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LAFAYETTE, La. - Wade Berzas, the lone survivor in a 2019 plane crash in Lafayette that killed five people, says he now lives “48 seconds at a time.”

IG Vacancies Persist Under Biden Administration, Despite One Recent Confirmation The president has four other nominees waiting, as observers continue to stress the need to have permanent leaders to oversee the distribution of billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief.  A little over five months into the Biden administration, the Senate has confirmed one of the five individuals the president has nominated to serve in the dozen-plus inspector general vacancies across the federal government. Experts say having permanent leaders in these positions is essential to effective oversight, espec...

Building on CBO’s Transparency Progress: Recommendations for Further Reform As Nan Swift, former Senate Budget Committee staffer an an alumnus of National Taxpayers Union, wrote at the R Street Institute’s blog, “Deteriorating trust in the CBO would call all of its work into question, making it difficult to get a real sense of legislative consequences for everyone, both on and off the Hill.”

More Than a Dozen IG Vacancies Await Nominees from Biden “Taxpayers should be really dismayed that these vacancies persisted across administrations,” said Nan Swift, resident fellow for the governance program at the R Street Institute. “I hope that the Biden administration will prioritize these roles because it pays off big time for taxpayers when oversight is happening and when it is professional and competent.” Administrations of both political parties have not prioritized IGs, she said. Undernder the Trump administration, “the role of the IG seemed to became so politicized,” sh...