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GovExec Wins Eddie Award for 2018 Immigration Crackdown Series
The stories documented the Homeland Security Department’s struggle to hire thousands of new border security personnel.
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Election Oversight Agencies Struggle With Vacancies and Infighting
Commissions responsible for ensuring secure and fair elections are plagued with internal problems.
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Viewpoint: The EPA Disbanded Our Clean Air Science Panel. We Met Anyway – and Found that Particle Pollution Regulations Aren’t Protecting Public Health
Scientists who were appointed to advise the EPA on air pollution kept meeting independently after the agency dissolved their panel. They say current regulations aren't strict enough.
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Play of the Day: The Impeachment Inquiry Moves Forward at the Capitol
Both parties brought visual aids.
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Senate Panel Tackles Unauthorized Appropriations, or ‘Zombie Payments’
Unauthorized payments accounted for 23% of the discretionary budget in 2019, compared to 10% in the early 1990s.
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Play of the Day: The President Needs Support From 'Rupublicans'
Donald Trump did some work to get to his latest typo on Twitter.
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Watchdog: Better Information-Sharing Could Help Address Spike in College Hate Crimes
The Justice Department must keep its resources updated and raise awareness of them, GAO finds.
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Play of the Day: More Trick-or-Treating at the White House
Donald and Melania Trump handed out candy to children on Monday night.
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After Scathing Report, VA Faces Criticism for Not Improving Whistleblower Protection Office More Quickly
"I cannot in good faith direct them to your office," a top lawmaker tells the head of VA's whistleblower office.
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Play of the Day: The President's Tweets About Taking Credit For Killing Wanted Terrorists
Donald Trump's old tweets tell a different story than the one he told on Sunday.
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AFGE President Takes Leave Amid Harassment Allegations
The largest federal employee union will conduct an internal investigation into J. David Cox’s conduct after 10 current and former union employees told Bloomberg News of unwanted advances and inappropriate comments.
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Play of the Day: Yet Another Book From the White House
This time, it's by the anonymous op-ed writer.
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IGs Unite Against Justice Legal Opinion That Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint Wasn’t an ‘Urgent Concern’
IG council says the opinion could have a “chilling effect” on future whistleblowers, asks Justice to reconsider.
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Analysis: The Political Funeral in the Age of Trump
Representative Elijah Cummings’s service showed how the president has even changed how his rivals are mourned.
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Play of the Day: Is the Border Wall Coming to Colorado?
President Trump touted the wall's progress in Pennsylvania this week.
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Senate Democrats Decry EPA’s Decision to Unilaterally Impose Union Contract
A letter from 41 lawmakers to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the decision to cease negotiations with the nation’s largest employee union and unilaterally implement a new contract showed a “disregard” for the law.
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Viewpoint: The Case Against 'Emolument'
The word is outdated. Why not use plain language instead?
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Judge Orders State Department to Begin Producing Ukraine-Related Documents
Order comes in response to an oversight watchdog’s lawsuit.
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Play of the Day: What the Storming of the Hearing Room Really Looked Like
When a group of Republican Congressmen storm a hearing, there are lots of comparisons.
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