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Read more from the First Branch Forecast newsletter on substack.Nearly two-dozen signatories joined the American Governance Institute on a letter to House and Senate committee leaders September 21, calling on them to make legislative changes to how the leader of the Government Accountability Office is selected before a permanent replacement for retired Comptroller General Gene Dodaro is nominate. Current law allows the President to…
The American Governance Institute responded to a request for ideas from the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation with 21 proposals to shape its work over the coming years. AGI’s submissions reflect our vision for a Congress that has the capacity, independence, resources, and organization to be the people’s voice in governing.…
A coalition of twenty-five organizations is urging House Appropriations Committee leaders to safeguard the records of the former and little known Surveys & Investigations staff, which has conducted investigations into significant federal programs since 1943. They seek assurance that these records will be preserved and transferred to the National Archives for future congressional insight as…
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