Oversight
Lawmakers Propose Reforms Following ‘Flagrant Mismanagement’ of Trump Hotel Lease
Oversight of the lease has been the subject of controversy for years from lawmakers, government watchdogs and outside groups.
Oversight
Republicans Try to Undo Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate
This is similar to the attempt to block the private business vaccine rule.
Oversight
Liberals ‘Need to Get On the Defense Committees,’ If They Want Change
“At this point, I think defense is just not that important to progressives one way or the other,” said one expert after Democrats came away from negotiations empty handed.
Oversight
Republicans Press IRS for Information on Upcoming Tax Season
Their questions are on operational and workforce issues.
Oversight
White House Releases 'Unprecedented’ Guidance to Agencies on Cooperating With Watchdogs
Strengthening communication and establishing liaisons for inspectors general offices are some of the new action items for agency leaders.
Oversight
We All Should Be Rooting for the Infrastructure Implementation Task Force
Identifying the people and places left behind in the current economy is critical.
Oversight
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Orders Removal of Derogatory Terms from Public Land Names
Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, said she is ‘proud to be in a position’ to start with a term offensive to indigenous women on 650 different places on federal land.
Management
Infrastructure Package Furthers Made-in-America Efforts
Also, the Office of Management and Budget has started making public the waivers to domestic preference laws.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: How to Address Corruption in Government
The Project on Government Oversight's Walter Shaub and Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette join the podcast to discuss how ethics laws can be strengthened.
Oversight
Lawmakers Call on GAO to Examine FBI Whistleblower Protections
Five years after Congress passed a law reforming the bureau’s whistleblower program, the Justice Department still has not issued regulations to implement those changes.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: How to Address Improper Payments
Former GAO official Linda Miller joins the podcast to discuss the billions lost through erroneous payments.
Oversight
Congressional Republicans Attempt to Overturn OSHA Vaccine Rule
“These resolutions each have a large number of cosponsors, suggesting that they are being used for signaling purposes despite very low odds of enactment,” said one observer.
Oversight
Texas Sues Biden Administration for Requiring Health Care Workers to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
The state has also challenged the federal government’s vaccination mandates for big businesses and federal contractors.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: Is Another CR on the Horizon?
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss spending bill negotiations in Congress.
Oversight
IG: $400M Border Contract Awarded Properly, Though Investigators Met Roadblocks in Interviews
This was one of several contracts awarded under the Trump administration for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Oversight
House Probes of Trump Hotel Continue Amid Report of Sale
After years of controversy the Trump Organization is reportedly selling the lease to its D.C. hotel.
Oversight
Steve Bannon Indicted Over Jan. 6 Panel Snub, Pushing Key Question Over Presidential Power to the Courts
Donald Trump asked former aides not to testify before a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The Department of Justice has now charged one over that refusal.
Oversight
$1.2T Infrastructure Plan Offers Lucrative Target for Fraud
Research shows there are ways to fight fraud, but the bill contains very little language aimed at doing so.
Oversight
13 Trump Officials Found to Have Violated the Hatch Act Ahead of 2020 Election
The Trump administration had a “willful disregard” for the law, Office of Special Counsel says.
Oversight
These Billionaires Received Taxpayer-Funded Stimulus Checks During the Pandemic
IRS records reveal that 18 billionaires and some 250 other ultrawealthy people received aid intended to help middle-class Americans.
Almost There!
Help us tailor content specifically for you: