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Fairfax, VA – Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, introduced the Saving the Civil Service Act, legislation to reverse President Trump's executive order that would remove important civil service protections and make it easier for the Administration to unfairly retaliate against federal employees.
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 22, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's executive order that effectively politicizes the federal civil service through the creation of Schedule F, a classification that will remove civil service protections from thousands of federal employees and allow the President to fill policy-making roles with his supporters:
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 7, 2020)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a hybrid hearing to examine the role of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the coronavirus pandemic, the financial condition of the IRS, and the state of the agency's information technology (IT).
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Congresswoman Carolyn B.
Washington, DC – Today, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, House Democrats introduced the Protecting Our Democracy Act – a landmark reforms package that will prevent future presidential abuses, restore our system of checks and balances, strengthen accountability and transparency, and protect our elections.
Washington, D.C. (Aug. 7, 2020)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statement about the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Inspector General (IG) report finding that the Trump Administration's continued efforts to dismantle OPM are "fiscally irresponsible" and place additional burdens on both the agency and American taxpayers.
Washington, D.C. (Aug 3, 2020)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held the Subcommittee's biannual hearing to assess implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA).
Washington, D.C. –Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, introduced the Merit Systems Protection Board Empowerment Act of 2020. This legislation would reauthorize the Merit Systems Protect Board (MSPB) for five years beginning in 2021.
Washington, D.C. (July 21, 2020)—This week, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a hearing to examine how the coronavirus pandemic exposed the federal government's broken IT infrastructures and how legacy systems failed Americans when they needed aid most.
Washington D.C. (July 16, 2020)—On Monday, July 20, 2020, at 1:30 p.m., Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will hold a hearing to examine the longstanding issue of legacy information technology (IT) systems, the challenges they present to federal agencies, and the urgent need to modernize federal IT systems, especially in light of the coronavirus pandemic.