses at OPM for almost a ...

Witnesses: Michael J. Courts, Director International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office Lydia Muniz, Director, Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (OBO), U.S. Department of State Gregory B. Starr, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), U.S. Department of State Donald S. Hays, Senior Inspector, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of State Jarrett Blanc, Senior Inspector, Principal Deputy Special ...

Agency Has Repeatedly Hindered Congressional Oversight Efforts WASHINGTON—Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena for documents to U. S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Due to repeated failures ...

Information of 21.5 Million Individuals Compromised  WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to today’s OPM announcement that the personal and sensitive information of 21.5 million individuals was compromised in the breach. This statement follows two separate Oversight Committee hearings on 

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena to Secretary of State John Kerry to provide all reports, recommendations, letters, and comments received by the State Department from the advising agencies pursuant to Executive Order 13337 regarding the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. Today’s subpoena follows letters to the Department on 

Committee believes Rafael Moure-Eraso lied under oath and made false statements to Congress. Today, House Oversight and Government Reform ...

Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), along with 17 Republican Members of Congress, sent a letter to President Obama requesting the removal of Katherine Archuleta as Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Ms. Donna Seymour, OPM Chief Information Officer (CIO) after a massive ...

TAKEAWAYS: In March 2014, 422 backup tapes most likely containing up to 24,000 Lois Lerner emails were erased. Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Tim Camus, called this an “unbelievable set of circumstances”. In February ...