📌 Sign up now for virtual Levin Center panel with business leader Jennifer Pahlka whose authored the acclaimed book RECODING AMERICA

Join us May 13: maximizing user accessibility & ensuring program integrity & security in gov program design with Jen Pahlka (Jennifer Pahlka), Michele Evermore, former deputy director of OUIM U.S. Department of Labor; DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, & AK State Sen. James Kaufman.
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Join us May 10th to explore a user-centric approach to government & legislative oversight in a digital world with Jennifer Pahlka (Jennifer Pahlka), SC Rep. Jeff Johnson, & Michael Brennan (@CivillaDetroit).

RSVP now for the virtual panel!

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Congratulations, Steve Drummond, for this well-deserved award! 'The Watchdog' is a favorite at the Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy for its detailed look into a great example of bipartisan congressional #oversight .

Check out our interview with Steve about the book! youtu.be/xoWjTmuPdV0?si…

📣BIG NEWS! State Oversight Academy 2024 Symposium, 'Legislators & Academics in Partnership,' will be held in Detroit (& online) on JUNE 21! Scholars, submit working papers to be reviewed by practitioners! Roundtable, baseball, Oversight Leaders, & more!

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📣BIG NEWS! State Oversight Academy 2024 Symposium, 'Legislators & Academics in Partnership,' will be held in Detroit (& online) on JUNE 21! Scholars, submit working papers to be reviewed by practitioners! Roundtable, baseball, Oversight Leaders, & more!

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📢OVERSIGHT HEARING ALERT: Today at 10am CT (11am ET), a House #Oversight subcommittee will hold a field hearing in Texas entitled, 'Drilling Down: Oversight of the Challenges and Opportunities Facing U.S. Energy Production.' 🛢️

Rep. Pat Fallon Congresswoman Cori Bush

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Happy #EarthDay2024 ! We spoke with Auditor JB McCuskey JB McCuskey, HIHouse Majority Leader Nadine Nakamura, NC House Overstaff Staff Director Joe Coletti, & The Pew Trusts Senior Manager Colin Foard about natural disaster spending oversight. Watch now!

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📢OVERSIGHT HEARING ALERT: Today at 12pm MT (2pm ET) a House Natural Resources subcmte will hold a field hearing entitled, 'Empowering Local Voices & Stopping Federal Overreach to Improve the Management of Utah’s Public Lands.'

Rep. Tom Tiffany Rep. Joe Neguse

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Watch Jim Townsend on American History TV's episode of Congress Investigates Senator Joe McCarthy now!

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🌎Could this be a bipartisan #EarthDay #oversight topic? Ensuring offshore oil and gas platforms are safely and promptly decommissioned? A U.S. GAO report outlines the problem.

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Happy #EarthDay2024 ! We spoke with Auditor JB McCuskey JB McCuskey, HIHouse Majority Leader Nadine Nakamura, NC House Overstaff Staff Director Joe Coletti, & The Pew Trusts Senior Manager Colin Foard about natural disaster spending oversight. Watch now!

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House committee approves Federal Prison Oversight Act on bipartisan 41-1 vote supporting reforms to expose and curb #prison abuse. Will the House and Senate act? Rep. Lucy McBath Congressman Kelly Armstrong Federal Bureau of Prisons DOJ Inspector General

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Watch Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy director Jim Townsend on American History TV TONIGHT, 4/20 @ 7pm, when he'll be discussing Senator Joe McCarthy and his #oversight abuses during the Red Scare.

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