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WASHINGTON—In response to today’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Office of Inspector General (IG) report, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz

TAKEAWAYS: • States have a sovereign right to determine gambling policy within their borders. The internet is borderless in nature and threatens states’ ability to regulate gambling transactions within its jurisdiction. • Federal law enforcement officials expressed concerns online gambling is vulnerable to being used for money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, and other criminal activity. • Congress was not given the opportunity to properly vet the ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a markup to consider the bipartisan U.S. Secret Service report, along with two pieces of legislation and four postal naming bills. The following actions were taken by the Committee: The Committee favorably reported the

PURPOSE: • To examine the development and substance of the proposed Stream Protection Rule (SPR). • To focus on the effects of the rule and the Administration’s interaction ...

PURPOSE: • To determine the status of implementation of key provisions of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). • To identify what needs to be done to secure the benefits of program consolidation and other provisions addressing efficiency and effectiveness. BACKGROUND: • MAP-21, enacted in 2012, included several provisions intended to increase efficiency and effectiveness in ...

TAKEAWAYS: The State Department (State) demonstrated poor risk management when it began construction of the London embassy compound prior to completion of the blast testing. ...