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2023 appropriations bills include more oversight, transparency, staffer supports

For all of its talk about transparency and accountability, Congress itself has a ways to go on these matters. Lately, a group called the Congressional…

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Breaking Down the Biden Budget

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A Metropolitan Police Department cruiser blocks a street near the U.S. Capitol and a Library of Congress building in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, as law enforcement officials investigate a report of a pickup truck containing an explosive device. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Calls for Capitol Police inspector general to publish reports

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Capitol Hill Police issues were documented well before riots

Agency Oversight

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Fully remote, secure voting for Congress could be possible

Congress

The Capitol is seen as special counsel Robert Mueller makes his first public statement on the Russia investigation amid demands for Mueller to testify on Capitol Hill about his findings and tension with Attorney General William Barr over the handling of his report, in Washington, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Need for OTA’s return to Congress more evident, observers say

Federal Drive

OTA gets $6M in startup funding under draft spending bill

Technology

Falling appropriations for legislative branch have watchdogs worried

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