Government Oversight and Accountability
Senator Duckworth is focused on improving oversight and accountability across the government. Since entering Congress, Senator Duckworth has prioritized rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in government programs. For example, when the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the U.S. Department of Defense wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on purchasing duplicative camouflage uniforms, Senator Duckworth helped amend the law to crack down on this unnecessary government spending. As a result of this good government reform, the GAO reported that taxpayers saved $4.2 billion over 5 years when the Army avoided procuring a new family of camouflage uniforms. She is committed to developing bipartisan solutions that make our government more transparent and accountable to the people it serves.
Latest
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January 15, 2021
Duckworth to Facebook: Stop Advertising Military Gear Next to Posts about the January 6th Insurrection
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September 23, 2020
Duckworth, Schakowsky, Clay Applaud GAO Agreement to Investigate the Availability of Accessible Public Housing
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September 18, 2020
GAO Accepts Duckworth Request for an Independent Review of “Less-Lethal” Weapons
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August 28, 2020
GAO Accepts Duckworth Request for an Independent Review into the Army’s SHARP Program
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April 07, 2020
Duckworth Calls for the Resignation of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly
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April 05, 2020
Duckworth Statement on Trump’s Firing of Widely Respected Inspector General Michael Atkinson
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March 25, 2020
Duckworth: Despite Significant Flaws, COVID-19 Compromise Makes Important Progress to Help America Address and Recover from Pandemic