Sean Moulton

Infrastructure spending could outrun the ability to oversee it

We now know, with ever-mounting evidence, that pandemic relief spending resulted in hundreds of billions of dollars in wasted spending. The same could…

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(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)FILE - In this June 12, 2019, file photo, clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome as dusk approaches in Washington. The committee charged with helping Republicans wrest control of the House next year raised $45.4 million over the last three months, a record quarterly haul during a year without a national election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Why tracking federal spending is more complicated than ever, and how to fix it

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Project on Government Oversight

Watchdog group: Lasting effects of a prolonged government shutdown

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Project on Government Oversight

Watchdog group gives Treasury recommendations for upgrading spending website

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GSA gives the ‘dump DUNS’ movement more hope

The General Services Administration released a request for information asking for input from the data community for other potential ways to validate and…

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VA

Lawmakers punt major VA issues to next Congress

A new omnibus veterans package cleared the House Tuesday afternoon, but it doesn’t address three controversial issues that both veterans affairs committees…

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Sean Moulton: New report looks at progress toward more open government

You may have missed this one. But at the end of 2015 the Obama administration concluded work on its second national action plan for the Open Government Partnership. If the government was a door, you’d say it’s still half open, or half closed depending on your point of view. Two dozen good-government groups carefully evaluated open government progress. Sean Moulton, open government project manager at the Project on Government Oversight, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share what they found.

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