Transparency

Transparency is essential to holding the government accountable for their actions, and the power of the purse, which is key to creating stronger transparency throughout government, should not be ignored. Congress has the power to ensure that greater transparency is a requirement, not an option. 

The inability of OGE to effectively respond to the attacks of the Trump administration demonstrated the need for systemic ethics reform.

The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act would balance the need for confidential international negotiations with accountability improvements.

The DOJ IG should investigate the politicization of FOIA processes due to potential political interference during the Trump administration.

CREW submitted a comment today to the FinCEN encouraging the agency to adopt bold anti-corruption and corporate transparency regulations.

DHS has faced minimal accountability for abuses of power in the past. Planned records destruction could limit accountability even further.