Bipartisanship led to a bill that created a new VA whistleblower office, but its language also diminishes due process rights for civil servants. Congress needs to continue overseeing the new office and ensure VA employees do not suffer from retaliation or political purging.
The intelligence community has yet to provide an estimate of US persons whose information have been collected by government surveillance programs. Meanwhile, a key internal government watchdog remains powerless to provide recommendations on the issue.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found the Navy continues to underestimate the construction and labor costs on the Ford-class carriers, likely by hundreds of millions of dollars. GAO recommends independent cost estimates before Congress makes further deci...
