Correspondence

Kline Requests DOJ Investigation of Alleged Misconduct by NLRB Acting General Counsel
Sep 17, 2012 - Dear Attorney General Holder: The attached National Relations Board (NLRB) Inspector General’s (IG) report makes serious allegations that Acting General Lafe Solomon engaged in ethical and criminal misconduct while serving on the NLRB. I respectfully request you investigate these charges fully. Und... More

Committee Leaders Request Meeting with Acting OMB Director on Administration's Regulatory Agenda
Sep 14, 2012 - Dear Acting Director Zients: Regulatory uncertainty plays a significant role in perpetuating a persistently weak economy and labor market. It undermines the ability of employers and entrepreneurs to hire new workers, plan for the future, and invest in growing their businesses. To help get the econo... More

Committee Renews Request for Information on Delphi Pension Decision
Sep 12, 2012 - Dear Secretary Geithner and Director Gotbaum: The Committee on Education and the Workforce remains committed to overseeing the federal government’s restructuring of the General Motors Company (GM), and its consequences for the pension benefits of workers at the Delphi Corporation, a former subsidia... More

Kline, Alexander Ask HHS for Required Data on Head Start Re-Competition Process
Sep 7, 2012 - Dear Secretary Sebelius: The Head Start Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure the designation renewal system (DRS) put in place in 2007 to increase program accountability is “fair, consistent, and transparent.” However, the department has refused to release any in... More

Committee Leaders Request Information from DOL on Collection of Compensation Data
Sep 6, 2012 - Dear Secretary Solis: We remain concerned about the policies and priorities of the Department of Labor's (the department) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Recently, OFCCP proposed a number of requirements relating to the collection of compensation data from federal contractor... More

Kline Requests GAO Report on Promise Neighborhoods Program
Aug 27, 2012 - Dear Mr. Dodaro: The Promise Neighborhoods program aims to improve educational and developmental outcomes for students in some of the country's most distressed urban, rural, and tribal neighborhoods by providing cradle-to-career support services. In 2012, the first year of the grant, the Department... More

Kline Requests Information on Education Department's Adherence to Court Order Regarding Gainful Employment Rule
Aug 27, 2012 - Dear Secretary Duncan: On October 29, 2010, the Department of Education finalized its program integrity rules, which significantly expanded the department's authority to require institutions of higher education offering programs leading to gainful employment to obtain approval of new academic progr... More

Committee Leaders Seek Information on Taxpayer-Funded Ad Campaign for Failed Stimulus Program
Aug 24, 2012 - Dear Secretary Solis: The appropriate expenditure of taxpayer funds by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is of the utmost importance to the committee. This week, multiple news sources have reported that in September 2009 DOL spent $495,000 in so-called “stimulus” funding to hire a public relations... More

Members Urge DOD to Practice Fair Recruiting Practices
Aug 15, 2012 - Dear Secretary Panetta: The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 112-81) includes a provision (Section 532) to ensure "covered graduates" are given the same opportunity to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces as traditional high school graduates, commonly called Tier I recruits. The law clea... More

Committee Seeks Information on DOL's Auto Recovery Office
Aug 7, 2012 - Dear Secretary Solis: The appropriate expenditure of taxpayer funds by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is of the utmost important to the committee. Given the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) recent findings on duplication and overlap within federal programs, I respectfully request d... More

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