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New DATA Act, Same Standards and Transparency Push
Emerging tools have made an agile approach easier, but there is plenty of work to be done in terms of refining enterprise BI methods.
A party celebrated the release of Lanny Davis's book Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life .
Pickering Says He Will Testify on Benghazi Only in Public
In the latest development in the fluid Benghazi investigation, the two retired luminaries who chaired the State Department's outside review of the government's handling of the September 2012 attack in Libya reiterated their refusal to comply with a House committee chairman's demand that they testify behind closed doors.
White House releases Benghazi e-mails
In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the burnt out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of American ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept.
Top Dem on IRS Scandal: - Yes, Laws Were Probably Broken'
House Oversight Committee ranking member Elijah Cummings called the IRS's targeting of conservative groups "one of the most alarming things I've ever seen," and believes that those involved likely broke the law.
Dems applaud, GOP cautious on IRS chief's exit
Congressional Democrats on Wednesday applauded President Obama's move to force out the acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner, while Republicans on Capitol Hill signaled that they were far from done investigating the agency's targeting of conservative groups.
Gregory Hicks, the former deputy chief of mission in Libya, arrives for a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, May 8. State Department employees testified about the terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012.
Top House Democrat demands more information on national security leaks
A top House Democrat is pushing the U.S. Attorney's Office to give the public more information about its investigation into a series of national security leaks.
WaPo on reforming food aid: Time to end the special-interest hostage-taking
The Obama administration is once again reviving a years-long and recurring effort to reform the way the United States delivers food aid abroad, but unfortunately, it's a very uphill battle against some highly specially interested parties and the Congresspeople who represent them.
Maryland Faith Leaders Gather for Health Care Summit
Maryland health advocates urged religious leaders on Tuesday to learn more about how federal health care reform will be implemented in the state so they can pass information on to uninsured congregants.
House Oversight Committee: Thomas Perez still not complying with subpoena over emails
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and ranking Democrat, Rep.
Hurdles in reforming U.S. food aid
Among the more laudable ideas in President Barack Obama's budget for fiscal 2014 is a plan to modernize and reform the $1.5 billion U.S. food aid program.
SNL Benghazi Skit Mismatches Members, Nameplates
"Saturday Night Live" had some fun with last week's marathon Benghazi hearing, marrying House Republicans' fervor for media attention with the basic tenet of sweeps week programming, like stunt casting: We can't quibble with the logic of exploiting newsmakers to make people notice what's happening on Capitol Hill - frustrated conservatives bemoaned ... (more)
Brent Budowsky: Anti-Hillary GOP War Begins While Major Media Aids and Abets
Watching Republicans in the House of Representatives misuse Congressional hearings in their partisan campaign to attack former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead of the 2016 presidential campaign, it looks as though Republicans believe that happy days are here again.
Wolf Blitzer Can Totally Understand Why The Government Would Snoop On AP Phone Records
The news today is that the Justice Department " secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press ," in what the AP president and chief executive officer Gary Pruitt called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into newgathering.
Pelosi Injects Campaign Finance Debate Into IRS Scandal
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's two-paragraph statement on allegations that the IRS targeted tea party organizations for extra review could have come from any concerned lawmaker Monday.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Ca., center, confers with committee general counsel Stephen Castor, right, as Rep.
Top Dem calls for public testimony on Benghazi
In this photo provided by CBS News Sunday, May 12, 2013, Ambassador Thomas Pickering speaks on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington Sunday.
Top Democrat calls for public testimony on Benghazi Rep. Elijah...
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Top Dem calls for public testimony on Benghazi
14, 2012 file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the U.S. By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON - The top Democrat on a House panel says the authors of the independent investigation into the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, should testify at a hearing, not in a private deposition.