How the House Oversight Committee Conquered YouTube

So what does it take to rise to the top in federal social media? Well, dedication and tech savvy help, but content is still king. This lesson is borne out by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which recently crossed a milestone: 2 million video views on its YouTube page.

That blows away any other dedicated committee page in the House or Senate. Those viewers aren’t flocking to dry hearing videos, though. The most viewed video by far -- responsible for nearly 300,000 of the 2 million views -- is the one that beggars belief of General Services Administration staffer and rising Reggae star Hank Terlaje at the agency’s now infamous Western District conference singing about spending building operations funds “all on fun” and evading inspector general investigations.