Committee Republicans call for investigation into federal workers’ compensation program

Committee Republicans call for investigation into federal workers’ compensation program

Top Republicans on the House Education and Workforce Committee are pushing for an investigation into the long-standing workers’ compensation program for federal employees, saying the program is particularly “susceptible to waste, fraud and abuse.” In a letter to the Government Accountability Office on Monday, Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) and Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.), chairman of the workforce protections subcommittee, requested a …