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WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is conducting oversight of taxpayer-funded payouts to federal employees used to settle and often side-step employment disputes. The House Oversight Committee is concerned that persistent gaps in data collection and transparency, growing costs to taxpayers, and institutional incentives that favor informal resolutions over taxpayer The post Comer Investigates Why the Federal Government Usually Pays to Make Federal Employee Grievances Go Away appeared first on United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is raising concerns about the harmful influence of global left-wing activist groups on American businesses and on the work of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology The post Comer Raises Concerns Over Left-Wing Influence in Regulatory Standards-Setting and Seeks NIST Briefing on Efforts to Protect U.S. Industry appeared first on United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled “DOW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches.” This hearing builds on the Subcommittee’s larger investigation into the Department’s discretionary spending and ineffective financial management that prevents them from achieving a clean audit. During the hearing, members will review progress towards a clean audit The post Sessions Announces Hearing on Examining the Progress and New Audit Approaches to DOW Financial Management appeared first on United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) today announced a roundtable on “Reducing America’s National Debt: Rooting Out Federal Waste, Fraud, and Overregulation.” During the roundtable, members will survey how America’s historically high and continuously growing national debt threatens the country’s economic future, national security, and the affordability of The post Burlison Announces Roundtable on Reducing the National Debt by Tackling Waste, Fraud, and Abuse appeared first on United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) today announced a hearing on “Privacy Protections & the Second Amendment: Examining ATF’s Relationship to the Tiahrt Amendment.” During the hearing, members will discuss the purpose of the Tiahrt Amendment and the consequences of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) failure to abide The post Higgins Announces Hearing on Examining the Relationship Between the ATF and the Second Amendment appeared first on United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement today after reports indicated that several Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officials in Washington, D.C., received termination notices related to the manipulation of crime data: “The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s decision to terminate officials responsible for manipulating crime data and cultivating The post Comer: D.C.’s Police Department Must Hand Over Records from Completed Internal Investigation Into Manipulated D.C. Crime Data appeared first on United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing to investigate the Biden Administration’s potential collusion with anti-Second Amendment group Everytown for Gun Safety to bring litigation against firearm manufacturers and undermine Americans’ civil liberties. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) maintains government records created or received by presidential administrations, The post Comer Continues Investigation into Potential Collusion Between the Biden Administration and Anti-Second Amendment Groups on Activist Litigation Against Firearms Manufacturer appeared first on United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Requests a staff-level briefing from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on its oversight of the Current Procedural Terminology code system. WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is continuing to investigate drivers of rising healthcare costs in federal programs, including systemic issues that may enable significant waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer The post Comer Raises Concerns Over Complex Federal Billing System Potentially Fueling Improper Payments and Rising Healthcare Costs appeared first on United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a markup and advanced nine bills aimed at protecting taxpayer funds and combating rampant fraud and improper payments in federal programs. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates that between $233 billion and $521 billion is lost annually due to fraud. The legislation passed today comes after the Committee exposed The post Markup Wrap Up: Oversight Committee Passes Sweeping Legislation to Stop Fraud in Federal Programs appeared first on United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.