Congress Requests IG Oversight on Agency Reopenings
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Congress Requests IG Oversight on Agency Reopenings

House Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) sent letters to the Inspector General (IG) offices of 24 federal agencies requesting they develop assessment plans for reviewing their agencies’ plans for reopening. The letters criticize a lack of cooperation with oversight bodies from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management.

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Democrats Introduce Policing Reform Package with Provisions Impacting Federal Law Enforcement
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Democrats Introduce Policing Reform Package with Provisions Impacting Federal Law Enforcement

Congressional Democrats introduced a legislative package this week to address policing issues as law enforcement accountability makes national headlines. The 135-page package entitled the Justice in Policing Act includes a host of changes to federal and state law enforcement practices and increases federal oversight over state and local police departments.

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Bipartisan Group Sends Letter on Handling National Debt
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Bipartisan Group Sends Letter on Handling National Debt

A letter from Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Jody Arrington (R-TX), signed by an additional 58 members of Congress, expresses a commitment to continuing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic downturn impacting millions of Americans but raises concern regarding the increases in national debt. The lawmakers urge leadership to include provisions for future budget reforms in any upcoming pandemic response legislation.

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Legislators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expedite Hiring of Pandemic Recovery Watchdog
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Legislators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expedite Hiring of Pandemic Recovery Watchdog

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) have introduced legislation to boost oversight of trillions of dollars in taxpayer funded pandemic relief by helping the special watchdog quickly onboard oversight staff. The Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR) Expedited Hiring Authority Act allows the SIGPR to bypass the current government hiring process to allow the office to quickly ramp up oversight operations.

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