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Legal Actions
Letters
CREW submits comment to OPM, urging against proposed NDA for federal workers
CREW submitted a comment to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), urging it to withdraw its proposed “Confidential Government Information Nondisclosure Agreement,” (NDA) which would likely discourage federal employees from making lawful disclosures.
Legal Complaints
Interior IG should investigate contracts awarded to Trump admin associates
The Trump admin may have run afoul of federal contracting and ethics laws when it awarded contracts for renovations of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and maintenance on Lafayette Park fountains to Trump associates. Interior IG should investigate the circumstances under which these contracts were approved.
Letters
CREW, 17 groups urge congressional leadership to prevent implementation of Trump’s IRS settlement
Congress must immediately legislate to fully bar implementation of Trump’s IRS settlement, given contradicting messaging about the slush fund.