Gerry Connolly
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Members of the House Oversight Committee unveiled draft legislation to reform the Postal Service. The agency is struggling to keep up with Congressional funding mandates as well as shifting volumes of mail.
June 16, 2016 -
Two years after the administration set up two new federal "start-ups" to help agencies adopt more innovative technology, some in the public and private sectors say the U.S. Digital Service and 18F still operate in their own silos, and there is little communication from the organizations as they embark on new projects.
June 10, 2016 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is particularly concerned by a penetration test the Homeland Security Department performed on the Social Security Administration's IT systems last summer, when testers gained access to personally identifiable information while they were inside. SSA did not share the findings of that report with its inspector general.
May 26, 2016 -
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he was warming up to the idea of the fund, but wants assurances that the money will be spent wisely and receive a return on investment.
May 26, 2016 -
Commerce, Energy, Labor and NASA told House lawmakers how they each are meeting the spirit and intent of the IT reform law.
May 23, 2016 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing May 25 on legacy IT systems where Federal CIO Tony Scott will have maybe the administration’s best chance to make its case for Congress to support the IT Modernization Fund.
May 23, 2016 -
OPM acting Director Beth Cobert gives agencies initial guidance to deal with the impending closures of the Washington, D.C. area subway system. In the memo, OPM recommended agencies review and expand flexible workplace policies.
May 20, 2016 -
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released much-anticipated guidance on using social media during background checks.Bill Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center at ODNI, said the policy is a collaborative effort to "strike the right balance" between obtaining publicly available information but not stepping on civil liberties.
May 13, 2016 -
Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations took the Homeland Security Department to task for six straight years of declining employee engagement scores on the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. DHS is ranked as the worst agency to work for in government.
April 27, 2016 -
Senior officials with the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget say the answer of whether or not the May 2017 full roll-out of the DATA Act is more complicated than a simple yes or no.
April 19, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office's sixth annual report on "fragmentation, overlap and duplication," put the spotlight once again on the DoD, Treasury Department the Department of Health and Human Services for the "significant opportunities for cost savings and revenue enhancement [that] exist in these three areas."
April 13, 2016 -
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said she is spending at least part of her last year in Congress advocating for more money for science and medical research, and for an overall pay raise for federal employees.
April 11, 2016 -
A Senate version of the FAIR Act, which would give federal employees a 5.3 percent pay raise, is gaining support from unions and area lawmakers.
March 17, 2016 -
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Howard Shelanski defended his office against claims from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members that OIRA doesn't do enough to communicate with other agencies and with the general public.
March 16, 2016 -
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform criticized the General Services Administration for its inability to accurately track the inventory and status of donated surplus firearms to local law enforcement agencies.
March 02, 2016