government staffing & turnover
Senior Fellow Tenpas at the Brookings Institution conducted a study on the administration’s senior government turnover, “Tracking turnover in the Trump administration.” The Office of Personnel Management issues reports. “Sizing Up the Executive Branch.” (FY 2017) GPO cataloged FY 2012, SuDoc Number: PM 1.2:W 89/6/ 0295 (online). “Senior Executive Service Report.” (FY 2017) SuDoc Number: […]
Report on the USA Freedom Act Telephone Call Records Program
A disputed program that allowed the National Security Agency to gain access to logs of Americans’ domestic calls and texts yielded only one significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study. The United States. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (Y 3.2:P 93/3/) issued the report “Report on the USA Freedom Act Telephone Call Records […]
Ukraine-Related Documents Obtained by American Oversight
“We obtained the first set of documents in response to our lawsuit against the State Department for records of communications with or about Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, as well as for records related to the recall of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Included in […]
Hot off the presses: “Science, Technology, & Democracy: Building a Modern Congressional Technology Assessment Office”
This new report entitled “Science, Technology, & Democracy: Building a Modern Congressional Technology Assessment Office” just dropped from Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. We think this is extremely timely and important given the state of the world and the great need for far-reaching US public policy on science and technology […]
New year’s resolutions for 2020: setting a new agenda for a new FDLP
January 4, 2020 / Leave a comment
Happy 2020! Now that we’re starting a new decade(!) — and GPO has set up a working group to study and consider digital deposit and Depository Library Council (DLC) will soon announce its PURL working group! — it is time for FGI to make its new year’s resolutions and envision a new agenda for a […]
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