Waste in government spending -- United States -- Prevention
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Waste in government spending -- United States -- Prevention
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Waste in government spending
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- GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2016, report (to accompany H.R. 5687) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budge Office)
- Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013, report (to accompany H.R. 2751) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Acquisition oversight, how effectively is DHS safeguarding taxpayer dollars? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, April 22, 2015
- Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012, report of the Committee on Education and the Workforce to accompany H.R. 4297, to reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century, together with minority views
- Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015, report of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, on H.R. 1021, together with additional views (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures (PRIME) Act of 2015, report (to accompany S. 861)
- Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act of 2019, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 196, to save taxpayer money and improve the efficiency and speed of intragovernmental correspondence, and for other purposes
- Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2011, report (to accompany S. 300) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Internal Revenue Service operations and the 2014 tax return filing season, hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, May 7, 2014
- Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1073, to amend the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, including making changes to the Do Not Pay initiative for improved detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals, and for other purposes
- DHS acquisition management challenges, solutions for saving taxpayer dollars : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, September 21, 2012
- DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act, report together with additional views (to accompany H.R. 4228)
- Saving Federal Dollars through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2017, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1099, to provide for the identification and prevention of improper payments and the identification of strategic sourcing opportunities by reviewing and analyzing the use of federal agency charge cards
- Hearing on the use of technology to better target benefits and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, April 19, 2012
- Payment Integrity Information Act of 2018, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 2948, to improve efforts to identify and reduce Governmentwide improper payments, and for other purposes
- Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2015, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 579, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to strengthen the independence of the inspectors general, and for other purposes
- DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of 2015, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1620, to reduce duplication of information technology at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes
- Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015, report (to accompany H.R. 2320) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Ending cash for convicts and other ways to improve the integrity of the UI program, hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, September 11, 2013
- Conference Accountability Act of 2014, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, together with additional views, to accompany S. 1347, to provide transparency, accountability, and limitations of government sponsored conferences
- Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act, report (to accompany H.R. 5415) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Protecting the safety net from waste, fraud, and abuse, hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, June 3, 2015
- Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act, report (to accompany H.R. 1365)
- Getting Results through Enhanced Accountability and Transparency Act of 2016, report (to accompany H.R. 5033)
- Second in a hearing series on securing the future of the Social Security Disability Insurance program, hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, January 24, 2012
- GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2016, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 2964 to eliminate or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability Office
- Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1820, to prohibit the use of federal funds for the costs of official portraits of members of Congress, heads of executive agencies, and heads of agencies and offices of the legislative branch
- Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective Federal Funding Act, report of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, to accompany H.R. 4724, together with dissenting views (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- To require the Comptroller General of the United States to analyze certain legislation in order to prevent duplication of an[d] overlap with existing federal programs, offices, and initiatives, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 2183
- Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, report (to accompany H.R. 4053) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1333, to amend the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, including making changes to the Do Not Pay Initiative, for improved detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals, and for other purposes
- Saving Federal Dollars through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2015, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1616, to provide for the identification and prevention of improper payments and the identification of strategic sourcing opportunities by reviewing and analyzing the use of federal agency charge cards
- Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2009, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate to accompany S. 942, to prevent abuse of government charge cards
- Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act of 2018, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate to accompany S. 3027, to save taxpayer money and improve the efficiency and speed of intragovernmental correspondence, and for other purposes
- Recommendations to encourage civility and bipartisanship in Congress, streamline processes and save taxpayer dollars, and increase the quality of constituent communication, report, the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives
- Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2013, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate to accompany S. 1360, to amend the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, including making changes to the Do Not Pay initiative, for improved detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals, and for other purposes
- Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2017, report (to accompany H.R. 378) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Ideas to improve Medicare oversight to reduce waste, fraud and abuse, hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, April 30, 2014
- Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2015, report (to accompany H.R. 2395) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses Act of 2015, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 742, to appropriately limit the authority to award bonuses to employees
- Cutting DHS duplication and wasteful spending, implementing private-sector best practices and watchdog recommendations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, April 26, 2013
- Eliminating Government-Funded Oil-Painting Act, report (to accompany H.R. 1701) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of 2015, report together with additional views (to accompany H.R. 1626) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Eliminating Government-Funded Oil-Painting Act, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 310, to prohibit the use of federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the federal government
- Protecting Social Security from waste, fraud, and abuse, hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, May 18, 2016
- DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of 2017, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 886, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an acquisition review board in the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes
- Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate to accompany S. 1409, to intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within federal spending
- Preventing waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in homeland security, a GAO high-risk list review : hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, May 7, 2014
- Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018, report together with additional views (to accompany H.R. 6690) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2011, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate to accompany S. 300, to prevent abuse of government charge cards