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House Oversight and Reform Committee
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Track recommendations on federal pay, benefits and retirement made to the supercommittee by top Congressional leaders and the White House.
October 17, 2011 -
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Federal contractors may be getting away with fraud or shoddy work, according to a Government Accountability Office study of five years\' worth of federal contracts. GAO found that most agencies are not using enforcement tools meant to cut off the flow of public funds to bad contractors.
October 07, 2011 -
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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he wants to give the struggling Postal Service more flexibility to act like a private business, including the ability to force retirement-eligible employees to step down. Meanwhile, the Postal Regulatory Commission worries the Postal Service is losing sight of its public mission.
October 05, 2011 -
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The Postal Service would get seven more weeks to pay a $5.5 billion debt to the Treasury under the continuing resolution passed Monday by the Senate. A House version includes the same provision. The bill is due on Friday.
September 27, 2011 -
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A House subcommittee markup of a bill to address the Postal Service\'s financial problems broke down along partisan lines. Democrats accused Republicans of using this legislation to weaken labor provisions. Republicans said Democrats would prefer bailing out the agency rather than making it sustainable. The bill now goes to the full House Oversight and Governmental Reforms Committee.
September 22, 2011 -
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A House subcommittee will markup legislation Wednesday to address the Postal Service\'s financial problems. President Obama unveiled his reform proposal earlier this week. Postal Service officials say, if enacted, it would give them the breathing room they need to make major network changes.
September 20, 2011 -
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As federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra prepares to depart government for a Harvard fellowship, he provided a top-10 list of lessons learned in his last appearance before Congress.
July 15, 2011 -
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House lawmakers want to add the requirement for a White House official to oversee cybersecurty policy and budget across civilian agencies. Rep. Langevin said the current set up with DHS in charge of civilian networks isn\'t good enough. Members also want more attention paid to the security of the supply chain.
July 11, 2011 -
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In a letter to the Office of Personnel Management, the head of the government\'s watchdog committee said the U.S. Postal Service\'s decision to halt contributions to employees\' retirement fund sets a \"dangerous precedent\" for other cash-strapped agencies.
June 28, 2011 -
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Sen. Mark Warner proposed a web-based system to Congress to improve the way federal expenses are reported by federal agencies. It\'s the Senate version of a bill proposed last week in the House by Rep. Darrell Issa.
June 20, 2011 -
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A new bill would establish a permanent, independent body to track federal spending and increase accountability, according to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
June 13, 2011 -
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A new memo from OPM Director John Berry reminds agencies that only employees who are rated fully successful should receive pay raises. The reminder comes as the House passed a provision to prohibit pay adjustments to poor performers.
June 10, 2011 -
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House Oversight and Government Reform members disagreed on the whether federal employees should perform union activities during the work day. A bill banning official time has been introduced which AFGE says would all but end collective bargaining rights.
June 02, 2011 -
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TechAmerica\'s Phil Bond testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee\'s Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations this week to explain what the most important cyber security concerns are today.
May 26, 2011
