“GAO found significant problems in the ethics program at the Department of the Interior,” Chairman Cummings said. “This, combined with the revelation in an Oversight Committee hearing yesterday that Acting Secretary Bernhardt may be deleting his calendars and holding secret meetings is troubling.”

“Sens. Peters and Carper & Rep. Cummings Announce GAO Report Outlining Serious Compliance Issues with Agency and White House Ethics Programs
Mar 15, 2019 Press Release
GAO Could Not Review White House Ethics Program Due to Lack of Cooperation
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), and U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, today announced a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report outlining how political appointees at multiple federal agencies have failed to fully comply with internal ethics programs. The legislators announced…