Oversight

Play of the Day: The First Lady is Going to Africa

Melania Trump will head to Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt this week.

Oversight

Watchdog: EPA Hosts Too Many Foreign Nationals In Certain Fellowships

Program run along with the National Academy of Sciences and nonprofits should make U.S. citizenship a requirement, IG says.

Management

Lawmakers Advance Legislation Raising Penalties for Appropriations Violations

A bill would prescribe how agencies should punish employees who violate the Anti-Deficiency Act.

Oversight

FEMA Director Spent $151K of Taxpayers' Money on Personal Trips

Long has agreed to reimburse the agency for his expenses, which are detailed in an IG report released by a House Democrat.

Oversight

Bill Passed By House Would Expand Subpoena Power of Inspectors General

Long-sought authority would allow interviews with former employees, contractors.

Oversight

House Passes Bill to Standardize, Centralize Grant Data

Without machine-readable reports, waste will continue, lawmaker says.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Donald Trump, George Washington and a Press Conference

The current president somehow brought the first president into the Brett Kavanaugh conversation.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Trump's Day at the United Nations

The president got some unintentional laughs during his speech to the body.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Rod Rosenstein Was Fired. Or Resigned. Or Not.

Confusion was the only constant on Monday regarding the Justice Department official.

Management

Lawmakers Urge Education to Rescind Unilaterally-Imposed Union Contract

Three Democratic senators asked Secretary Betsy DeVos to comply with a preliminary FLRA finding that the department’s actions last spring constituted an unfair labor practice.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The President Wants Another Wall… in Africa

President Donald Trump suggests a wall in the Sahara to help the migration crisis in Europe.

Oversight

Democratic Senator Questions Mulvaney’s Hatch Act Compliance

Warren sends offices of Government Ethics and the Special Counsel a letter on the acting consumer bureau director's speech to GOP donors.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Putin's Mind Games

According to a new book, the former KGB operative knows how to manipulate President Trump.

Oversight

Congressional Research Service Serves Up Once-Scarce Reports

Portal launched to comply with new law, but some studies remain elusive.

Oversight

House Republicans Introduce Bill to Help Trump's Reorganization

Legislation mirrors a similar measure introduced in the Senate, although appropriators have already begun to block specific proposals.