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A modernized 'Plum Book' will provide more updated, accurate information on top agency officials.

By Natalie Alms   A House bill meant to modernize the Plum Book, the quadrennial list of presidentially appointed jobs in the federal government, has a new addition that would require the release of summary-level demographic information about political appointees. The measure, introduced Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and folded into the Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act, or PLUM Act, would require the Office of Personnel Management to work with the White House Office of Presidential Personnel to make a public summary of appointees’ demographics available at least once...

Experts Examine Accountability, Transparency Improvements in Government dkfielding/iStock.com email May 4, 2021 The House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing discussed recent proposals to strengthen the authority of inspectors general and place some limits on acting officials. With trust in the federal government at near-record lows—just 20% of U.S. adults trust the government to “do the right thing,” according to Pew Research Center—House lawmakers examined legislative reforms Monday that might help restore public confidence. The House Committ...

Washington D.C. (Apr. 26, 2021)— On Monday, May 3, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a hybrid hearing on legislative reforms to enhance accountability and transparency, improve efficiency, combat waste and fraud, and build public trust in the federal government. The Committee will examine