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A group of newly-elected members of the 116th Congress talked about their legislative agenda, including H.R. 1, an anti-corruption bill, at an event hosted by End Citizens United. Among the…

Attorneys from the Director of National Intelligence’s office, Justice Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency participated in an an ethics and social media…

The Project on Government Oversight held a summit focusing on how to conduct better federal government oversight. In this portion, former Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) presented a state…

The National Whistleblower Center hosted an event honoring National Whistleblower Day. Linda Tripp, the whistleblower in President Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky scandal, was a featured speaker, as…

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for executive branch and judicial nominees, including Emory Rounds, President Trump’s nominee to…

At her weekly briefing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discussed the implications of the potential firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller by President Trump, what she called graft and corruption…

Meredith McGehee talked about her Issue One group’s new report, “The Ethics Blind Spot,” which outlines the shortcomings of the House and Senate ethics committees.

Meredith McGehee talked about her Issue One group’s new report, “The Ethics Blind Spot,” which outlines the shortcomings of the House and Senate ethics committees.

Panelists talked about government ethics regulations for federal employees in relation to President Trump’s decision to maintain control of his business operations while in office. Among…

Public Citizen president Robert Weissman talked about the group’s new report on the Trump Organization’s business conflicts of interest.

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) spoke to reporters after a judge declared a mistrial in his federal corruption trial. He thanked several people and his supporters for believing in his…

At the annual Texas Tribune Festival, panelists talked about ethics in the Trump administration. Speakers included Walter Shaub, the former director of the U.S. Government Ethics Office; the…

James O’Keefe, founder and president of Project Veritas, talked about his book, Breakthrough: Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy. He was interviewed at FreedomFest, one of…

Common Cause’s Paul Seamus Ryan discusses travel rules for public officials.

Representatives Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) spoke on the House floor about Secretary Tom Price’s use of private jets.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) began her weekly briefing praising Representative Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) return to the House. Representative Scalise was shot in June 2017 at a congressional…

Academics talked about bioethics and the potential for technology to advance the physical and mental capabilities of human beings. They also spoke about technology’s potential for both…

Walter Shaub, former director of the Office of Government Ethics, outlined ways to strengthen executive ethics rules. Mr. Shaub criticized the Trump administration for not adhering to ethical…

Sharyl Attkisson talked about her book The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote, in which she reports on how smear…

Representative Ken Buck (R-CO) talked about his book, Drain the Swamp: How Washington Corruption is Worse than You Think, about corruption in Washington and his plans for reform.…