Mar 9, 2015 | Press Releases, Wisconsin Events
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson announced Monday that his staff will be available for mobile office hours as listed below. These office hours allow constituents to meet with the senator’s staff to request assistance with a federal agency or regarding other federal...
Mar 9, 2015 | Press Releases, Regulations and Oversight
WASHINGTON – Today, the Government Accountability Office reported on poor-performing federal employees. The GAO found that it can take six months to a year to dismiss a poor-performing supervisor – who can then appeal. Although it is easier and takes...
Mar 9, 2015 | National Security, Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called attention to a new Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General Report (OIG) report...
Mar 5, 2015 | Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Expert witnesses told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation on Wednesday about aggression by the Putin regime against Ukraine and other neighbors of the...
Mar 4, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced nine bills Wednesday, including S. 579, the Inspector General Empowerment Act, a bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978. This legislation would strengthen the...