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Peter Tyler

Senior Policy Analyst

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Areas of Expertise

Improper payments, FEMA & disaster relief oversight, Inspectors General

Peter Tyler has nearly two decades of congressional experience in the US Senate and US House of Representatives. While a senior professional staffer on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Peter conducted oversight on a wide range of government agencies and programs, from the Pentagon to Social Security to Medicare and Medicaid. He has written multiple bills that became law, focusing on government reform, and reducing improper payments and fraud in federal spending. Peter also worked in congressional affairs and advocacy, most recently for the Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a bachelor’s degree in Politics.

Latest Work

  • Shining a Brighter Light on the Work of Our Federal Watchdogs

    analysis | February 13, 2019 | Peter Tyler

  • Baker's Dozen: 13 Policy Areas that Require Congressional Action

    report | January 31, 2019 | Liz Hempowicz & Sean Moulton & Rebecca Jones & Peter Tyler

  • Is the Pentagon Learning from Previous Natural Disasters?

    analysis | January 22, 2019 | Peter Tyler

  • House of Representatives Adopts Whistleblower and Ethics Reforms for Itself

    analysis | January 11, 2019 | Peter Tyler

  • Interior Watchdog Leadership Confusion Highlights Need for Stronger Laws

    analysis | October 23, 2018 | Peter Tyler

  • Facing the Storm: Congress Must Ask Hard Questions Before the Next Disaster

    analysis | October 9, 2018 | Peter Tyler

  • Congress Successfully Adds Accountability to the Pentagon’s Military Hardware Giveaway

    analysis | October 4, 2018 | Peter Tyler

  • Diminishing Lives Lost Instead of Leading During a Disaster

    analysis | September 13, 2018 | Danielle Brian & Peter Tyler

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In The News

  • Florida Lawmakers Call Out Hurricane Michael Relief Aid Missing from Federal Budget Plan

    February 20, 2019

  • Congresswoman Sherrill Co-Sponsors Bill to Cut Down Wasteful Government Spending

    February 14, 2019

  • If you can’t count improper government payments, does that make them proper?

    January 23, 2019

  • Democrats divided on next steps

    November 16, 2018

  • Letters to the Editor for Nov. 6

    November 06, 2018

  • Facing the storm: Congress must ask hard questions before the next disaster

    October 05, 2018

  • US Senators Call for Probe into FEMA Contracts in Puerto Rico

    October 04, 2018

  • Why did FEMA give big Hurricane Maria contracts to such inexperienced bidders?

    September 20, 2018

  • Long Vacant Federal Watchdog Jobs Mean Billions Lost to Waste, Fraud

    September 15, 2018

  • Danielle Brian and Peter Tyler: Diminishing Lives Lost Instead of Leading During a Disaster

    September 14, 2018

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