February 2015
WASHINGTON – On Feb. 11, 2015, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will release an update to the High Risk List, an inventory of government operations vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. GAO updates the High Risk List every two years at the beginning of a new Congress to focus national attention on these critical areas.
Durbin, Cummings Introduce Legislation To Put Coordinated Federal Oversight Of For-Profit College Industry Into Law
Committee to improve enforcement of federal law and increase for-profit college accountability to students and taxpayers established by executive action last year
WARREN AND CUMMINGS REQUEST INFORMATION ON FED INVESTIGATION INTO LEAK OF "MARKET MOVING INFORMATION"
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, and Representative Elijah E.
Cummings Issues Statement on House Floor
Opposing GOP Special-Interest Bill
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 4, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act.
Cummings Speaks at NTEU's Legislative Conference
Washington, DC (Feb. 4, 2015) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, delivered the following speech, as prepared for delivery, at today's Annual Legislative Conference of the National Treasury Employees Union:
Issa and Cummings Introduce Bipartisan
FOIA Reform Legislation
Washington D.C. (Feb. 2, 2015)—Today, Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen our nation's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws. The FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015 would establish a presumption of openness for releasing information while creating electronic accessibility for frequently released information.