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D.C. Metro: Update

PURPOSE: To continue oversight of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Metrorail system. To examine the role of the Office of Inspector General. To review the current and future financial situation of WMATA.   BACKGROUND: WMATA was created in 1967 by an interstate compact between Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, with congressional consent, to provide for a ...
Letter
Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry Regarding the Progress of the Design and Construction of the Jakarta NEC
Letter
Letter to OPM Acting Director Beth Cobert Regarding the Recent Contract with Winvale/CSID to Provide Identity Protection Services
Letter
Letter to US Department of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter Regarding DoD Plans to Consolidate Intelligence Activities at Royal Air Force Croughton in the UK
Letter
Letter to GAO Comptroller Gene Dodaro requesting to review Federal Air Marshal Service operations
Letter
Letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Regarding the DATA Act
Letter
Letter to USSS Director Joseph Clancy Requesting Additional Information on Security Breaches
Letter
Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry Regarding the New Consulate Compound in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
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Cybersecurity: The Department of the Interior

HEARING PURPOSE: To explore the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) role in the recent U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach. To review the DOI Inspector General’s (IG) recent investigative reports.  HEARING BACKGROUND:
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Criminal Justice Reform, Part II

TAKEAWAYS: Criminal justice reform is a bipartisan/bicameral effort. The federal prison population is growing at an unsustainable rate and is nearly 40 percent over capacity. Populations have grown from 24,000 federal prisoners in 1980, to 219, 000 in 2013. The Bureau of Prisons budget has grown right along with the prison population. It takes up 25 percent of the Department of Justice’s budget and is expected to swell to ...