House Panel to Examine Navy Procurement
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The chairman of a House Armed Services subcommittee yesterday announced that he plans to hold hearings into allegations that the Navy sidestepped procurement rules while purchasing hundreds of floating boat barriers and underwater sensors to protect U.S. ships from attack.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn will answer questions on the spying scandal that has embroiled her company during a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill next week.
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The leaders of a House panel that oversees military spending said Wednesday they are drafting legislation that would pay for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through the rest of the year.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 3--Before the new year, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller wrote a letter to the head of the House Committee on Resources urging him to look into the National Marine Fisheries Service's controversial regulations on red snapper.
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Democratic lawmakers on Friday  requested an investigation into why the State Department  delayed word of sanctions on two Indian companies for  Iran-related dealings until after the U.S. House of  Representatives approved a nuclear agreement with New Delhi.
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Mattel Inc. CEO Robert Eckert and U.S. product safety inspectors will face questions from senators next week as Congress begins probes of toy safety
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A House of Representatives subcommittee has scheduled a hearing to examine the NFL Players Association's procedures for disciplining agents.
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The chairman of the U.S. House of  Representatives Financial Services Committee will this year  scrutinize the mortgage lending industry and draft new consumer  protections for credit card holders, he said on Friday.
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The Justice Department is reviewing  the actions of three top administration officials over a $23.5  billion Air Force plan to acquire 100 Boeing Co. tankers,  documents obtained by Reuters on Tuesday show.
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By PETER HARDIN  SCOTT PICKED - A task force announced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will look at setting up an outside panel to investigate ethics problems involving members of Congress. Virginia's Robert C. Scott was picked for the task force.
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In a hearing on the national flu vaccine shortage, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Thursday requested that FDA, HHS and flu vaccine manufacturer Chiron by Dec. 1 produce documents detailing
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A Republican lawmaker said on Sunday  his U.S. Senate committee would look into a reported move by  the Pentagon to reinterpret U.S. law to give Defense Secretary  Donald Rumsfeld broad authority over spy operations abroad.
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The House is scheduled to take up legislation this week aimed at putting new curbs on no-bid contracts and cost overruns, the first of several congressional initiatives seeking to place new limits on government contractors.
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BAE Systems is reported to be planning to set up an external ethics committee to look into its arms deals.
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A panel reviewing the Virginia Tech shootings likely will issue broad recommendations for agencies involved in the tragedy, from police to the university to the mental health community, the panel's chairman said.
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The inspector-general of the House of Representatives will investigate recent allegations of sexual misconduct among congressional pages, the Democratic and Republican leaders of the chamber announced.
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A federal panel chooses a go-slow approach to investigating whether workers got cancer at the nuclear weapons facility