Today, Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and John Rutherford (R-FL) introduced the Preventing Gang Violence Act of 2018, bipartisan legislation that would codify a community-based violence prevention grants program. “The best way to combat gang violence is to cut off the problem at its source by preventing our kids from joining gangs in the first place,” said Rep. Connolly. “In Fairfax County,... Read more »
Antonia Blumberg President Donald Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders that could make it easier to fire federal government employees, potentially undermining the unions that represent them. The three executive orders Trump issued would reduce the timeframe for firing poor performers, curtail the amount of paid time federal employees can receive for union work and direct agencies t... Read more »
Today, the House adopted three amendments offered by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to the FY 19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Connolly’s amendments addressed North Korea reporting requirements related to family reunification, Korean War POW remains recovery efforts; procurement reform; and increased funding for security cooperation monitoring programs. The NDAA passed the House on... Read more »
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows and Subcommittee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly released the following statement after the Committee passed bipartisan legislation, H.R. 5925, the Coordinated Response through Interagency Strategy and Information Sharing (CRISIS) Act, to reauthorize and revamp the ... Read more »
Nicole Ogrysko When it comes to the official time, there’s little that members of Congress, the Trump administration, and scholars and experts who study the topic, agree on. But the one area they do agree on is despite attempts by the Office of Personnel Management to accurately report on official time, no one knows how many federal employees use it, how much time they actually use and how much i... Read more »
Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), co-author of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), released the following statement in advance of today’s FITARA scorecard 6.0 hearing: “Chairman Meadows, Chairman Hurd, and Ranking Member Kelly, there have been a lot of changes to the FITARA scorecard since our last hearing in November. For our sixth FITARA Scorecard, we are emp... Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), along with over 30 House and Senate Democrats, called on the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Neomi Rao and Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to explain how the Trump Administration plans to comply with federal law following its hasty decisio... Read more »
Joe Davidson Even President Trump can have a decent thought now and then. Take his President’s Management Agenda, which outlines ideas to improve the federal government. The chapters cover general themes that any administration could endorse, such as “Improving Customer Experience with Federal Services,” “Getting Payments Right” and “Sharing Quality Services.” Decorated with color photos of happy... Read more »
Rebecca Kheel A Democratic lawmaker said Thursday that he plans to introduce an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would block the Trump administration from using military bases to house children immigrating illegally who have been forcibly separated from their parents. "It's heartless and shameful that the Trump administration is ripping families apart and even considering keeping ... Read more »
Following recent press reports that the Trump administration is considering housing children who are separated from their families at the border on U.S. military bases, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced he would offer an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that prohibits this cruel policy. “It’s heartless and shameful that the Trump administration is ripping families apar... Read more »
