Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) requesting a review of the circumstances surrounding the investigation conducted on behalf of the Ethics Committee of the… Read more »
Lori Aratani
Metro’s inspector general said problems with track work and concrete structures on the troubled Silver Line rail project could create significant cost and operational issues and is urging the transit agency not to accept control of the line until the issues are resolved.
In management alerts issued Friday, Metro… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the Government Operations subcommittee, and Mark Meadows, Ranking Member of the Government Operations subcommittee, introduced bipartisan FedRAMP reform legislation. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorization Act of 2019 would codify FedRAMP, address agency compliance issues, provide funding for the FedRAMP… Read more »
Billy Mitchell
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced a bill Wednesday that would codify and streamline the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, better known as FedRAMP.
Connolly, a longtime critic of the cloud vendor authorization process, said that in addition to codifying the program “so it’s not an orphan,”… Read more »
Today, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rob Bishop (R-UT) introduced H.R. 3883, the Restore the Partnership Act, bipartisan legislation to reconstitute and reform the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR), which has remained dormant since 1996. The purpose of new commission, the Commission on Intergovernmental… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Margaret Weichert, who currently serves as both the Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Deputy Director of Management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).… Read more »
Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter asking President Donald Trump to commit to… Read more »
Today, the Chairs of four House Committees and Subcommittees issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) that it has opened a new investigation into the Trump Administration’s abrupt decision to abandon the long-planned project to move the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from its current… Read more »
Adam Mazmanian
The White House has threatened to start the ball rolling on layoffs at the Office of Personnel Management if a proposed merger to fold most of OPM into the General Services Administration isn't advanced with legislation.
The Trump administration claims that a $70 million shortfall will result from the transfer of… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after the House unanimously agreed to include in H.R. 3351 his amendment prohibiting President Trump from carrying out his threat to lay off hundreds of Office of Personnel Management (OPM) employees if Congress does not acquiesce to the Administration’s plan to abolish OPM altogether.
“The federal government’s… Read more »
