Oversight
A Republican Lawmaker Wants Answers on U.S. Park Police Staffing and Facilities Upkeep
Letter to the Interior Department follows an IG management advisory last month.
Oversight
Ukraine War and Anti-Russia Sanctions on Top of COVID-19 Mean even Worse Trouble Lies Ahead for Global Supply Chains
In the short term, the war is causing energy prices to soar and prompting fears of famine in some countries. In the long term, it could remake the modern global supply chain.
Oversight
Pandemic IG: Proposed Budget Funding ‘Reaffirms’ Congress’ Commitment to Oversight
The office previously warned that it was running out of money.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: The Oversight Committee is Expanding its Investigation into Trump's Records
Natalie Alms joins the podcast to discuss the House probe into the previous administration's records policies.
Oversight
House Panel Advances DHS Acquisition Bills
Two bills seeking to improve oversight of the Department of Homeland Security’s acquisition programs were passed out of committee in a markup on Wednesday, along with a number of other measures.
Oversight
What’s Holding Up the COVID Vaccines for Children Under 5?
For months, parents have been told COVID vaccines for their little ones are coming. But opaque communication from the FDA, shifting timelines, delays and misinformation have left parents frustrated and confused. Here’s everything we know at the moment.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: What Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Face on the Road to Confirmation
Dr. Emerald Christopher-Byrd joins the podcast to discuss Biden's Supreme Court nominee.
Oversight
‘Deeply Disturbing’ Watchdog Report Examines How Interior Handled FOIA Requests Under Trump
Other agencies have in the past put the record requests through additional reviews.
Oversight
States Likely to Resist CDC Proposal Easing Opioid Access
Forty states limit the number of days a painkiller prescription can last.
Oversight
U.S. Plans New Safety Rules to Crack Down on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Portable Generators
The announcement comes two months after an investigation by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News detailed the deadly cost of the government’s failure to regulate portable generators.
Oversight
The Park Police’s ‘Dilapidated’ D.C. Dispatch Office Puts Safety at Risk, an IG Says
Holes in the roof allowing water and bird droppings through and possible black mold are among the issues, as well as problems with staffing and training.
Oversight
Lawmakers Call for Free Access to Publicly Funded Scientific Research
Two senators asked the Office of Science and Technology Policy to help make federally-funded research free.
Oversight
An Investigation Has Found That Trump’s First Interior Secretary Violated His Ethics Obligations
The inspector general referred the matter to the Justice Department, but it declined to pursue criminal prosecution.
Oversight
GSA’s Lease for the Trump Hotel is Under Scrutiny Again
Lawmakers are calling for the agency to consider terminating the lease after the Trump Organization’s accounting firm said it could no longer vouch for the company’s financial statements.
Oversight
What Does Another Continuing Resolution Mean for Federal Contractors?
These stopgap spending measures can lead to "endless stop-and-start contract cycles, creating inefficiency and disruption."
Oversight
Whatever Happened to Biden’s Pandemic Testing Board?
The day after his inauguration, President Joe Biden signed an order creating a Pandemic Testing Board, which he said would be modeled on FDR’s hugely successful Wartime Production Board. A year later, there’s little sign of Biden’s initiative.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: Dems Want to Change the Debt Ceiling Process
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss plans to overhaul the debt limit and keep government open.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: Feds Have to Follow Stronger Ethics Rules Than Members of Congress. Why?
The Project on Government Oversight's Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette and National Taxpayers Union's Andrew Lautz join the podcast to discuss members of Congress trading individual stocks and ethics.
Oversight
A Watchdog Has Found the Trump Administration Handled Some Ukraine Funds Lawfully
This is “distinguishable” from the 2020 ruling in which the watchdog determined the Trump administration did violate the law with other aid spending, GAO said.
Oversight