U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) on Monday released the third volume of his report targeting out-of-control government spending, encouraging Congress to use its authority to prevent misuse of tax dollars in the future. The 86-page report, “Federal Fumbles: 100 Ways Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on a bipartisan resolution introduced by U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) to require anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training for all congressional employees, including elected members of Congress. “Recent cases of sexual harassment Read more…
The Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act, introduced in the House of Representatives by U.S. Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) and in the Senate by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), was incorporated into the conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) and Ryan Costello (R-PA) on Wednesday introduced the bipartisan Member and Employee Training and Oversight On Congress Act, which would set definitive criteria to address sexual harassment in all national legislative branch offices. Specifically, the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) last week led 39 of his colleagues in sending a letter to executive branch agency heads asking them to determine whether their agencies would benefit from accountability and efficiency reforms recently adopted by the U.S. Read more…
A bipartisan resolution to cease sexual harassment within the U.S. House of Representatives through prevention and response training was introduced by U.S. Reps. Ryan Costello (R-PA) and Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) last week. H.Res. 604, would require the House to abide Read more…
After leading successful efforts to suspend a federal contract awarded to Equifax in the wake of a data breach, leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee pressed the General Services Administration (GSA) for information about data security and vetting Read more…
Legislation that would strengthen protections for federal whistleblowers and stiffen penalties for supervisors who retaliate against those employees passed the House last week with support from U.S. Reps. Barbara Comstock (R-VA), French Hill (R-AR) and Martha Roby (R-AL). The Dr. Read more…
Legislation to update the federal government’s outdated information technology systems was approved by the Senate on Monday as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, a long overdue IT modernization plan praised by U.S. Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) and U.S. Read more…
Recent findings that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spent $5.1 million on polygraph tests for job applicants who had already divulged disqualifying details about their past, like drug abuse, drew the ire of U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR). In response Read more…