Oversight Hearing Scheduled to Question Stimulus Waste |
Friday, 13 March 2009 00:00 |
WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today characterized next week’s hearing titled, “Preventing Stimulus Waste and Fraud: Who Are the Watchdogs?” an opportunity for the Administration to provide absent details regarding its commitment to monitor every dollar of stimulus spending.
“The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing next week to review what proactive steps Administration officials are taking to prevent waste, fraud and abuse of stimulus funds,” Issa said. “To this point, the Administration has been strong on rhetoric, but short on details. Next week’s hearing provides the Administration with an open platform to detail how they intend to fulfill their promise of transparency.”
Yesterday afternoon, Issa sent a letter to Earl Devaney, Chair of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board, who will be participating in Thursday’s hearing, calling into question Administration guidelines released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that contradict the President’s promise of an “unprecedented oversight effort” of the nearly $800 billion included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed into law last month.
“Full transparency requires attention to not just what is posted online, but also how the information is posted. Information about how the taxpayers’ money is distributed must be disclosed in a structured, open, and searchable format,” Issa wrote to Devaney. “Spending this massive sum of money in relatively short order presents the dangerous probability of waste, fraud, and abuse.”
Below are questions Issa’s asked Devaney to address:
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