Oversight

An Ousted NSC Official Is Joining the House Intelligence Committee Staff

Derek Harvey, forced out of the White House this summer, is set to work for one of the committees central to the congressional Russia investigations.

Oversight

Spending Battles Are Likely Still Brewing Despite Bipartisan Agreement on Hurricane Aid

There are already differences in the rhetoric Republicans and Democrats are using in discussing disaster relief.

Oversight

HUD Chief Carson Didn’t Violate Hatch Act at Trump Rally, Watchdog Finds

Carson did not give permission to be introduced with his official title, nor did he hear the introduction, according to OSC.

Oversight

Hundreds at EPA Reportedly Take Buyouts or Early Retirement

Union official questions how agency will respond to crises with reduced workforce.

Oversight

Trump Signs Funding Measure to Avert Shutdown

Bill keeps agencies open until early December and provides Hurricane Harvey relief.

Oversight

Hurricane Scientists Have Never Seen an Image Like This Before

For the first time in modern history, three hurricanes in the Atlantic are lined up in the most dangerous of ways, according to Eric Blake, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center.

Oversight

DEA Exec Intervened to Reinstate Security Clearance of Agent Involved in Sex Scandal

Special agent was suspended for granting his mistress (who was also a criminal) access to agency facilities, drug case evidence.

Oversight

Senate Attaches Shutdown-Avoiding Measure to Harvey Relief Bill

Package would keep agencies open through early December and also temporarily increase the debt limit.

Management

Commission on Evidence-Based Policy Calls for Interagency Coordination

Report recommends a National Secure Data Service that would help with specific projects without compromising privacy.

Oversight

NASA's Next Head Wants it to Do Less Climate Science and More Weather Science, But You Can’t Separate Them

Jim Bridenstine would be in charge of an agency critical to both climate science and storm tracking. He's much fonder of the latter.

Oversight

Play of the Day: A Hurricane Deal Keeps the Government Open

Donald Trump agreed to a plan with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown later this month… thanks to Hurricane Harvey.

Oversight

Analysis: Trump's Buck-Passing on Immigration

The president’s decision to try to shift responsibility for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to Congress could turn out to be one of his politically shrewder moves.

Oversight

A Satellite Image Shows the Incredible Size and Fury of Hurricane Irma

"What the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic looks like as it approaches the Caribbean.

Oversight

Harvey Quiets Threats of an Imminent Government Shutdown

GOP leaders are seizing on the storm as an excuse to put off showdowns over spending and the debt. But the truce might not last long.

Oversight

Chemical Safety Board Will Send Investigators to Houston to Probe Explosions

President Trump wants to abolish the agency.