The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today sent a letter to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis expressing concern regarding a report released by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) identifying “multiple failures in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Enhanced Enforcement Program (EEP) which resulted in a number of avoidable fatalities.”
U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee, are expanding the Committee’s investigation into Bank of America’s (BofA) acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. The Congressmen chose to increase the investigation upon learning in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal that BofA CEO Ken Lewis stated under oath with the New York State Attorney General that he was pressured to withhold details pertaining to the BofA acquisition of Merrill Lynch from investors.
In a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns, D-NY, and Ranking Member Darrell Issa, R-CA, request that the Department of Defense (DOD) provide Committee staff with a briefing regarding a recent news report alleging that computer spies may have infiltrated the DOD’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program, which is reportedly the most expensive weapons program ever managed by the Department.
U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today announced during the first bipartisan Stimulus oversight field hearing in Brooklyn, NY, that he will introduce legislation to increase funding for state auditors who are currently struggling to meet the demands of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Chairman Towns wants to ensure that state auditors have the tools to administer stimulus funds at the state level both efficiently and fairly.
U.S Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today announced that he is calling on Vice President Joseph R. Biden to convene a high-tech roundtable of information technology (IT) leaders to develop a uniform approach to track and account for ARRA funding. Chairman Towns is concerned that Recovery.gov, the Administration’s primary transparency tool, is not yet capable of tracking funding from each federal, state, and local agency that receives stimulus funds.
On Thursday, March 19 at 10:00 a.m., in 2154 Rayburn, the Full Committee held a hearing titled, “Preventing Stimulus Waste and Fraud: Who are the Watchdogs?”.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met in open markup session on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., in Rayburn 2154.
Today, Chairman Towns joined Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressman Todd Platts (R-PA), and Congressman Bruce Braley (D-IA) to announce the introduction of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009. This legislation will strengthen whistleblower protections to federal employees from being penalized for exposing fraud, waste and abuse.
U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today issued the following statement regarding the possible obstruction of the Committee’s investigation into executive compensation awards.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met in open markup session on Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
Chairman Ed Towns sent a letter to White House Counsel Greg Craig regarding the implementation of new information technology systems to better capture and preserve official presidential records.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and U.S. Representative William Lacy Clay (D-MO), Chairman of the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee today released the following statement regarding oversight of the 2010 Census…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today wrote to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; urging the adoption of recommendations made by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), and to provide greater accountability and transparency in TARP agreements…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is pleased to announce the Chairs and selections for the Subcommittees of the 111th Congress…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform announced that a major portion of the committee’s agenda will be focused on working with the Obama Administration and its cabinet secretaries to form action plans to combat waste, fraud and abuse – detailed today by the Government Accountability Office’s report on high risk federal programs…
WASHINGTON – One week into his tenure as the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), discussed his plans for the Committee at a panel discussion on the future of government oversight and investigations in the 111th Congress….
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