Last week, the Department of Education’s student lending arm radically changed the landscape of a planned billion-dollar contract in a move that tips the scales for Navient, one of the nation's largest student loan servicers.
Like many norms in the Trump era, the prohibition on federal employees engaging in political activity while at work has been routinely tested by this administration.
There is currently no federal regulation governing executive branch officials’ use of legal defense funds. American Oversight is calling on the Office of Government Ethics to change that.
Transportation Secretary Chao’s actions on behalf of her family’s shipping company included a private photo session with her father at the Department of Transportation as well as a speaking engagement.
American Oversight filed numerous FOIA requests for records of outside influence on American foreign policy and information about a high-level appointee.
Elijah Cummings has accused the administration of blocking a congressional investigation of the Education Department’s attempts to replace its internal watchdog.
With so much attention trained on tackling federal misconduct in the Trump administration, corruption at the state and local levels has flourished and often gone unchecked.
From his mixing of business with public service to his resistance to congressional investigations, Trump and his administration have been operating as if they are above the law.
