Transparency in government + Law and legislation -- United States
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Transparency in government + Law and legislation -- United States
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Transparency in government + Law and legislation
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- Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act, report (to accompany H.R. 4444) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2016, report (to accompany H.R. 3387)
- Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act of 2015, report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 3189) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act, report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 2798) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions Act, report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 5933) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Ensuring government transparency through FOIA reform, hearing before the Subcommittee on Government Operations of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, February 27, 2015
- An Act to Amend Title 40, United States Code, to Eliminate the Sunset of Certain Provisions Relating to Information Technology, to Amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to Extend the Sunset Relating to the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative, and for Other Purposes
- FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017, report (to accompany H.R. 3243) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, first session on examining oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, September 14, 2021
- H.R. 548, "Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015", H.R. 549, "Litigation Oversight Act of 2015", H.R. 550, "EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act", and H.R. 1189, "Preserving Wellness Programs Act", hearing before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, March 24, 2015
- FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act of 2016, report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 5510) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Markup of H. Res. 75, H.R. 739, H. Res. 156, H.R. 596, and H.R. 295, markup before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, first session, March 7, 2019
- Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017, report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 4061) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act, report (to accompany H.R. 5633)
- Truth in Settlements Act of 2015, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1109, to require adequate information regarding the tax treatment of payments under settlement agreements entered into by federal agencies, and for other purposes
- Freedom of Information Act: agencies are implementing requirements, but additional actions are needed, report to congressional requesters
- Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2011, report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 3433) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Power, practices, personnel, 100 + commonsense solutions to a better government
- Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2015, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, together with additional views to accompany S.1820 to require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for major rules
- Fitness Information Transparency Act of 2018, report (to accompany H.R. 6374)
- Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011, report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 2401) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015, report (to accompany H.R. 2507) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Millennium Challenge Corporation, lessons learned after a decade and outlook for the future : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, December 8, 2015
- Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act, report (to accompany S. 1800)
- Truth in Settlements Act of 2014, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1898, to require adequate information regarding the tax treatment of payments under settlements agreements entered into by federal agencies, and for other purposes
- Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act, report (to accompany H.R. 660) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2018, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate to accompany S. 2178, to require the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to make open recommendations of Inspectors General publicly available, and for other purposes
- Transparency in Federal Buildings Projects Act 2019, report (to accompany H.R. 2502) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2016, report (to accompany H.R. 5690) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Congressional lawmaking, a perspective on secrecy and transparency, Walter J. Oleszek
- Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015, report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 24) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Guidance Out of Darkness Act, report together with additional views (to accompany H.R. 4809) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018, report together with additional views (to accompany H.R. 5556) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Resolution of inquiry directing the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to communication between the executive branch and the American Federation of Teachers regarding reopening schools and supporting safe, in-person learning, adverse report together with minority views (to accompany H. Res 1273)
- H.R. 424, "Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017"; H.R. 717, "Listing Reform Act"; H.R. 1274, "State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act"; H.R. 2603, "Saving America's Endangered Species Act" or "SAVES Act"; and H.R. 3131, "Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act", legislative hearing before the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, first session, Wednesday, July 19, 2017
- An Act to Require Each Agency, in Providing Notice of a Rulemaking, to Include a Link to a 100-Word Plain Language Summary of the Proposed Rule
- FOIA Improvement Act of 2015, report together with additional views (to accompany S. 337) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2019, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 2560, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available
- Congressional Accountability for Emergency Lending Programs Act of 2017, report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 4302) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Bridge Contract Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate to accompany S. 2413, to provide for the appropriate use of bridge contracts in federal procurement, and for other purposes
- Secret Science Reform Act of 2015, report together with minority and additional views (to accompany H.R. 1030) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act, report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 4315) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- OPEN Government Data Act, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 760, to expand the government's use and administration of data to facilitate transparency, effective governance, and innovation, and for other purposes
- Legislative proposals to improve transparency and accountability at the CFPB, hearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, May 21, 2014
- Freedom of Information Act: selected agencies adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic but face ongoing challenges and backlogs, report to congressional addressees
- Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016, report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 5226) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Markup of H. Res. 1298, "Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the role of the Department of the Treasury in the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business Administration." ; H.R. 8844, "STEP Improvement Act of 2022", hearing before the Committee on Small Business, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, second session, hearing held September 21, 2022
- Freedom of Information Act, federal court decisions have not required the Office of Special Counsel to initiate disciplinary actions for the improper withholding of records
- Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2018, report (to accompany H.R. 6777) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- An Act to Amend Title 40, United States Code, to Require Certain Prospectuses for Public Buildings to be Made Publicly Available, and for Other Purposes