May 2020

What are Inspector Generals and why do we have them? In 1978, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, Congress passed the Inspector General Act, establishing independent Inspector Generals, to uncover waste, fraud or abuse across scores of federal departments and agencies. The law was passed by all but 6 votes Read more…

Maybe it’s the narcotic effect of wall to wall news coverage of the pandemic, but something obvious escaped my attention until this morning. I hadn’t quite figured out why Donald Trump has mulishly refused to provide a full press national strategy for production and distribution of vital materials and resources. Read more…