Model Legislative Text: Giving Congress Standing Access to Program Data
POPVOX Foundation's draft legislative text gives Congressional committees, GAO, CBO, and CRS standing, automated access to federal program data. Drafters can add the modular provision to authorization or appropriations bills, requiring machine-readable data, unthrottled access, and annual agency compliance certifications to strengthen Congressional oversight.
Departing Civil Servants Spent Decades Implementing Federal Laws. Here's What They Want Congress to Know.
A new Departure Dialogues report from POPVOX Foundation reveals how federal laws break down in practice due to a broken interbranch feedback loop. Drawing on decades of civil servant experience, it offers actionable recommendations to help Congress improve program effectiveness and oversight.
Congress in the Wake of a Chevron Change: Resources and Recommendations
A Supreme Court change to Chevron would have ripple effects throughout America’s legislative system regardless of the scope of change the Court initiates.
POPVOX Foundation hosts webinar on Legislation & Oversight for congressional caseworkers
Caseworkers' authority to help constituents comes from Congress's oversight responsibility. But what does that mean beyond writing bills and letters? This crash course will help caseworkers understand and be an asset to their teams' legislative work, from appropriations to NDAA.