On Wednesday, July 23, 2009, the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement will hold a hearing titled: “E-Verify: Challenges and Opportunities.” The hearing will take place in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
Today at 2:00 p.m., The Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement will hold a hearing titled: “Oversight of Federal Financial Management.” The hearing will take place in room 2247 Rayburn House Office Building.
Today at 10:00 am, the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement held a hearing titled: “The State of Federal Contracting: Opportunities and Challenges for Strengthening Government Procurement and Acquisition Policies.” The hearing took place in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
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Today at 9:00 a.m. The Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement will hold a hearing titled: “The State of Federal Information Security.” The hearing will take place in 2247 Rayburn House Office Building.
Today at 2:00 p.m., The Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement held a hearing on: “Cyber Security: Emerging Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Challenges in Securing Federal Information Systems.” The hearing took place in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
The Subcommittee on Government Management,Organization and Procurement held a hearing titled: “USAID: Management Challenges and Strategic Objectives.” The hearing took place in room 2247 Rayburn House Office Building.
On March 25, 2009, the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement held a hearing titled: “The Roles and Responsibilities of Inspectors General within Financial Regulatory Agencies.” The hearing took place in room 2247 Rayburn House Office Building.
On Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., in room 2247 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled, “Passing the Baton: Preparing for the Presidential Transition.”
On Friday, July 18, 2008, at 10:30 a.m., the Subcommittee held an oversight hearing titled, “Management of the Digital TV Transition: Is New York City Prepared?”
On Thursday, June 5, 2008, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled, “Oversight of Federal Financial Management.”
The hearing examined the results of GAO’s audit of the federal government’s consolidated financial statement (CFS) for the fiscal year ending in 2007, as well as management weaknesses, including improper payments, abuse of government credit cards, and problems with modernization.
The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on management of civil rights programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Representative farmers and USDA employees testified about longstanding problems with civil rights enforcement and case processing. The USDA Inspector General and GAO reported that lengthy backlogs persist and that USDA’s statistics are not reliable.
On Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 2:00 pm, in room 2247 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 5712, Close the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act. This bill requires contractors to report fraud and overbilling on contracts performed overseas and commercial item contracts, both of which were excluded from a proposed rule on contractor ethics. The hearing will also consider a bill on the disposal of Federal surplus property.
The Subcommittee held a hearing to review Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which requires all federal employees and contractors to undergo background checks and to use a standardized identification card. The hearing released a GAO report finding that the program is incurring high costs but providing little benefit to date, and explored the impact that implementation of the program may have on the current security clearance issuance backlog.
On Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., in Rayburn, the Government Management, Organization and Procurement held a hearing on Contracting Reform: Expert Recommendations and Pending Bills.
On Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 11:30 a.m., in 2154 Rayburn, the Government Management and Information Policy Subcommittees held a joint legislative hearing on H.R. 4791.
H.R. 4791 updates the Federal Information Security Management Act to establish new agency requirements for securing personal or sensitive data.
The bill fixes weaknesses identified by recent Oversight Committee investigations into federal data breaches.
On Wednesday, February 13, 2007, the Subcommittee held a hearing in 2247 Rayburn to review how federal surplus property is handled. The hearing focused on programs and legislation to donate unused computer equipment to schools and community organizations.
The Subcommittee held a hearing on contracting for military base construction and maintenance projects.
The hearing examined whether contracting opportunities are being extended to locally-owned small disadvantaged businesses and companies owned by service-disabled veterans.
The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing titled, “9/11 Health: Why Did HHS Cancel Contracts to Manage Responder Health Care?” in New York City. The hearing reviewed a recent decision by the Department of Health and Human Services to cancel a request for proposals to coordinate care for responders who are ill.
On Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 2:00 pm, in room 2154, the Subcommittee held an oversight hearing entitled, “Too Many Cooks? Coordinating Federal and State Health IT.”
The Subcommittee held a hearing to review identification technology being deployed by the federal and state governments and examine how to make a “tamper-proof” ID.
Chairman Towns convened a hearing to review federal contracting programs that are designed to assist small and disadvantaged business owners in accessing the federal marketplace.
Marking the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Chairman Towns convened a field hearing in New York City on the management of health care for 9/11 responders.
The Subcommittee held a hearing titled, “Federal Contracting: Do Poor Performers Keep Winning?”
This hearing reviewed flaws in federal contracting that allow contractors with poor performance records to either renew existing contracts or receive subsequent contracts with the same or different federal agencies.
The Subcommittee held a hearing titled, "Inspectors General: Independence and Accountability" to examine whether the role of Inspectors General as federal agency watchdogs.
In connection with the hearing, Chairman Towns issued a fact sheet detailing recent situations that raise questions about independence and accountability of IGs.
On Thursday, June 7, the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement and the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives hold a joint hearing on federal IT security and the future of FISMA. The hearing will review
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