Member Statements

•  Chairman James Lankford R (OK)
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•  Ranking Member Heidi Heitkamp D (ND)
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Agenda

This hearing built on the Subcommittee’s previous guidance hearings held on September 23, 2015 and June 30, 2016. Topics for the hearing included a discussion on lingering concerns and developments arising from specific guidance documents; agency initiatives to address U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations on internal controls for good guidance practices; and a discussion of the role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in advising and implementing its cross-government good guidance practices. 

Witnesses

• The Honorable Howard Shelanski

  Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

  Office of Management and Budget
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• The Honorable M. Patricia Smith

  Solicitor of Labor

  U.S. Department of Labor
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• Amy McIntosh

  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Delegated the Duties of the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development

  U.S. Department of Education
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