Good Government

Evan Halper As Democrats hastily rewrite their playbook for the pandemic era, targeting voter anxieties that now include medical testing, corporate bailouts and collapsing supply chains, one chapter is proving unexpectedly resonant. Its working title could be “Don’t Mess with USPS.” The financially imperiled post office —… Read more »

Josh Dawsey, Lisa Rein and Jacob Bogage A top donor to President Trump and the Republican National Committee will be named the new head of the Postal Service, putting a top ally of the president in charge of an agency where Trump has long pressed for major changes in how it handles its business. The Postal Service’s board of… Read more »

Peter Alexander, Dartunorro Clark and Haley Talbot Businessman Louis DeJoy, a top donor to President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee, has been picked to be the new head of the U.S. Postal Service. DeJoy, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a North Carolina-based businessman who formerly ran New Breed Corp.,… Read more »

Representative Gerry Connolly (VA-11) joined Representative Rob Wittman (VA-01) in introducing a bipartisan resolution designating May 3-9, 2020 as Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW). H.Res. 949 commends federal, state, county and local government employees, as well as members of the uniformed services, for their tireless and dedicated efforts, and details the significant… Read more »

Lia Russell Agency watchdogs told Congress that the $2.2 trillion in spending to speed recovery and heal economic damage caused by the pandemic would be subject to quick oversight. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a readout of a meeting with agency Inspectors General, and reported that audits of key programs… Read more »

 Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Peter King, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee, and Rep. Mark Amodei sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging swift passage… Read more »

Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerry E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, requested that the General Services Administration (GSA) produce documents related to a troubling report that the Trump Organization requested a reduction in lease payments for the Trump International Hotel in… Read more »

Today, Inspectors General (IGs) from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the Small Business Administration briefed Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding their ongoing oversight efforts in response to the coronavirus pandemic and proposals to strengthen the independence of all IGs. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on… Read more »

Lisa Rein and Jacob Bogage President Trump on Friday threatened to block an emergency loan to shore up the U.S. Postal Service unless it dramatically raised shipping prices on online retailers, an unprecedented move to seize control of the agency that analysts said could plunge its finances into a deeper hole. “The Postal… Read more »

Jory Heckman Congress has approved nearly $3 trillion to keep government services and the economy running during the coronavirus pandemic, but standing up the layers of oversight into that spending has gone less smoothly. The House approved a resolution Thursday to create a select committee on the coronavirus, under the… Read more »