[House Report 112-128]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                  Union Calendar No. 78

112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                
 1st Session                                                    112-128
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                               ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                      HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT

                         AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

                               JUNE 2011

                  (Pursuant to House Rule XI, 1(d)(1))

                                     


                                     

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 June 28, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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              COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

                 DARRELL E. ISSA, California, Chairman
DAN BURTON, Indiana                  ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland, 
JOHN L. MICA, Florida                    Ranking Minority Member
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania    EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio              CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of 
JIM JORDAN, Ohio                         Columbia
JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah                 DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio
CONNIE MACK, Florida                 JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
TIM WALBERG, Michigan                WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma             STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
JUSTIN AMASH, Michigan               JIM COOPER, Tennessee
ANN MARIE BUERKLE, New York          GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
PAUL A. GOSAR, Arizona               MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois
RAUL R. LABRADOR, Idaho              DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania         BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa
SCOTT DesJARLAIS, Tennessee          PETER WELCH, Vermont
JOE WALSH, Illinois                  JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
TREY GOWDY, South Carolina           CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
DENNIS A. ROSS, Florida              JACKIE SPEIER, California
FRANK C. GUINTA, New Hampshire
BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas
MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania

                   Lawrence J. Brady, Staff Director
                John D. Cuaderes, Deputy Staff Director
                     Robert Borden, General Counsel
                       Linda A. Good, Chief Clerk
                 David Rapallo, Minority Staff Director





                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                                  House of Representatives,
                                     Washington, DC, June 28, 2011.
Hon. John A. Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: In accordance with Rule XI(1)(d)(1) of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, I respectfully 
submit the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's first 
semiannual activities report for the 112th Congress.
                                           Darrell E. Issa,
                                                          Chairman.





                                     
                            C O N T E N T S

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  I. Legislative Activities...........................................2
 II. Oversight Activities.............................................3
III. Summary of Committee Oversight Plan.............................15
 IV. Summary of Actions Taken and Recommendations Made with Respect to 
     the Oversight Plan..............................................17
  V. Summary of Any Additional Oversight Activities Undertaken, and Any 
     Recommendations Made or Actions Taken Thereon...................23
 VI. Delineation of any Hearings Held Pursuant to Clauses 2 (n), (o), 
     or (p)..........................................................24






                                                  Union Calendar No. 78
112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-128

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  ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

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 June 30, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Darrell E. Issa, from the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                    Reform, submitted the following

                                 REPORT

 ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, 
                 112TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, JUNE 2011


                              INTRODUCTION

    The number one priority of this Congress is to foster 
private sector job creation and get Americans back to work.
    The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is 
uniquely positioned to conduct a broad-based, economy-wide 
examination of the barriers that stand in the way of job growth 
and economic recovery. In his State of the Union Address, the 
President called for a government-wide examination of 
regulations, to ``help our companies compete'' and to ``knock 
down barriers that stand in the way of their success.''
    In the first half of the first session of the 112th 
Congress, the Committee held numerous hearings, including those 
at both the full committee and the subcommittee levels, to 
examine how the rules proposed and implemented by the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Interior, 
the Department of Labor, and the General Services 
Administration, among others, have hurt job creation. In 
addition, the Subcommittee on Technology has held three 
legislative hearings considering ways to improve the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act, culminating in a productive discussion of 
regulatory review with the Director of the White House Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
    Private sector economic growth is not only held back by 
regulatory barriers standing in the way of small, medium-sized, 
and large businesses, but also by the uncertainty surrounding 
our nation's skyrocketing debt. The Committee's unique position 
to oversee all federal government agencies and functions, as 
well as our role in crafting federal workforce and government 
management legislation, gives us the opportunity to promote 
private sector economic growth by reducing fraud, abuse, and 
mismanagement in government spending, and improving government 
performance.
    During the first quarter of the 112th Congress, the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held 64 oversight 
hearings and reported and discharged seven bills and 
resolutions to the House for consideration, including the 
resurrection of the successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship 
Program and bills dealing with tax accountability for federal 
employees and contractors.
    To carry out its duties most effectively, the Committee 
established seven standing subcommittees: the Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy; the 
Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and 
Financial Management; the Subcommittee on Health Care, District 
of Columbia, Census and the National Archives; the Subcommittee 
on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations; 
the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and 
Government Spending; the Subcommittee on TARP, Financial 
Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs; and the 
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform.

                       I. Legislative Activities


                         BILLS ENACTED INTO LAW

    H.R. 1308, to amend the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission 
Act to extend the termination date for the Commission, and for 
other purposes. Introduced by Rep. Elton Gallegly on April 1, 
2011, passed the House on May 12, 2011, and became Public Law 
112-13.

                       BILLS PASSED BY THE HOUSE

    H.R. 471, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act. 
Introduced by Rep. John Boehner on January 26, 2011. History: 
H.R. 471 was introduced on January 26, 2011; was marked up by 
the Committee on March 10, 2011, and ordered favorably reported 
by a vote of 21 ayes to 14 nays; H. Rept. 112-36 filed on March 
17, 2011; and passed the House on March 30, 2011, by a vote of 
225-195.
    H.R. 1255, Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011. 
Introduced by Rep. Steve Womack on March 30, 2011, with primary 
referral to the Committee on Appropriations. History: H.R. 1255 
was introduced on March 30, 2011; the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform did not act on H.R. 1255; and it was 
passed by the House on April 1, 2011, by a vote of 221-201.

                     BILLS PASSED BY THE COMMITTEE

    H.R. 828, Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2011. 
Introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz on February 28, 2011. 
History: Marked up by the Committee on April 13, 2011, and 
ordered reported favorably, as amended, by voice vote.
    H.R. 829, Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2011. 
Introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz on February 28, 2011. 
History: Marked up by the Committee on April 13, 2011, and 
ordered reported favorably, as amended, by voice vote.
    H.R. 899, to amend title 41, United States Code, to extend 
the sunset date for certain protests of task and deliver order 
contracts. Introduced by Rep. James Lankford on March 3, 2011. 
History: Marked up by the Committee on March 10, 2011, and 
ordered reported favorably, by voice vote; H. Rept. 112-37 
filed on March 17, 2011.
    H.R. 1470, to amend title 5, U.S.C., to extend the 
probationary period applicable to appointments in the civil 
service, and for other purposes. Introduced by Rep. Dennis Ross 
on April 8, 2011. History: Marked up by the Committee on April 
13, 2011, and ordered reported favorably, as amended, by a vote 
of 15 ayes to 14 nays.

                         POSTAL NAMING MEASURES

Enacted:

    H.R. 793, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 12781 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in 
Inverness, California, as the ``Specialist Jake Robert Velloza 
Post Office.''

Passed by the House:

    H.R. 1423, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, 
Oklahoma, as the ``Specialist Michael E. Phillips Post 
Office.''

                        II. Oversight Activities


               FULL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS HELD

    Jan. 25, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Full Committee Organization 
Meeting.
    Jan. 26, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Full Committee Hearing on 
``Bailouts and the Foreclosure Crisis: Report of the Special 
Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program 
(``SIGTARP'').'' Witnesses: The Honorable Neil Barofsky, 
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief 
Program; The Honorable Tim Massad, Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Financial Stability and Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of 
the Treasury.
    Feb. 10, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Full Committee Business Meeting 
regarding the Oversight Plan.
    Full Committee Hearing, ``Regulatory Impediments to Job 
Creation.'' Witnesses: Mr. Jay Timmons, CEO, National 
Association of Manufacturers; Mr. Tom Nassif, President and 
CEO, Western Growers Association; Mr. Harry Alford, CEO, Black 
Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Michael J. Fredrich, President, MCM 
Composites, LLC; Mr. Jack Buschur, Buschur Electric; Mr. James 
Gattuso, Senior Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy, The 
Heritage Foundation; Mr. Sidney Shapiro, Center for Progressive 
Reform; Ms. Karen Kerrigan, President and CEO, Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship Council; and Mr. Jerry Ellig, Senior 
Research Fellow, Mercatus Center.
    Feb. 17, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Full Committee Hearing ``Waste 
and Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge.'' 
Witnesses: Hon. Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senate; Mr. Andrew 
Moylan, Vice President of Government Affairs, National 
Taxpayers Union; Mr. Thomas A. Schatz, President, Citizens 
Against Government Waste; Ms. Debra Cammer, Vice President and 
Partner, IBM; Hon. Gene L. Kodaro, Comptroller General of the 
United States, U.S. Government Accounting Office; Veronique de 
Rugy, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center; Mr. 
Vincent Frakes, Federal Policy Manager, Center for Health 
Transformation; Mr. Gary Kalman, Director, Federal Legislative 
Office, U.S. PIRG.
    Feb. 28, 2011, 10:30 a.m.--Joint Hearing with Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure on ``America's Presidential 
Libraries: Their Mission and Their Future.'' Witnesses: Hon. 
David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, National 
Archives and Records Administration; Mr. Thomas Putman, 
Director, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; Mr. 
R. Duke Blackwood, Director, Ronald Reagan Presidential 
Library; Thomas Schwartz, Ph.D., Illinois State Historian, 
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; Ms. Anna 
Eleanor Roosevelt, Chair, Board of Directors, The Roosevelt 
Institute; and Martha Kumar, Ph.D., Professor, Towson 
University.
    Mar. 3, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Full Committee hearing, ``The 
Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge II: How U.S. Taxpayers are 
Paying Double for Failing Government Programs.'' Witnesses: 
Hon. Thomas M. Davis, III, Director of Federal Government 
Affairs, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, 
Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office; and Ms. Ryan Alexander, President, 
Taxpayers for Common Sense.
    Mar. 8, 2011, 9:00 a.m.--Full Committee field hearing, 
``The Foreclosure Crisis'' at the University of MD School of 
Law located at 500 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. 
Witnesses: Hon. Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland; Hon. 
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mayor of Baltimore; Mr. Mark Kaufman, 
Commissioner of Financial Regulation, MD Department of Labor, 
Licensing and Regulation; Mr. Kevin Jerron Matthews, Homeowner; 
Ms. Jane A. Wilson, Chair, Board of Directors, St. Ambrose 
Housing Aid Center, Inc.
    Mar. 10, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Full Committee Business Meeting.

H.R. 899 (Lankford)--To amend title 41, United States Code, to extend 
        the sunset date for certain protests of task and deliver order 
        contracts

     H.R. 899 was ordered reported favorably by voice 
vote, a quorum being present.

H.R. 793 (Woolsey)--To designate the facility of the United States 
        Postal Service located at 12781 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in 
        Inverness, California, as the ``Specialist Jake Robert Velloza 
        Post Office''

     H.R. 793 was ordered reported favorably by 
unanimous consent, a quorum being present.

H.R. 471 (Boehner)--``Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act,'' 
        or ``SOAR Act''

    1. Issa amendment in the nature of a substitute--agreed to 
by voice vote, a quorum being present.
    2. Norton amendment in the nature of a substitute (to the 
Issa amendment)--defeated by a record vote of 12 ayes to 21 
noes.

        Voting aye: Platts, Cummings, Towns, Maloney, Norton, 
        Kucinich, Tierney, Clay, Connolly, Braley, Welch, and 
        Murphy.

        Voting no: Issa, Burton, Turner, McHenry, Jordan, 
        Chaffetz, Mack, Walberg, Lankford, Amash, Buerkle, 
        Gosar, Labrador, Meehan, DesJarlais, Walsh, Gowdy, 
        Ross, Guinta, Farenthold, and Kelly.

     H.R. 471 was ordered favorably reported, as 
amended, a quorum being present, by a vote of 21 ayes to 14 
nays.

        Voting aye: Issa, Burton, Turner, McHenry, Jordan, 
        Chaffetz, Mack, Walberg, Lankford, Amash, Buerkle, 
        Gosar, Labrador, Meehan, DesJarlais, Walsh, Gowdy, 
        Ross, Guinta, Farenthold, and Kelly.

        Voting no: Platts, Cummings, Towns, Maloney, Norton, 
        Kucinich, Tierney, Clay, Connolly, Quigley, Braley, 
        Welch, Murphy, and Speier.

    Mar. 17, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``The Freedom of Information Act: Crowd-Sourcing Government 
Oversight.'' Witnesses: Ms. Miriam Nisbet, Director, Office of 
Government Information, National Archives and Records 
Administration; Mr. Daniel Metcalfe, Executive Director, 
Collaboration on Government Secrecy; Mr. Rick Blum, 
Coordinator, Sunshine in Government; Mr. Tom Fitton, President, 
Judicial Watch; Ms. Angela Canterbury, Director of Public 
Policy, Project on Open Government.
    Mar. 31, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``Why Isn't the Department of Homeland Security Meeting the 
President's Standard on FOIA?'' Witnesses: Ms. Mary Ellen 
Callahan, Chief Privacy Officer, The Privacy Office, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security; Mr. Charles K. Edwards, Acting 
Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security; Mr. Ivan Fong, General 
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security; Mr. John Verdi, Senior Counsel, Director of 
Open Government Project, Electronic Privacy Information Center.
    Apr. 5, 2011, 9:45 a.m.--Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``Are Postal Workforce Costs Sustainable?'' Witnesses: Hon. 
Louis J. Giuliano, Chairman, U.S. Postal Service Board of 
Governors; Hon. James C. Miller, III, Governor, U.S. Postal 
Service Board of Governors; Hon. Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster 
General and CEO, United States Postal Service; and Mr. Cliff 
Guffey, President, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO.
    Apr. 13, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Full Committee Business Meeting.

H.R. 829 (Chaffetz)--the Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2011

    1. Chaffetz amendment in the nature of a substitute--agreed 
to by voice vote, as amended.
    2. Connolly amendment to the Chaffetz substitute--defeated 
by voice vote.
    3. Speier amendment to the Chaffetz substitute--agreed to 
by voice vote.
    4. Quigley amendment to the Chaffetz substitute--ruled out-
of-order (non-germane)
    5. Tierney amendment to the Chaffetz substitute--ruled out-
of-order (non-germane)

     H.R. 829 was ordered reported favorably by voice 
vote, as amended, a quorum being present.

H.R. 828 (Chaffetz)--the Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 
        2011

    1. Chaffetz amendment in the nature of a substitute--agreed 
to by voice vote, as amended.
    2. Lynch amendment to the Chaffetz substitute--agreed to by 
voice vote, as amended.
    --Ch. Issa asked unanimous consent to change ``90'' to 
``60'' on page 2, line 10 of the amendment. There was no 
objection.
    3. Davis amendment to the Chaffetz substitute--defeated by 
voice vote.

     H.R. 828 was ordered reported favorably, as 
amended, by voice vote, a quorum being present.

H.R. 1470 (Ross-FL)--To amend title 5, U.S.C., to extend the 
        probationary period applicable to appointments in the civil 
        service, and for other purposes

    1. Ross amendment in the nature of a substitute--agreed to 
by voice vote.
    2. Connolly amendment to the Ross substitute--ruled out-of-
order (non-germane)
    3. Cummings amendment to the Ross substitute--defeated by a 
vote of 13 ayes to 14 noes.

        Voting aye: Cummings, Towns, Maloney, Norton, Kucinich, 
        Tierney, Clay, Lynch, Connolly, Davis, Braley, Murphy 
        and Speier.

        Voting no: Issa, Burton, Platts, Chaffetz, Walberg, 
        Amash, Buerkle, Gosar, Labrador, Meehan, DesJarlais, 
        Gowdy, Ross and Farenthold.

     H.R. 1470 was ordered favorably reported, as 
amended, a quorum being present, by a vote of 15 ayes to 14 
nays.

        Voting aye: Issa, Burton, McHenry, Chaffetz, Walberg, 
        Amash, Buerkle, Gosar, Labrador, Meehan, DesJarlais, 
        Gowdy, Ross, Guinta and Farenthold.

        Voting no: Platts, Cummings, Towns, Maloney, Norton, 
        Kucinich, Tierney, Clay, Lynch, Connolly, Davis, 
        Braley, Murphy, and Speier.

    ** Note: Had they been present at the vote, Mr. Turner and 
Mr. Walsh both would have been recorded as voting ``aye.'' By 
unanimous consent, this was approved for the record.

H.R. 1423 (Cole)--To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
        Service located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, 
        Oklahoma, as the ``Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office''

     H.R. 1423 was ordered favorably reported by 
unanimous consent, a quorum being present.

    Apr. 14, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-- Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``State and Municipal Debt: Tough Choices Ahead.'' Witnesses: 
Hon. Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin; Hon. Peter Shumlin, 
Governor of Vermont; Andrew Biggs, Ph.D., Resident Scholar, 
American Enterprise Institute; Mr. Mark Mix, President, 
National Right to Work Committee; Robert Novy-Marx, Ph.D., 
Professor of Finance, University of Rochester Simon Graduate 
School of Business; and Desmond Lachman, Ph.D., Resident 
Scholar, American Enterprise Institute.
    Apr. 18, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-- Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``Policies Affecting High Tech Growth and Federal Adoption of 
Industry Best Practices'' located at the Council Chambers of 
the San Jose City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose, 
CA. Witnesses: Mr. Milo Medin, Vice President for Access 
Services, Google; Mr. Stuart McKee, National Technology 
Officer, U.S. Public Sector, Microsoft; and Mr. Patrick 
Quinlan, President, Rivet Software.
    Apr. 19, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-- Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: Assessing the 
Cumulative Impact of EPA Regulation on America's Farmers'' 
located at Salinas City Council Chambers, 200 Lincoln Avenue, 
Salinas, California. Witnesses: Mr. Tom Nassif, President and 
CEO, Western Growers Association; Mr. Jim Bogart, President, 
Gowers/Shippers Association of Central California; Mr. Richard 
R. Smith, Owner, Paraiso Vineyards; Mr. Norm Groot, Executive 
Director, Monterey County Farm Bureau; Mr. Mike Jarrard, Mann 
Packing Co., Inc.; Mr. Mark Murai.
    Apr. 21, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-- Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``Federal Policies Affecting Innovation and Job Growth in the 
Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries'' located at Atkinson 
Hall, the University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman 
Drive, La Jolla, CA. Witnesses: David Gollaher, M.D., President 
and CEO, California Healthcare Institute; Mr. Duane J. Roth, 
CEO, Connect; Mr. Joseph D. Panetta, President and CEO, BIOCOM; 
Mr. Alexis Lukianov, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive 
Officer, NuVasive, Inc.; Ms. Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor, 
University of California, San Diego.
    May 3, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-- Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``Presidential Records in the New Millennium: Updating the 
Presidential Records Act and Other Federal Recordkeeping 
Statutes to Improve Electronic Records Preservation.'' 
Witnesses: Hon. David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United 
States, National Archives and Records Administration; Mr. Brook 
Colangelo, Chief Information Officer, Office of Administration, 
Executive Office of the President.
    May 6, 2011, 10:00 a.m.-- Full Committee field hearing 
entitled, ``Pathways To Energy Independence: Hydraulic 
Fracturing And Other New Technologies,'' held at the Kern 
County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, 
Bakersfield, California. Witnesses: Assemblywoman Shannon 
Grove, 32nd District of California; Mr. Rock Zierman, CEO, 
California Independent Petroleum Association; William F. 
Whitsitt, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Devon Energy; Mr. 
Steve Layton, President, E&B Natural Resources Management 
Corporation; and Mr. Tupper Hull, Vice President Western States 
Petroleum Association.
    May 10, 2011, 12:30 p.m.-- Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``The Future of Capital Formation.'' Witnesses: Hon. Mary 
Schapiro, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; 
Ms. Meredith Cross, Director of the Division of Corporation 
Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Mr. Barry E. 
Silbert, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Second Market, 
Inc.; Mr. Eric Koester, Chief Operation Officer and Founder, 
Zaarly, Inc.; Richard W. Rahn, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Cato 
Institute; Mr. Jon Macey, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate 
Law, Securities Law and Corporate Finance, Yale Law School; 
Hon. Roel Campos, Partner, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP.
    May 12, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``Politicizing Procurement: Will President Obama's Proposal 
Curb Free Speech & Hurt Small Business?'' Witnesses: The 
Honorable Daniel Gordon, Administrator for Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy, OMB; Mr. Alan Chvotkin, Senior Vice 
President, Professional Services Counsel; Mr. Mark Renaud, 
Partner, Wiley Rein, LLP; Ms. M.L. Mackey, CEO, Beacon 
Interactive Systems; Ms. Lawrie Hollingsworth, President, Asset 
Recovery Technologies, Inc.; Mrs. Marion Blakey, President and 
CEO, Aerospace Industries Association; Mr. Brad Smith, 
Professor Capital University Law School.
    May 24, 2011, 9:00 a.m.--Full Committee hearing entitled, 
``Pain at the Pump: Policies that Suppress Domestic Production 
of Oil and Gas.'' Witnesses: Hon. Lisa P. Jackson, 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; and Hon. David 
J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior.

                SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS HELD

Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy

    Mar. 2, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, 
U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy hearing, ``Pushing the 
Envelope: The Looming Crisis at USPS.'' Witnesses: Hon. Patrick 
Donahoe, Postmaster General, USPS; Ms. Ruth Goldway, Chair, 
Postal Regulatory Commission; Mr. Phil Herr, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, U.S. GAO; Jim Sampey, Executive Vice 
President and Chief Operations Officer, Valpak; Mr. Arthor 
Sackler, Coordinator, Coalition for a 21st Century Postal 
Service; and Mr. Frederic Rolando, Director of Legislative and 
Political Affairs, National Association of Letter Carriers 
(AFL-CIO).
    Mar. 9, 2011, 10:00 a.m.--Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy hearing, ``Are 
Federal Workers Underpaid?'' Witnesses: Hon. John Berry, 
Director, Office of Management and Budget; Mr. Andrew Biggs, 
Ph.D., Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Mr. 
James Sherk, Senior Policy Analyst in Labor Economics, The 
Heritage Foundation; Mr. Max Stier, President, Partnership for 
Public Service; and Ms. Colleen Kelley, National President, 
National Treasury Employees Union.
    Apr. 13, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy hearing 
entitled, ``Federal Employees' Compensation Act: A Fair 
Approach?'' Witnesses: Mr. Gary Steinberg, Acting Director, 
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of 
Labor; Mr. Douglas Fitzgerald, Director, Division of Federal 
Employees' Compensation, U.S. Department of Labor; Mr. Bill 
Siemer, Assistant IG for Investigations, USPS; Ms. Lisa 
McManus, President and CEO, Contract Claim Services, Inc., Ms. 
Milagros Rodriguez, Occupational Health and Safety Specialist, 
AMGE.
    May 12, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, 
U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy hearing entitled, ``Where 
Have All the Letters Gone?--The Mailing Industry and Its 
Future.'' Witnesses: Mr. Dave Riebe, President of Logistics and 
Distribution, Quad/Graphics; Mr. Jerry Cerasale, Senior Vice 
President, Government Affairs, Direct Marketing Association; 
Mr. Rob Melton, Vice President of Specialty Paper, Domtar; and 
Mr. Todd Haycock, Director, Postal Services, 3i Infotech, North 
America.
    May 26, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on the Federal 
Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy hearing 
entitled, ``Rightsizing the Federal Workforce.'' Witnesses: 
Hon. Cynthia M. Lummis, U.S. House of Representatives; Hon. 
Thomas Marino, U.S. House of Representatives; Mr. Andrew G. 
Biggs, Resident Scholar, AEI; and Mr. William R. Dougan, 
National President, National Federation of Federal Employees.

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION EFFICIENCY AND FINANCIAL 
                               MANAGEMENT

    Feb. 16, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Government 
Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management hearing, 
``Making Sense of the Numbers: Improving the Federal Financial 
Reporting Model.'' Witnesses: Mr. Thomas Allen, Chairman, The 
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board; Mr. Jonathan D. 
Breul, Executive Director, IBM Center for the Business of 
Government; Mr. Michael J. Hettinger, Executive Director, Grant 
Thornton LLP.
    Mar. 9, 2011, 10:00 a.m.--Subcommittee on Government 
Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management hearing, ``A 
Look at the FY10 Consolidated Financial Report of the U.S. 
Government.'' Witnesses: Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller 
General of the United States, U.S. GAO; Hon. Daniel I. Werfel, 
Controller, Office of Management and Budget; and Hon. Richard 
L. Gregg, Fiscal Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
    Mar. 10, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Joint hearing of the Subcommittee 
on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private 
Programs and the Subcommittee on Government Organization, 
Efficiency and Financial Management entitled, ``Financial 
management, Work Force, and Operations at the SEC: Who's 
Watching Wall Street's Watchdog?'' Witnesses: Hon. Mary 
Schapiro, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; 
Mr. Jeffrey Risinger, Director, Office of Human Resources, SEC; 
Mr. Jonathan Katz, Former Secretary, SEC; Mr. Stephen J. 
Crimmins, K & L Gates, LLP; Ms. Helen Chairman, Attorney at 
Law, Baker and Poliakoff, LLP.
    Mar. 11, 2011, 10:00 a.m.--Subcommittee on Government 
Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management hearing 
entitled, ``Red to Black: Improving Collection of Delinquent 
Debt Owed to the Government.'' Witness: David Lebryk, 
Commissioner, Financial Management Service, Department of the 
Treasury.
    Apr. 15, 2011, 10:00 a.m.--Subcommittee on Government 
Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management hearing 
entitled, ``Improper Payments: Finding Solutions.'' Witnesses: 
Hon. Daniel Werfel, Controller, OMB; and Ms. Kay L. Daly, 
Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. GAO.
    May 13, 2011, 10:00 a.m.--Subcommittee on Government 
Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management hearing 
entitled, ``Financial Management at the Department of Homeland 
Security.'' Witnesses: Ms. Peggy Sherry, Deputy Chief Financial 
Officer and Acting CFO, DHS.

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CENSUS AND THE 
                           NATIONAL ARCHIVES

    Mar. 1, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on Health Care, 
District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives hearing 
entitled, ``The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program: Keeping 
the Door Open.'' Witnesses: Mr. Ronald Holassie, Senior, Bishop 
Carroll High School; Ms. Lesly Alvarez, 8th Grader, Sacred 
Heart School; Ms. Sheila Jackson, Mother of DC OSP Student; Ms. 
Latasha Bennett, Mother of DC OSP Student; Mr. Kevin Chavous, 
Chairman, Black Alliance for Education Options; Patrick Wolf, 
Ph.D., University of Arkansas; Ms. Betty North, Principal and 
CEO, Preparatory School of D.C.; and Ramona Edelin, Executive 
Director, D.C. Association of Public Charter Schools.
    Mar. 15, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Health Care, 
District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives hearing 
entitled, ``Obamacare: Why the Need for Waivers?'' Witnesses: 
Mr. Steven B. Larsen, J.D., Deputy Administrator and Director, 
Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Mr. Edmund F. 
Haislmaier, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Health Policy 
Studies, The Heritage Foundation; Mr. Scoot Wold, Esq., 
Shareholder, Hitesman & Wold, P.A.; and Ms. Judy Feder, Ph.D., 
Professor, Georgetown University.
    Apr. 5, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Health Care, D.C., 
Census and the National Archives hearing entitled, ``Waste, 
Abuse and Mismanagement in Government Health Care.'' Witnesses: 
Ms. Deborah Taylor, CFO, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services; Peter Budetti, M.D., Deputy Administrator for Program 
Integrity, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Mr. Gerald 
T. Roy, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Office of 
Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services; Hon. Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern 
District of New York; Mr. David Botsko, Inspector General, 
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; Ms. Jean 
MacQuarrie, Vice President for Client Services, Thomson 
Reuters; Mr. Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, 
Cato Institute; and Ms. Rachel Klein, Deputy Director for 
Health Policy, Families USA.
    May 12, 2011, 8:45 a.m.--Subcommittee on Health Care, 
District of Columbia, Census, and the National Archives hearing 
entitled, ``The District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget: 
Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability.'' Witnesses: Hon. Vincent Gray, 
Mayor, District of Columbia; Hon. Kwame Brown, Chairman, D.C. 
City Council; Natwar Gandhi, Ph.D., Chief Financial Officer, 
District of Columbia; Mr. Matt Fabian, Managing Director, 
Municipal Market Advisors; and Alice Rivlin, Ph.D., Brookings 
Institution.

    SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, HOMELAND DEFENSE AND FOREIGN 
                               OPERATIONS

    Mar. 2, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on National Security, 
Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations hearing, ``U.S. 
Military Leaving Iraq: Is the State Department Ready?'' 
Witnesses: Mr. Grant S. Green, Commissioner, Commission on 
Wartime Contracting; Mr. Michael Thibault, Co-Chair, Commission 
on Wartime Contracting; Mr. Stuart Bowen, jr., Special 
Inspector General, Office of the Special Inspector General for 
Iraq Reconstruction; Ambassador Patrick Kennedy, Under 
Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of State; Ambassador 
Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary for International 
Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense; Mr. Frank 
Kendall, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition, 
Technology and Logistics, U.S. Department of Defense.
    Mar. 16, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on National 
Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations hearing, 
``TSA Oversight Part 1: Whole Body Imaging.'' Witnesses: Hon. 
Sharon Cissna, Representative, Alaska State House of 
Representatives; Mr. Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, 
Electronic Privacy Information Center; Mr. Fred H. Cate, Senior 
Policy Advisor, Centre for Information Policy Leadership, 
Hunton & Williams; David J. Brenner, Ph.D., Center for 
Radiological Research, Columbia University; Mr. Stewart A. 
Baker, Partner, Steptoe and Johnson, LLP; Mr. Lee Kair, 
Assistant Administrator for Security Operations, TSA; and Mr. 
Robin E. Kane, Assistant Administrator for Security Technology, 
TSA.
    Apr. 14, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on National 
Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations hearing 
entitled, ``Tsunami Warning, Preparedness, and Interagency 
Cooperation: Lessons Learned.'' Witnesses: William Leith, 
Ph.D., Acting Associate Director for National Hazards, U.S. 
Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior; Mr. Kenneth 
D. Murphy, Regional Administrator--Region X, FEMA; Ms. Mary 
Glackin, Dep. Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, U.S. 
Department of Commerce; Mr. John W. Madden, Director, Division 
of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, State of Alaska; 
and Ms. Nancy Ward, Regional Adminstrator, FEMA.
    Apr. 15, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on National 
Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations and Natural 
Resources Committee's Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
and Public Lands joint hearing entitled, ``The Border: Are 
Environmental Laws and Regulations Impeding Security and 
Harming the Environment?'' Witnesses: Hon. Silvestre Reyes, 
Member of Congress; Mr. Ronald Vitiello, Deputy Chief, U.S. 
Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security; Ms. Kim Thorsen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law 
Enforcement, Security and Emergency Management, U.S. Department 
of the Interior; Mr. Jay Jensen, Deputy Under Secretary for 
Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture; Mr. George Zachary Taylor, National Association of 
Former Border Patrol Officers; Mr. Gene Wood, National 
Association of Former Border Patrol Officers; Mr. Jim Chilton, 
Chilton Ranch; and Ms. Anu Mittal, Director, Natural Resources 
and Environment, U.S. GAO.
    May 4, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on National Security, 
Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations hearing entitled, ``Is 
This Any Way to Treat Our Troops? Part III: Transition 
Delays.'' Witnesses: Mr. John Medve, Executive Director, VA/DOD 
Collaboration Service, U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs; 
Mr. Dan Bertoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income 
Security, U.S. GAO; Ms. Lynn Simpson, Acting Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, U.S. 
Department of Defense; Mr. Mark Bird, IT Team Assistant 
Director, U.S. GAO; and Mr. Randall B. Williamson, Health Care 
Team Director, U.S. GAO.
    May 11, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on National Security, 
Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations hearing entitled, 
``USAID: Following the Money.'' Witnesses: Hon. Rajiv Shah, 
Administrator, U.S. AID; and Hon. Donald Gambatesa, IG, U.S. 
AID.
    May 25, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on National Security, 
Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations hearing entitled, 
``Cybersecurity: Assessing the Immediate Threat to the United 
States.'' Witnesses: Rear Admiral Michael A. Brown, Director, 
Cybersecurity Coordination, U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security; Mr. James A. Lewis, Director of Technology and Public 
Policy Program, CSIS; Mr. Sean McGurk, Director, National 
Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security; Mr. Dean Turner, Director, 
Global Intelligence Network Symantec Security Response; Mr. 
Phillip Bond, President, TechAmerica.

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS, STIMULUS OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT 
                                SPENDING

    Feb. 16, 2011, 10:00 a.m.--Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending hearing, 
``The Stimulus: Two Years Later.'' Witnesses: John Taylor, 
Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Russell 
Roberts, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Mercatus Center, George 
Mason University; Christina Romer, Ph.D., Professor of 
Economics, University of California at Berkeley; Jared 
Bernstein, Ph.D., Office of the Vice President, The White 
House; J.D. Foster, Ph.D., Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the 
Economic of Fiscal Policy, The Heritage Foundation; Mr. Alex 
Brill, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Mr. 
Andrew Busch, Global Currency and Public Policy Strategist, BMO 
Capital Markets Investment Banking Division; Mr. Chris Edwards, 
Director of Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Josh Bivens, 
Ph.D., Economic Policy Institute.
    Mar. 9, 2011, 10:00 a.m.--Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending hearing, 
``Assessing the Cumulative Impact of Regulation on U.S. 
Manufacturers.'' Witnesses: Mr. Aris Papadopolous, CEO and 
Chairman, Portland Cement Association; Ms. Donna Harman, CEO, 
American Forest and Paper Association; Mr. Michael P. Walls, 
Vice President, Regulatory and Technical Affairs, American 
Chemistry Council; Mr. Michael Kamnikar, Senior Vice President, 
Forging Industry Association, Ellwood Group; Mr. Bernard 
Schimmel, Vice President, Technical Services, Boral Bricks, 
Inc.; and Mr. David C. Foerter, Executive Director, Institute 
of Clean Air Companies (ICAC).
    Mar. 16, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending hearing, 
``Project Labor Agreements and the Cost of Doing Business in 
the Construction Industry.'' Witnesses: Mr. John Ennis, CEO, 
Ennis Electric, Inc.; Ms. Linda Figg, FIGG Engineering Group; 
Dale Belman, Ph.D., MSU School of Industrial and Labor 
Relations; Mr. John Biagas, Bay Electric Inc.; Mr. Maurice 
Baskin, American Builders and Contractors, Inc.; Mr. Daniel 
Gordon, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, 
Executive Office of the President; Mr. Robert Peck, 
Commissioner of Public Buildings, GSA; and David Michaels, 
Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Occupational Health and Safety, 
U.S. Department of Labor.
    Apr. 6, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government hearing entitled, 
``Assessing the Impact of Greenhouse Gas Regulations on Small 
Business.'' Witnesses: Mr. Joe Rajkovacz, Director of 
Regulatory Affairs, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers 
Association; David Kreutzer, Ph.D., Research Fellow in Energy 
Economics and Climate Change, The Heritage Foundation; Mr. 
David D. Doniger, Policy Director, Climate Center, Natural 
Resources Defense Council; Mr. Keith Holman, Deputy Executive 
Director, National Lime Association; Ms. Gina McCarthy, 
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, 
U.S. EPA; and Ms. Claudia Rodgers, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office 
of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration.
    Apr. 20, 2011, 9:00 a.m.--Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending hearing 
entitled, ``Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation in the 
Northeast Part I'' located at Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus 
Avenue, Irondequoit, NY. Witnesses: Mr. Mike Medina, President, 
Optimax; Ms. Rebecca A. Meinking, Executive Vice President, 
Radec Corporation; Mr. Bill Pollock, CEO, Optimation; Mrs. 
Cathy Martin, President, Monroe County Farm Bureau; Mr. 
Jonathan L. Taylor, Oakridge Dairy; Mr. John Teeple, Teeple 
Farms, Inc.; Ms. Jolene Bender, Supervisor, Town of Marion; Ms. 
Maggie Brooks, Monroe County Executive; and Sheriff Barry 
Virts, Wayne County.
    Apr. 20, 2011, 3:00 p.m.--Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending hearing 
entitled, ``Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation in the 
Northeast Part II'' located at South Side Innovation Center, 
2610 S. Salina Street, Syracuse, NY. Witnesses: Mr. Jud Gostin, 
President, Sensis Corporation; Mr. Steve Lefebvre, President, 
Empire ABC; Mr. Andrew Reeves, Owner, Reeves Farms; Mrs. Nancy 
Hourigan, Owner, Hourigan's Dairy Farm; Mr. Tom DeMarree, 
Owner, Demree Orchards; Mr. Orrin MacMurray, Chairman, C & S 
Companies; Mr. Travis Glazier, Director of Intergovernmental 
Relations, Onondaga County Executive; and Mr. Thomas Squires, 
Cayuga County Administrator.
    May 25, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending hearing 
entitled, ``How Federal Reserve Policies Add to Hard Times at 
the Pump.'' Witnesses: Mr. Vincent R. Reinhart, Resident 
Scholar, AEI; Robert Murphy, Ph.D., Economist, Institute for 
Energy Research; Dean Baker, Ph.D., Co-Director, Center for 
Economic Policy Research; Mr. Greg Wannemacher, President, 
Wannemacher Total Logistics; and Ms. Karen Kerrigan, President 
and CEO, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council.

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON TARP, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND BAILOUTS OF PUBLIC AND 
                            PRIVATE PROGRAMS

    Feb. 9, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on TARP, Financial 
Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs hearing, 
``State and Municipal Debt: The Coming Crisis?'' Witnesses: Ms. 
Nicole Gelinas, Manhattan Institute; Mr. David Skeel, S. Samuel 
Arsht Professor of Corporate Law, University of Pennsylvania 
Law School; Ms. Eileen Norcross, Mercatus Center, George Mason 
University; Ms. Iris J. Lav, Senior Advisor, Center on Budget 
and Policy Priorities.
    Mar. 10, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Joint hearing of the Subcommittee 
on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private 
Programs and the Subcommittee on Government Organization, 
Efficiency and Financial Management entitled, ``Financial 
Management, Work Force, and Operations at the SEC: Who's 
Watching Wall Street's Watchdog?'' Witnesses: Hon. Mary 
Schapiro, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; 
Mr. Jeffrey Risinger, Director, Office of Human Resources, SEC; 
Mr. Jonathan Katz, Former Secretary, SEC; Mr. Stephen J. 
Crimmins, K & L Gates, LLP; Ms. Helen Chairman, Attorney at 
Law, Baker and Poliakoff, LLP.
    Mar. 15, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on TARP, Financial 
Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs hearing 
entitled, ``State and Municipal Debt: The Coming Crisis? Part 
II.'' Witnesses: Hon. Daniel Liljenquist, Utah State Senator; 
Ms. Robin Prunty, Managing Director, Standard & Poor's; Dean 
Baker, Ph.D., Center for Economic Policy and Research; Mr. 
Robert Kurtter, Moody's Investors' Service; and Andrew Biggs, 
Ph.D., The American Enterprise Institute.
    Mar. 30, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on TARP, Financial 
Services, and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs hearing, 
``Has Dodd-Frank Ended Too Big to Fail?'' Witnesses: Hon. Neil 
Barofsky, Special IG for TARP; and Hon. Tim Massad, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability and Chief Counsel, 
U.S. Department of the Treasury.
    May 11, 2011, 2:00 p.m.--Subcommittee on TARP, Financial 
Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs hearing 
entitled, ``Transparency as an Alternative to the Federal 
Government's Regulation of Risk Retention.'' Witnesses: Mr. 
Edward DeMarco, Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance 
Agency; Anthony B. Sanders, Ph.D., Professor, George Mason 
University; Mr. Joshua Rosner, Managing Director, Graham Fisher 
& Co., Inc.; and Ms. Janneke Ratcliffe, Executive Director, 
Center for Community Capital, UNC.
    May 24, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on TARP, Financial 
Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs hearing 
entitled, ``Who's Watching the Watchmen? Oversight of the 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.'' Witnesses: Hon. 
Elizabeth Warren, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Mr. Todd 
Zywicki, Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University; 
David S. Evans, Ph.D., Chairman, Global Economics Group; Mr. 
Adam Levitin, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University 
Law Center; and Mr. Andrew Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown Rowe & 
Maw, LLP.

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION POLICY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
                    RELATIONS AND PROCUREMENT REFORM

    Feb. 15, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on Technology, 
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement 
Reform hearing, ``Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach.'' 
Witnesses: Mayor Patrice Douglas, City of Edmond, OK; Ms. Susan 
Dudley, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center; 
Ms. Denise M. Fantone, Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. GAO; 
Mr. Anthony H. Griffin, County Executive, Fairfax County, VA.
    Mar. 11, 2011, 10:00 a.m.--Subcommittee on Technology, 
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement 
Reform hearing, ``Transparency Through Technology: Evaluating 
Federal Open-Government Initiatives.'' Witnesses: Ms. Ellen 
Miller, Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation; Danny Harris, 
Ph.D., Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Education; 
Mr. Christopher L. Smith, Chief Information Officer, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture; Mr. Jerry Brito, Senior Research 
Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University; and Hon. 
Danny Werfel, Controller, Office of Federal Financial 
Management, OMB.
    Mar. 30, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Technology, 
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement 
hearing, ``Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach Part 
II.'' Witnesses: Hon. Joni Cutler, South Dakota State Senator; 
Mr. Raymond J. Keating, Chief Economist, Small Business & 
Entrepreneurship Council; and Mr. John C. Arensmeyer, Founder 
and CEO, Small Business Majority.
    Apr. 7, 2011, 1:30 p.m.--Subcommittee on Technology, 
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement 
Reform hearing entitled, ``Regulatory Barriers to American 
Indian Job Creation.'' Witnesses: Ms. Mary L. Kendall, Acting 
Inspector General, Department of the Interior; Ms. Anu K. 
Mittal, Director, Natural Resources and Environment Team, U.S. 
GAO; Ms. Patricia Douville, Council Member, Rosebud Sioux 
Tribe; and Hon. Ron Allen, Chairman, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe.
    May 25, 2011, 9:30 a.m.--Subcommittee on Technology, 
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement 
Reform entitled, ``Unfunded Mandates, Regulatory Burdens and 
the Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.'' 
Witness: Hon. Cass Sunstein, Administrator, Office of 
Information Regulatory Affairs, OMB.

                III. Summary of Committee Oversight Plan

    Pursuant to Rule X, Clause 2(d) of the Rules of the House, 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for the 112th 
Congress adopted the following plan to guide the work of its 
subcommittees and the full committee. Because of the 
Committee's role as the principal oversight body of the federal 
government and its mandate to investigate ``any matter at any 
time,'' this plan did not preclude oversight and investigation 
of other matters of importance to the American people.
    The Committee's adopted plan indicates oversight in several 
sectors, including:
     Government Spending and Economic Stimulus--
including the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act and other 
economic stimulus programs.
     Financial Sector Regulation--including the 
implementation of Dodd-Frank, reviewing the FCIC, the creation 
of the CFBP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the 
recommendations of the Special Inspector General, including the 
failure of the Home Affordable Mortgage Program, and the 
Federal Housing Finance Agency's oversight of Fannie Mae and 
Freddie Mac.
     Consumer Protection--including abuses by the 
mortgage industry which, coupled with high unemployment and a 
stagnant economy, have contributed to the foreclosure crisis.
     Government Watchdogs--including the effectiveness 
of federal government inspectors general and their freedom from 
political interference, and ensuring the independence and 
integrity of the Government Accountability Office, and the 
federal government's actions on the recommendations in their 
biannual High Risk Series and their new annual list of 
duplicative, overlapping, and fractured federal programs.
     Federal Financial Management--including the record 
$125 billion in improper payments made in 2010, growth in non-
tax debt owed to the Federal Government, the persistent 
inability of many federal agencies to achieve a clean audit, 
and a comprehensive detailed review of financial management 
systems in place in the Federal Government.
     Federal Real Property Disposal--including the 
proposal to use a Base Realignment and Closure style initiative 
to reduce the federal deficit by disposing of excess property.
     Government Contracting--including the transition 
from primarily Department of Defense personnel to Department of 
State support in Iraq, and the inclusion of mandated Project 
Labor Agreements in federal construction contracts.
     Open Government and Transparency--including 
federal spending data accuracy, grant reform, the 
implementation of the Government Performance and Review Act and 
Performance.gov, compliance with the Presidential Records Act 
and the Federal Records Act and the need to update those acts 
to keep up with technology, political travel and the Hatch Act, 
allegations of political interference with the Freedom of 
Information Act, and a government-wide review of FOIA backlogs 
and agency efforts to eliminate them.
     Technology Policy--including the Committee's 
ongoing oversight of the Federal Information Security 
Management Act, and the emergence of a federal cybersecurity 
policy.
     Federal Regulation and the Regulatory Process--
including updating and strengthening the Unfunded Mandates 
Review Act of 1995, reviewing the role of the White House 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in rulemaking, and 
initiating a government-wide and economy-wide review of 
regulatory impediments to job creation, and soliciting input 
from the private sector.
     Domestic Energy Production--including actions 
taken by the Federal Government that have impeded the 
development of domestic energy resources, including actions 
taken to discourage the use of new and newly deployed 
technologies, allegations of mismanagement and abuse at the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the reorganization of the Bureau 
of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement, and the 
Administration's moratorium on issuing oil drilling permits in 
the Gulf.
     EPA Regulatory Actions and Litigation--including 
the adequacy of the economic analysis of proposed rules, 
enforcement and permitting decisions made by the Agency, and 
the endangerment finding for greenhouse gases.
     Healthcare and Drug Policy--including systemic 
problems with medical device approval, prevalence of fraud and 
abuse in Medicaid and Medicare, impediments faced by the 
biotech industry, food safety, the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, and the issuance of waivers to companies and 
states struggling to comply with provisions of the Affordable 
Care Act and other implementation issues.
     District of Columbia--including the District's use 
of federal education funds and the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship 
Program, D.C. fiscal management, and general oversight of the 
D.C. government.
     Information Policy--including the Census, the 
National Archives and Records Administration, the Presidential 
Library System, and the future of the Presidential Records Act.
     Federal Workforce Policies--including pay and 
benefits, the use of ``official time'' to conduct union 
activities, and the appropriate size of the workforce.
     United States Postal Service--focusing on policies 
that will address the actual long-term fiscal sustainability of 
USPS and avoid a taxpayer bailout.
     National Security and Foreign Operations--
including the Department of Defense to State transition in 
Iraq, waste and mismanagement at USAID, and the growing delays 
in the transition process from DOD to Veterans Affairs health 
care systems for wounded warriors.
     Homeland Security--including ongoing problems with 
financial management, operations and decision-making at the 
Department of Homeland Security, and policies regarding privacy 
and security at airports and the effectiveness of the 
Transportation Security Administration.

 IV. Summary of Actions Taken and Recommendations Made With Respect to 
                           the Oversight Plan

     Stimulus Spending--The Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending held a 
hearing on the two-year anniversary of the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus bill) to examine the effects 
of the stimulus on the economy after two years. During ``The 
Stimulus: Two Years Later'' hearing, economists and policy 
experts from a wide range of universities and public policy 
institutes testified about the results of the stimulus. 
Economist Russell Roberts at George Mason University summed up 
the views of the majority of the panel when he declared in his 
testimony that ``the results have been deeply disappointing.''
     Financial Sector Regulation--In January, the full 
Committee held a hearing entitled ``Bailouts and the 
Foreclosure Crisis: Report of the Special Inspector General for 
the Troubled Asset Relief Program'' and heard testimony from 
Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset 
Relief Program (TARP). In his testimony he concluded that ``the 
Home Affordable Modification Program (``HAMP'')--has been beset 
by problems from the outset and, despite frequent retooling, 
continues to fall dramatically short of any meaningful standard 
of success.'' In late March, the Subcommittee on TARP, 
Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs 
held a hearing entitled ``Has Dodd-Frank Ended Too Big to 
Fail?'' Mr. Barofsky testified that the costs of TARP included 
``the increased moral hazard and potentially disastrous 
consequences associated with the continued existence of 
financial institutions that are too big to fail.''' 
Additionally in March, the TARP Subcommittee held a joint 
hearing with the Subcommittee on Government Organization, 
Efficiency and Financial Management on the state of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), entitled ``Financial 
Management, Work Force, and Operations at the SEC: Who's 
Watching Wall Street's Watchdog?'' where the subcommittees 
heard from SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro, as well as other 
current and former SEC officials. In May, the Subcommittee on 
TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private 
Programs held a hearing, entitled ``Who's Watching the 
Watchmen? Oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau.'' The Subcommittee heard testimony from Elizabeth 
Warren, Assistant to the President, and Special Advisor to the 
Secretary of the Treasury, along with several experts from 
universities and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, about the new 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
     Consumer Protection--On March 8, the full 
Committee held its first field hearing in Baltimore, MD, 
entitled ``The Foreclosure Crisis.'' The Committee took 
testimony from Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, Baltimore 
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mark Kaufman of the Maryland 
Commission on Financial Regulation, Jane Wilson from the St. 
Ambrose Housing Aid Center, and Iraq war veteran Kevin 
Matthews, who was illegally locked out of his home when his 
bank prematurely moved forward on a foreclosure.
     Government Watchdogs--In mid February the full 
Committee held a hearing entitled ``Waste and Abuse: The Refuse 
of the Federal Spending Binge'' during which the Committee 
heard from the Comptroller of the United States and several 
private sector witnesses about the 2011 Government 
Accountability Office's High Risk List (an ongoing series of 
GAO reports that detail the highest risk and most problematic 
programs in the federal government). In early March the Full 
Committee held another hearing entitled ``The Refuse of the 
Federal Spending Binge II: How U.S. Taxpayers are Paying Double 
for Failing Government Programs'' that examined a new report by 
the GAO focusing on duplicative federal government programs.
     Federal Financial Management--In March, the 
Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and 
Financial Management held a hearing entitled, ``A Look at the 
FY2010 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. 
Government'' during which the Comptroller General of the United 
States testified that ``three major impediments continued to 
prevent GAO from rendering an opinion on the Federal 
Government's accrual-based consolidated financial statements'' 
including ``financial management problems at the Department of 
Defense'' and ``the Federal Government's ineffective process 
for preparing the consolidated financial statements.'' The 
Subcommittee held several other hearings on federal financial 
management, including ``Making Sense of the Numbers: Improving 
the Federal Financial Reporting Model,'' ``A Look at the FY2010 
Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government,'' 
``Improper Payments: Finding Solutions,'' and ``Financial 
Management at the Department of Homeland Security.''
     Federal Real Property Disposal--In May, Chairman 
Issa sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) 
asking for an estimate of President Obama's ``Civilian Property 
Realignment Act.''
     Government Contracting--The Subcommittee on 
National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations 
conducted a hearing entitled ``U.S. Military Leaving Iraq: Is 
the State Department Ready?'' Several officials from the 
Departments of State and Defense testified, as well as 
commissioners from the Commission on Wartime Contracting in 
Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the Commissioners, Grant Green, 
testified that ``this hearing poses the question, `U.S. 
Military Leaving Iraq: Is the State Department Ready?' The 
short answer is `no,' and the short reason for that answer is 
that establishing and sustaining an expanded U.S. diplomatic 
presence in Iraq will require State to take on thousands of 
additional contractor employees that it has neither funds to 
pay nor resources to manage.''
     Open Government and Transparency--In late March, 
the full Committee held a hearing entitled, ``Why Isn't the 
Department of Homeland Security Meeting the President's 
Standard on FOIA?'' and issued a staff report entitled ``A New 
Era of Openness? How and Why Political Staff at DHS Interfered 
with the FOIA Process'' to determine why DHS was not following 
President Obama's promise of more openness and transparency. 
Chairman Issa began the hearing by outlining DHS's FOIA 
problems, saying ``now two full years into the Obama 
administration, Congressional investigators have uncovered 
evidence that career FOIA professionals at DHS have been 
compromised in their statutory compliance by the intrusion of 
DHS political staff into the department's FOIA procedures.'' 
The Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform held a 
hearing in March to examine how technology could be used to 
create transparency entitled ``Transparency Through Technology: 
Evaluating Federal Open-Government Initiatives.''
     Technology Policy--In May, the National Security, 
Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations Subcommittee held a 
hearing, ``Cybersecurity: Assessing the Immediate Threat to the 
United States'' to examine cybersecurity. Several private 
sector witnesses testified, as well as Sean McGurk from the 
National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland 
Security, who informed the Subcommittee that ``The United 
States confronts a combination of known and unknown 
vulnerabilities, strong and rapidly expanding adversary 
capabilities, and a lack of comprehensive threat and 
vulnerability awareness.''
     Federal Regulation and the Regulatory Process--
From the beginning of the 112th Congress, excessive federal 
regulation and the regulatory process hindering job creation 
has been a priority of the Committee, and the Committee held a 
series of hearings on the subject. In February, the full 
Committee held a hearing entitled ``Regulatory Impediments to 
Job Creation'' during which the Committee heard from a variety 
of business leaders and policy experts. The Committee also 
released a 97 page staff report entitled ``Assessing Regulatory 
Impediments to Job Creation'' to document specific examples of 
government regulations that businesses say hinder job creation. 
In April, the Committee held a field hearing in San Jose, 
California on ``Policies Affecting High Tech Growth and Federal 
Adoption of Industry Best Practices.'' The Committee heard from 
several leaders in the tech industry about how government 
regulations affect their businesses, including Google and 
Microsoft. The full Committee held two more hearings on federal 
regulation in April entitled, ``Regulatory Impediments to Job 
Creation: Assessing The Cumulative Impact of EPA Regulation on 
Farmers'' and ``Federal Policies Affecting Innovation and Job 
Growth In the Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries.'' The 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and 
Government Spending also held a series of hearings on the 
topic: ``Assessing the Cumulative Impact of Regulation on U.S. 
Manufacturers,'' ``Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: The 
Cost of Doing Business in the Construction Industry,'' 
``Assessing the Impact of EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations on 
Small Business,'' ``Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation in 
the Northeast Part I,'' and ``Regulatory Impediments to Job 
Creation in the Northeast Part II.'' Additionally, the 
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform held several 
hearings on the subject: ``Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory 
Overreach,'' ``Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach Part 
II,'' and ``Regulatory Barriers to American Indian Job 
Creation.''
     Domestic Energy Production--In May, the full 
Committee held a hearing entitled ``Pain at the Pump: Policies 
that Suppress Domestic Production of Oil and Gas'' where EPA 
Administrator Lisa Jackson testified. The Committee also 
released a staff report the same day entitled ``Impact of 
Statements by President, Energy Secretary about Raising Energy 
Costs on Americans Seen in Administration Policies.'' Chairman 
Darrell Issa introduced the hearing by stating that ``the 
United States has the largest reserves in the world--resources 
that can provide good-paying American jobs and fuel our 
economic expansion. Standing between that energy and U.S. 
consumers is an obstacle course of government red tape, 
regulation, delays and obfuscations.'' In May, the full 
Committee held a field hearing in Bakersfield, California 
entitled, ``Pathways to Energy Independence: Hydraulic 
Fracturing and Other New Technologies.'' Also in May, the 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and 
Government Spending held a hearing on ``How Federal Reserve 
Policies Add to Hard Times at the Pump'' to determine how 
actions of the Federal Reserve increase the price of gas for 
consumers.
     EPA Regulatory Actions and Litigation--The full 
Committee held a field hearing in Salinas, California, on 
``Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: Assessing The 
Cumulative Impact of EPA Regulation on Farmers'' where the 
Committee heard from a variety of farmers and small business 
leaders about how EPA rules hinder job creation. Richard Smith, 
the owner of Paraiso Vineyards, told the Committee 
``legislators presumably intend to codify good ideas. 
Unfortunately, most legislation is followed by regulatory fiats 
by unelected boards and/or staff; these subsequent `rules' 
often complicate and/or compromise the original good 
intentions.'' The Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus 
Oversight and Government Spending held a hearing entitled, 
``Assessing the Impact of EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations on 
Small Businesses.'' During the hearing, Keith Holman, Deputy 
Executive Director of the National Lime Association, 
highlighted the negative effects of EPA regulations on small 
business owners when he stated that ``while the GHG rules took 
effect only three months ago, we already see a chilling effect 
on lime companies' plans to modernize or expand their plants 
because of the great uncertainty surrounding GHG permitting. 
This in turn makes it less likely that lime companies will 
create new jobs.''
     Healthcare and Drug Policy--The Subcommittee on 
Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National 
Archives held a hearing entitled, ``Obamacare: Why the Need for 
Waivers'' in mid-March to examine the process by which the 
Administration awards waivers to exempt certain companies from 
the new healthcare law. Chairman Trey Gowdy began the hearing 
by asking in his opening statement ``in light of over 1000 
companies requesting waivers from the burdens of this law, what 
did the President mean when he said, `if you like your health 
insurance, you can keep it' and where are the failings of this 
law that necessitate a waivers process?'' The Subcommittee then 
heard from several experts. In April, the Subcommittee held a 
hearing on government-run healthcare programs entitled ``Waste, 
Abuse and Mismanagement in Government Healthcare'' during which 
the Subcommittee heard from a variety of public and private 
sector experts at the federal and state level about government 
healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
     Information Policy--The full Committee held a 
joint hearing in February with the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure entitled ``America's Presidential Libraries: 
Their Mission and Their Future'' at which the Archivist of the 
United States and several directors of individual presidential 
libraries testified about the services that presidential 
libraries provide to Americans. The full Committee also held a 
hearing on ``Presidential Records in the New Millennium: 
Updating the Presidential Records Act and Other Federal 
Recordkeeping Statutes to Improve Electronic Records 
Preservation.'' The Archivist of the United States and the 
Chief Information Officer of the White House Office of 
Administration testified about possible improvements to the 
Presidential Records Act that could arise from current 
technological advances.
     The District of Columbia--The D.C. Subcommittee 
held a hearing in March on the District of Columbia Opportunity 
Scholarship Program (DCOSP). The DCOSP's authorization ended in 
2009, and the doors were closed to new entrants. In fact, 216 
students who had been offered scholarships had those offers 
revoked. Subcommittee Chairman Gowdy took testimony from 
parents and students affected by the end of the successful 
DCOSP. In May, the subcommittee held a hearing on the fiscal 
sustainability of the D.C. budget. Testimony was heard from 
Mayor Gray, Council Chairman Kwame Brown, former control board 
chairwoman Alice Rivlin, and D.C. Chief Financial Officer 
Natwar Gandhi.
     Federal Workforce--The Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy held three 
hearings exploring issues affecting the federal workforce. At 
the March 9, 2011 hearing entitled, ``Are Federal Workers 
Overpaid?'' Chairman Dennis Ross made it clear that ``the 
Members of this Subcommittee recognize that our talented 
federal workforce performs critically essential missions 
throughout the government, on behalf of our nation. We 
appreciate their service.'' Ross also noted that despite the 
fact that the President had declared a two-year pay freeze, 
roughly $1 billion worth of pay increases would be handed out 
each year due to the practice of ``step'' or ``time-in-grade'' 
increases awarded purely on tenure. At that hearing, the 
Subcommittee heard testimony from John Berry, director of the 
Office of Personnel Management. Berry argued that those step 
increases were necessary for employee retention, and promised 
to work with subcommittee Chairman Ross and full committee 
Chairman Issa to evaluate that policy. After the hearing, Ross 
and Issa requested that GAO conduct a comprehensive pay and 
benefit survey to answer key questions in dispute about the 
comparability of federal employee and private sector pay. An 
April 13th hearing examined the Federal Employee Compensation 
Act, the ``workers' compensation'' system used by federal 
agencies and the U.S. Postal Service, which has been criticized 
for keeping some workers on its system who are long since 
eligible for retirement. The Subcommittee found broad consensus 
amongst agency IGs for reform of the system. In May, the 
Subcommittee examined several proposals to reduce the size of 
the federal workforce through attrition, bringing Rep. Cynthia 
Lummis of Wyoming, and Rep. Tom Marino of Pennsylvania before 
the committee to testify. After examining these and other 
proposals at the hearing, Chairman Issa, Chairman Ross, and 
National Security Subcommittee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, 
introduced H.R. 2114, a bill to reduce the size of the federal 
workforce by 10% by the year 2015 through attrition.
     United States Postal Service--The Full Committee 
and the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, 
and Labor Policy conducted oversight of the United States 
Postal Service, regarding fiscal sustainability and the 
prevention of a dollar for dollar taxpayer-funded bailout. The 
Subcommittee held a hearing in March with newly appointed 
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, Postal Regulatory 
Commission Chair Ruth Goldway, and postal industry experts to 
discuss what the Subcommittee called the ``Looming Crisis at 
USPS.'' The Subcommittee identified the key concern with the 
fiscal health of USPS-workforce costs represented 80% of 
expenses. Donahoe returned to testify to the Full Committee on 
April 5, 2011, at a hearing examining the sustainability of 
those costs in light of the recently signed contract with the 
largest postal union, the American Postal Workers Union. The 
Subcommittee also held a hearing featuring testimony from the 
businesses that make up the rest of the postal industry. The 
Committee is working on legislation that will allow USPS to 
return to fiscal sustainability and avoid a taxpayer funded 
bailout.
     National Security and Foreign Operations--In May, 
the Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and 
Foreign Operations continued a series of hearings on issues in 
wounded warrior care that examined the transition of members of 
the military who are wounded in action from the Department of 
Defense to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Subcommittee 
heard testimony from officials at the Departments of Defense 
and Veterans Affairs as well as the GAO which had uncovered 
problems in the transition of members of the military between 
the two departments. In May, the Subcommittee on National 
Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations held a 
hearing entitled, ``USAID: Following the Money'' to examine how 
efficiently USAID uses federal funds. Rajiv Shah, Administrator 
of USAID, and Donald Gambatesa, Inspector General for USAID 
testified before the Subcommittee.
     Homeland Security--The Subcommittee on National 
Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations held a 
hearing in March on the use of full body scanners by the 
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in airports. The 
Subcommittee received testimony from several experts in the 
private sector, as well as two TSA administrators. The 
Subcommittee also heard testimony from Sharon Cissna, a member 
of the Alaska State House of Representatives, and a repeated 
victim of invasive TSA searches. In April, the Subcommittee 
held a hearing entitled, ``Tsunami Warning, Preparedness and 
Interagency Cooperation: Lessons Learned'' to understand the 
Federal Government's level of preparation for a tsunami in the 
United States. Additionally in April, the Subcommittee held a 
hearing on border security entitled, ``The Border: Are 
Environmental Laws and Regulations Impeding Security and 
Harming the Environment?'' A variety of current and former 
government officials testified, including former Border Patrol 
Agent George Zachary Taylor, who declared that ``there is a 
tremendous difference of opinion between what the Law 
Enforcement Officers working along the Arizona-Mexico Border 
believe is the current state of National Security and Public 
Safety there and what the Department of Homeland Security 
Officials represent as the current state of National Security 
and Public Safety along that very same border.''

 V. Summary of Any Additional Oversight Activities Undertaken, and Any 
             Recommendations Made or Actions Taken Thereon

    ATF's Operation Fast and Furious--The Committee has 
conducted an investigation over the last several months into 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 
(ATF)'s Project Gunrunner, specifically Operation Fast and 
Furious. Operation Fast and Furious allowed guns to be 
purchased along the Mexican border and transported into Mexico 
with ATF's knowledge so that the guns could be tracked in an 
attempt to bring down major players in drug cartels. The 
operation allowed hundreds of guns to enter Mexico, and many 
have been found at the scenes of cartel shootings, including 
the fatal shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. As part 
of its investigation, the Committee has tried to obtain 
information from ATF and from the Department of Justice (DOJ). 
Because of a lack of cooperation with the investigation, the 
Committee subpoenaed ATF in mid-March for documents and 
information relating to the failed operation. The Committee is 
holding a series of ongoing hearings on Operation Fast and 
Furious and continues trying to get ATF and the DOJ to 
cooperate and provide information.

VI. Delineation of Any Hearings Held Pursuant to Clauses 2(n), (o), or 
                                  (p)


                              CLAUSE 2(N)

     March 2, 2011--Pushing the Envelope: The Looming 
Crisis at USPS (Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal 
Service and Labor Policy)
     April 5, 2011--Are Postal Workforce Costs 
Sustainable? (Full Committee)
     May 12, 2011--The District of Columbia's Fiscal 
Year 2012 Budget: Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability (Subcommittee 
on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National 
Archives)
     May 26, 2011--Rightsizing the Federal Workforce 
(Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and 
Labor Policy)

                              CLAUSE 2(O)

     January 26, 2011--Bailouts and the Foreclosure 
Crisis: Report of the Special Inspector General for the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program (Full Committee)
     February 16, 2011--Making Sense of the Numbers: 
Improving the Federal Financial Reporting Model (Subcommittee 
on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial 
Management)
     March 9, 2011--A Look at the FY2010 Consolidated 
Financial Statements of the U.S. Government (Subcommittee on 
Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management)

                               CLAUSE (P)

     March 10, 2011--Financial Management, Work Force, 
and Operations at the SEC: Who's Watching Wall Street's 
Watchdog? (Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and 
Bailouts of Public and Private Programs)
     March 16, 2011--TSA Oversight Part I: Whole Body 
Imaging (Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense 
and Foreign Operations)
     March 30, 2011--Has Dodd-Frank Ended Too Big to 
Fail? (Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of 
Public and Private Programs)
     March 31, 2011--Why Isn't the Department of 
Homeland Security Meeting the President's Standard on FOIA? 
(Full Committee)
     April 5, 2011--Waste, Abuse and Mismanagement in 
Government Health Care (Subcommittee on Health Care, District 
of Columbia, Census and the National Archives)
     April 14, 2011--FDA Medical Device Approval: Is 
there a Better Way? (Subcommittee on Health Care, District of 
Columbia, Census and the National Archives)
     May 10, 2011--Financial Management at the 
Department of Homeland Security (Subcommittee on Government 
Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management)
     May 24, 2011--Who's Watching the Watchmen? 
Oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 
(Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of 
Public and Private Programs)
     May 25, 2011--Cybersecurity: Assessing the 
Immediate Threat to the United States (Subcommittee on National 
Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations)

                                  
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