Final report of the Amtrak Reform Council describing their activities and findings regarding the Council's proposed action plan for restructuring the national intercity rail passenger system in the face of Amtrak's failure to achieve operational self-sufficiency.

Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq & Afghanistan held February 2, 2009 in Washington D.C. This hearing includes testimony from witnesses representing the Special Inspector General for Iraqi Reconstruction, the Inspector General of the Department of State and Defense, and U.S. Senators Collins, McCaskill, and Webb on improving wartime contracting. The highlight of the hearing was the release of SIGIR's investigative report on waste, fraud and abuse in the Iraqi reconstruction effort.

On September 15, 2005, the House of Representatives approved H. Res. 437, which created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (“the Select Committee”). According to the resolution, the Committee was charged with conducting “a full and complete investigation and study and to report its findings to the House not later than February 15, 2006, regarding— (1) the development, coordination, and execution by local, State, and Federal authorities of emergency response plans and other activities in preparation for Hurricane Katrina; and (2) the local, State, and Federal government response to Hurricane Katrina.” The Committee presents the report narrative and the findings that stem from it to the U.S. House of Representatives and the American people for their consideration. Members of the Select Committee agree unanimously with the report and its findings. Other Members of Congress who participated in the Select Committee’s hearings and investigation but were not official members of the Select Committee, while concurring with a majority of the report’s findings, have presented additional views as well, which we offer herein on their behalf. First and foremost, this report is issued with our continued thoughts and prayers for Katrina’s victims. Their families. …

February report of the U.S. Congressional Oversight Panel describing their activities and findings regarding the valuation of the U.S. Treasury's policy of investing capital in financial institutions through the Troubles Asset Relief Program (TARP).