Federal Workforce

Washington, DC (Aug. 7, 2014)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) release of their guidelines for the "phased retirement" program for federal workers:

WASHINGTON – Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., released the following statements after U.S. House of Representatives passage of bipartisan measures reported out of the Committee, including bills to modify the savings program for federal workers contributing toward retirement, to improve whistleblower protections, to modernize the Federal Register, and to provide additional authority to District of Columbia Courts to make managerial and personnel decisions.

Washington, DC —On Friday afternoon, Rep. Darrell E. Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, disregarded serious concerns raised in a detailed letter from the Committee's Ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, and issued two new unilateral subpoenas, bringing his total to 98 subpoenas since he became Chairman three and a half years ago.

Washington, D.C.—Today, the House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to extend a pilot program under the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act for three additional years.

Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee conduct a transcribed interview of Sterling Phillips, the CEO of U.S. Investigations Services, Inc.

Washington, D.C. (June 18, 2014)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a letter sent to the Committee from Rep. Henry A.

Calls on Speaker Boehner to "End This Circus"

Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2014) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the public release by Chairman Issa of a portion of a State Department e-mail that he claimed proved that the White House engaged in "a false narrative" after contacting YouTube with concerns about an anti-Islamic video during the attacks in Benghazi: