• Chairman Towns questioned the competitiveness of HHS stimulus contracts
• Full Committee hearing entitled: "Tracking the Money: Assessing the Recovery Act's Impact on the State of California."
• Chairman Towns urged the Department of Transportation to address concerns raised by the DOT Inspector General regarding the Department's ability to oversee and manage stimulus funds
• Full Committee hearing entitled: "Tracking the Money: How Recovery Act Recipients Account for Their Use of Stimulus Dollars."
• The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2182, the "Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act."
Full Committee hearing titled: "Tracking the Money: How Recovery Act Recipients Account for Their Use of Stimulus Dollars"
• Oversight Committee to Examine Implementation of the Recovery Act
• Towns Works with Obama Administration to Increase Recovery Act Funding in Economically Distressed Areas
• Chairman Towns, Ranking Member Issa Call for Replacement of Amtrak’s ‘Interim’ IG Towns’
• Oversight Hearing Finds Economically Distressed Areas Not A Priority In Awarded Stimulus Transportation Projects
• GAO Endorses Towns’ Legislation to Improve State and Local Government’s Ability to Track Stimulus Dollars
• Third Stimulus Oversight Hearing to Examine Challenges Facing States, Local Governments
• Towns Legislation Will Improve State and Local Government’s Ability to Track Stimulus Dollars
• Chairman Towns Announces Plan to Help State Auditors Meet Demands of Recovery Act
• Oversight Committee to Assess New York City Stimulus Progress
• Chairman Towns Calls on Vice President Biden to Convene IT Roundtable, Establish Uniform Approach to Track Stimulus Funds