Oversight
Democratic Lawmakers Urge Biden To Act On Gender-Neutral Federal IDs
The administration promised to allow nonbinary and intersex people to get passports that reflect their gender identities. Rep. Ro Khanna told The 19th an executive order is a “good first step.”
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GovExec Daily: Brian Miller and Pandemic Oversight
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss her conversation with the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery and other oversight stories.
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How America’s Partisan Divide Over Pandemic Responses Played Out in the States
States led by Republican governors generally had higher COVID-19 case and death rates in 2020.
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OPM Failed to Notify Employees of Coworker COVID Infections, Require Mask-Wearing, IG Says
The watchdog said many of the problems related to the agency’s coronavirus response have been solved by a new workforce safety plan finalized earlier this year.
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White House Is Reviewing Recommendation to Fire Housing Finance Inspector General
The watchdog’s attorney says she “has been a superlative IG.”
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Watchdog Suggests 112 New Actions to Enhance Government Savings and Efficiency
Taxpayer services, prison staffing and infectious disease modeling are some of the areas the Government Accountability Office listed as ripe for reforms.
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GovExec Daily: A Year of Pandemic Oversight
Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery Brian Miller speaks to GovExec's Courtney Bublé about his time in his role.
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Were Biden’s Ethics Waivers for Labor Ties Justified?
“Not all ethics waivers are bad,” said a former director of the Office of Government Ethics.
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Pandemic IG: ‘This Office Was Almost Set Up To Fail And Yet We're Succeeding’
Brian Miller reflects on a year of coronavirus oversight.
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Detecting Rare Blood Clots Was a Win, But U.S. Vaccine Safety System Still Has Gaps
With some 100 million Americans fully vaccinated, the U.S. is relying on a patchwork network of vaccine monitoring systems that lack the breadth and depth of large, population-based programs, experts said.
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Watchdog Alleges ‘Turf Battles’ Over Pandemic Oversight
The pandemic inspector general asked the Justice Department for a legal opinion after getting “resistance” from other agencies.
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Lawmakers Look to Crack Down on White House's Discretion in Allocating Agency Funding
Democrats decry "unelected officials" who make spending decisions in communities they do not understand.
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Bipartisan Group of Senators Push for Trade Office IG
Nearly every other Cabinet-level agency has an inspector general.
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Vanita Gupta Confirmed to Key Justice Department Job in Narrow Senate Vote
Gupta will be the first woman of color and civil rights attorney to serve as associate attorney general. Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined with Democrats in the vote.
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A Tiny Number of People Will Be Hospitalized Despite Being Vaccinated. We Have to Learn Why.
Experts say we should investigate “breakthrough infections” to look out for variants and understand who’s vulnerable. In many cases, that’s not happening. Crucial pieces of the puzzle are being tossed in the trash.
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IGs Cite ‘Serious Challenges’ Regarding Political Retaliation and Independence
Lawmakers weigh the need for new laws in the wake of former President Trump’s unprecedented attacks on federal watchdogs.
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GovExec Daily: Vaccine Progress and the Biden Administration
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the latest in pandemic news.
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Watchdog Finds the Pompeos Made Over 100 Requests of ‘Personal Nature’ to Staff
The former State Department secretary’s counsel vehemently denied the issues outlined in the inspector general report.
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New Treasury Office Will Oversee COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Programs
Billions in state and local government aid is part of the office's portfolio.
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Trump, Defying Custom, Hasn’t Given the National Archives Records of His Speeches at Political Rallies
All presidents must deposit transcriptions of their public statements with the National Archives. But in the case of Donald Trump, there's something missing.
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