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Committee members heard testimony from officials from several administration agencies concerning the recent government shutdown. They testified about how their agencies prepared for the shut…

Witnesses testified about food safety and inspection. Among the issues they addressed were consolidating various federal agencies tasked with food inspection under one department, protecting…

The House Government Reform and Oversight Committee heard testimony from White House, FBI and drug enforcement officials about the use of drugs among federal employees, and their agencies po…

House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee members heard testimony from members of Congress and other federal officials concerning whether congressional pensions should be made equiv…

Members of the subcommittee questioned Mr. Runyon on complaints of slow mail delivery during a special hearing on Capitol Hill. The questions focused on the proposed increase in the costs of…

Stephen Potts, director of the Office of Government Ethics, testified on the need for continued congressional authorization for the office.

Postmaster General Marvin Runyon, Postal Service CEO Joe Caraveo, and Postal Service CFO Mike Riley testified on the current status and financial condition of the nation’s postal system. Tes…

Witnesses testified on the downsizing of the federal workforce. Transportation Secretary Federico Pena emphasized his role as a “manager” in the administration of his department and addresse…

The House Post Office Subcommittees heard testimony on incidents of violence occurring at post offices by disgruntled former and current postal workers. The witnesses testified on methods fo…

The subcommittee heard testimony in the third in a series of hearings on demographic changes in the American population and their effects on national public policy. Witnesses testified on th…

The House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census and Population continued to hear testimony from demographers and social scientists in the second of a series of hearings on dem…

The House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census and Population heard testimony in the first of a series of hearings focusing on the changing demographic profile of America, an…

The subcommittee heard testimony on White House travel procedures in the third in a series of hearings on White House travel expenditures. The subcommittee specifically heard testimony on Wh…

The House Post Office Subcommittee on Human Resources held this oversight hearing to assess some of the White House personnel perquisites. This was the second in a series of hearings held by…

Committee members discussed heatedly the travel and professional expenditures of each branch of the federal government, focusing on how spending by the executive branch is disproportionate t…

The subcommittee heard testimony on the decision of the Department of Commerce to not readjust the final figures obtained by the U.S. Census Bureau in the 1990 census despite a post-census s…

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…

The Senate Government Information and Regulation subcommittee and the House Census and Population subcommittee heard testimony on the methods used by the U.S. Census Bureau to count the home…

The subcommittee conducted a hearing to review the status of the 1990 census. The census numbers are used to apportion congressional districts and to provide statistics to assist in planning…

The House Post Office & Civil Service Subcommittee on Census & Population heard testimony on the mail response rate of the census and the accuracy of census data.