Sean Moulton

FILE - Residents have begun receiving the U.S. Census Bureau's request for information receiving letters with a census identification number to answer questions about their households online. U.S. Bureau officials said Friday, May 6, 2022, they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnic questions and add a Middle Eastern and North African category on the 2030 census questionnaire, but they're waiting on another federal office to start the conversation. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, File)

Details on how the census actually causes distribution of federal funds

How often have you heard it said: The census count determines how much federal money a state, county or city will get. Data analysis by the Project on…

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(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)FILE - In this June 12, 2019, file photo, clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome as dusk approaches in Washington. The committee charged with helping Republicans wrest control of the House next year raised $45.4 million over the last three months, a record quarterly haul during a year without a national election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Why tracking federal spending is more complicated than ever, and how to fix it

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Project on Government Oversight

Watchdog group: Lasting effects of a prolonged government shutdown

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Project on Government Oversight

Watchdog group gives Treasury recommendations for upgrading spending website

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Sean Moulton: States may have answer to procurement transparency

Every time there’s been a move to post actual federal contract documents on public websites, the effort’s been derailed, partly because of concerns…

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GSA gives the ‘dump DUNS’ movement more hope

The General Services Administration released a request for information asking for input from the data community for other potential ways to validate and…

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VA

Lawmakers punt major VA issues to next Congress

A new omnibus veterans package cleared the House Tuesday afternoon, but it doesn’t address three controversial issues that both veterans affairs committees and the VA Secretary himself have spent the past year debating. That leaves a fix for the outdated veterans appeals process, an alternative or solution to the Veterans Choice Program and new accountability procedures to the 115th Congress and next administration.

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