Thompson Calls on OMB to Include Off-Budget Costs in Drafting Strategic Plans for Use by Federal Agencies

News Release: Washington, DC--Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) today called on the Clinton Administration to assist in making certain that "the agencies, as they develop their strategic plans (under the Government Performance and Results Act), are directly considering the role of regulatory and other off-budget costs in meeting their goals and objectives.".

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Governmental Affairs Holds Corporate Welfare Hearing

News Release: Washington, DC--"It is a matter of fairness and shared sacrifice that we require no less of profit-making enterprises than we ask of all Americans," Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) said today as he opened a hearing on legislation (S.207) that would create a commission to address government programs which provide some corporations with unfair subsidies or tax benefits.

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Governmental Affairs To Address GAO's "High-Risk" Programs

News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) today responded to the report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) on federal program areas identified as "high risk" because they are vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement. Thompson said he was "deeply...

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Thompson Urges New HUD, Commerce Secretaries...To Improve Management Practices By Compliance With New Laws

News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) urged new HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo and Commerce Secretary William Daley to effectively implement bipartisan government management reforms that would help improve their agencies management operations and save millions of dollars in government waste, fraud and abuse.

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Governmental Affairs Committee to Hold Hearing on Two-Year Budget Cycle

News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) said today that he would hold hearings on bipartisan legislation he will introduce with Senator Domenici to convert the appropriations and budget process to a two-year cycle.

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Strong Agenda Set for Governmental Affairs Committee

News Release: Washington, DC--At a meeting today to help organize the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee's agenda in the 105th Congress, Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) made it clear that the Committee would undertake a sweeping set of initiatives which would focus on federal oversight, reform of the regulation-writing process and making government more efficient and effective.

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Thompson Urges Albright to Improve State Department Efficiency

News Release: Washington, DC--Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) urged new Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to "provide the leadership necessary for the State Department to meet its management challenges of the next century.".

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Thompson Calls on Administration to Cut Paperwork

News Release: Washington, DC--Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) today strongly urged the Administration to meet its obligations under law and substantially cut back on the paperwork burdens it places on Americans.

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THOMPSON ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

News Release: Washington, DC--United States Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) was elected Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on January 7 by his colleagues on the Committee. The Republican Conference and the full Senate are expected to confirm his election later this week.

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