Letters
CREW to Pelosi: End Congressional Stock Trading
Speaker Pelosi should support legislation banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading or owning stocks while in office.
Letters
CREW to State Department: Reinstate policy preventing partisan politics
The State Department should reinstate its long-standing policy restricting the political activities of State Department political appointees.
Letters
CREW submits comment to Congress on judicial ethics reforms
Congress should prohibit judges from owning individual stocks and apply the federal criminal conflict of interest statute to the judiciary.
Legal Complaints
CREW files Hatch Act complaint against Psaki
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appears to have violated the Hatch Act by endorsing Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial campaign in Virginia from the podium in the White House Briefing Room.
Letters
FEC should close campaign expenditure transparency loopholes
The FEC should require political campaigns to itemize subvendor spending or risk abuses of funds, like the enrichment of family members.
Letters
The Department of Education must reform Public Service Loan Forgiveness program record keeping practices
The Education Department mismanaged student loan payments of at least 29,000 public servants who would have qualified for loan forgiveness.
Letters
Cawthorn should be removed from committees
Rep. Cawthorn be stripped of his committee assignments following his recent statements calling for violence and undermining our democracy.
Letters
CREW asks OSC to hold Conway, officials accountable for Hatch Act violations
Since the president refuses to reprimand officials who have violated the Hatch Act, CREW sent a letter requesting that OSC ensure compliance.
Testimony
CREW Conway petition and testimony submitted to Oversight Hatch Act hearing
Virginia Canter sent testimony to Congress on the Trump administration’s flagrant violations of the Hatch Act with recommendations on how to force compliance.
Testimony
CREW sends Congress testimony on proposed OPM GSA merger
CREW urged Congress to reject President Trump’s proposal, and not to let the civil service be politicized.
Letters
CREW sends letter to TSA on additional FOIA form with citizenship question
The TSA FOIA request process requires jumping through hoops that discourage making a request, and puts personal information at risk.
Legal Complaints
CREW files another ethics complaint against EPA Head Andrew Wheeler
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler failed to recuse himself from working on his former lobbying issues. CREW called for an investigation into this ethics pledge violation.