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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the status of the 2020 Census. Testifying before Congress was U.S. Census Bureau Acting Director Ron Jarmin,…

Officials from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to address waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal g…

The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on the 2020 Census. Experts in population data processing discussed the challenges in conducting an accurate 2020 Census due to the co…

The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hybrid hearing with federal and state officials on the 2020 U.S. Census. Also testifying was former U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson.…

The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations held a virtual hearing on reopening guidelines for federal employees. The federal government is the largest employer in t…

Steven Dillingham, U.S. Census Bureau director, said in testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee that his agency would be able to roll out he was confident the 2020 Census i…

Chris Mihm talked about the Government Accountability Office’s report examining the fiscal health of the U.S. as the national debt reached $21 trillion. This program was part of C-SPAN’s …

Christopher Mihm on the 2017 Government Accountability Office’s "High Risk List", a look at federal programs vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse.

Federal officials, including Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, testified at a House hearing on the Government Accountability Office’s 2016 Duplication Report, which examines government ineffi…

Chris Mihm talked about the latest Government Accountability Office’s “High Risk List,” a regular analysis of government operations identified as a risk over concerns of fraud, waste, abuse …

Comptroller General Gene Dodaro testified on the most recent report of entities and programs identified as high risk for waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement by the U.S. Government Accounta…

Panelists testified at a hearing on economic stimulus funds spending and fraud prevention.

Chris Mihm talked about the role the Government Accountability Office will play in the transition from the Bush Administration to the Obama Administration, and he responded to telephone call…

Federal agency officials testified about the progress they have made in implementing a list of priorities federal agencies should use to improve efficiency. President Bush issued the governm…

Participants will discuss the barriers and solutions to implementing President Bush’s government performance endeavor, the president’s Management Agenda. The president’s 2003 budget will ass…

A Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee held a hearing on Reinventing Government. Senators heard testimony on issues of government inefficiency and waste, problems of management and where…

The panelists talked about government performance, specifically what can be learned from local, state and international performance management experience. After their remarks the panelists r…

Witnesses testified about return rates on mail-in Census forms and about efforts to achieve an accurate count. Among the issues they addressed were privacy concerns raised by long form recip…

A House Government Reform Subcommittee conducted an operational review of the 2000 Census. The hearing focused on the oversight role played by the General Accounting Office. GAO officials te…

The subcommittee heard testimony on a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau stating that the 1990 census missed counting a greater number of people in America than the previous census in…