The size and complexity of government, rapid changes in technology, and finding the best way to communicate are all big challenges for the oversight community.

President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security from a larger spending ...

House Oversight Committee ranking member Robert Garcia (D-CA) sent a letter Thursday demanding an investigation into the use of federal websites to promote Republican political points during the ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history began October 1, 2025, lasting 43 days – but federal government agency whistleblower programs, whistleblower reporting and accountability oversight ...

Most congressional committees are happy if they tackle a few issues every year. But in a year dominated by President Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House, one committee has punched through ...

President Trump’s purge of 18 inspectors general removed the independent watchdogs for virtually all of Cabinet agencies, including myself and several longtime stalwarts in the oversight community.

Gov. Dan McKee on Wednesday sent a letter to the leadership of the General Assembly urging them to hold oversight hearings into the Washington Bridge closure, days after they already called for them.

When Smith College Assistant Professor Claire Leavitt began looking into congressional oversight as part of her doctoral studies in 2016, the topic seldom registered on the public’s radar. Fast ...