Government Accountability

Each Monday, The Investigative Journal surveys the audits, inspector general findings, and document releases that entered the public record over the previous week. The week of August 3–9 was headlined…

HUD proposes removing Title VI disparate-impact provisions, IRS payment-platform withholding rules take effect, and the SEC approves overnight-trading price bands in Monday's 78-document Federal Register.

GAO audits of DOGE savings and personnel, FEMA workforce losses, VA OIG findings on TBI evaluations, a Tennessee indictment, and two proposed FOIA rule changes lead this week's public records…

In a session that ran past 4 a.m., the Senate passed a stopgap funding bill 90-6, approved the Graham Russia sanctions act 86-11, and confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general…

Today's Federal Register: DHS finalizes the expanded 9-11 biometric fee for H-1B/L-1 extensions, FMCSA proposes English-proficiency out-of-service rules, HUD moves on disparate impact, IRS finalizes 1099-K withholding relief, and more.…

A TIJ analysis of federal payment data and the text of Public Law 119-21 finds a statutory cliff at 13.34 percent that lets seven high-error jurisdictions defer $1.72 billion while…

Maryland auditors found food assistance kept flowing to a $2 million lottery winner and 1,858 incarcerated recipients, as eight states face audit, pension and credit-rating scrutiny.

The Senate lines up Friday votes on a stopgap funding bill running through Dec. 11, Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination, and the Protect College Sports Act, while the House remains…

Today's Federal Register: the FCC floats sweeping telecom-equipment security rules, DOJ's egg price-fixing settlement opens for public comment, and HHS proposes a 200-page rewrite of Head Start standards.

This week in oversight: Cabinet IG offices produced 25% fewer investigative reports as staffing fell 19%; a House panel advanced a bill to dissolve CIGIE; DOJ booked $76.8 million in…