The House Energy and Commerce Committee has asked the Environmental Protection Agency whether it uses internal controls to oversee its contractor workforce.

The committee wrote in a Tuesday letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt that reports by the Government Accountability Office and the EPA’s inspector general office cited gaps in the agency’s management of accountability over contractors, such as overbilling issues and lack of awareness on the number of contractors with “significant” data security responsibilities.

Pruitt stepped down from his post on Thursday and was succeeded by deputy administrator Andrew Wheeler on an acting capacity.

The panel called on EPA to submit documents that offer information on the total amount of funds the agency obligated for fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2017 contracts and the number of roles currently held by contractors at the agency.

EPA should offer information on policies that deal with contractor oversight, management and engagement and state the number of contract positions that demand a security clearance.

The agency has until July 17 to respond to the committee’s request.

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) co-wrote the letter with Reps. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.).

John Foertschbeck, a senior adviser at the Social Security Administration‘s Office of Systems Operations and Hardware Engineering, has said adopting a hybrid cloud computing infrastructure will help the agency manage its footprint on mainframe systems, FedScoop reported Friday.

SSA aims to migrate information technology applications to public and private cloud platforms as part of a five-year modernization effort.

The agency selected CGI‘s federal unit, Leidos and Northrop Grumman to provide IT support services under a potential 10-year, $7.8 billion contract.

Foertschbeck noted that SSA wants to expand the agency’s cloud portfolio and help customers manage tasks with the use of infrastructure, platform and software-as-a-service platforms.

The Project on Government Oversight has called on the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget to update the functionality of a web-based resource for federal spending information.

Both agencies should work to address data search filter, presentation and reporting concerns related to USAspending.gov, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization said in a letter published June 28.

POGO sent the missive to Amy Edwards, deputy assistant secretary for accounting policy and financial transparency at Treasury, and Victoria Collin, chief of OMB’s management controls and assistance branch.

The group found some discrepancies when it comes to searching for specific information involving large companies, as they can be identified by multiple variations of recipient names and Dun and Bradstreet numbers.

For example, a search using Spending Explorer to look for the recipient breakdown for contractual services and supplies for NASA would result in three separate entries for Boeing: “The Boeing Company” with 8.4 percent of the spending, “Boeing Company” with 4.4 percent, and “Boeing Company, The” with 3.7 percent.

POGO added the website contains a gap in spending records for mutliple government agency programs. For instance, the Agriculture Department’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, is listed in USASpending.gov as having awards totaling only $160 million when the program has already spent $68 billion in fiscal year 2017 alone.

The nonprofit recommended a summary view of search results specifically for contracts — displaying a breakdown of spending regarding details such as extent competed or a breakdown of total contract money spent on products versus for services — and assistance awards.

The portal should also include a recipient profile and a list of the top 100 contractors and top 100 grant/assistance recipients for every fiscal year, POGO added.