{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senators-warren-and-young-bill-to-increase-federal-transparency-passes-the-senate", "Senators Warren and Young Bill to Increase Federal Transparency Passes the Senate", "2018-12-10", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Elizabeth Warren", "W000817", "www.warren.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 10, 2018\n\t\t\t Senators Warren and Young Bill to Increase Federal Transparency Passes the Senate \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t The Bipartisan Good Accounting Obligation in Government (GAO-IG) Act Would Increase Transparency into How Federal Agencies Spend Taxpayer Dollars\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)\r\nand Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced that their legislation, the Good Accounting\r\nObligation in Government (GAO-IG) Act, passed the Senate last week by unanimous\r\nconsent. The bipartisan bill would increase oversight of taxpayer dollars spent\r\nby federal agencies and would require federal agencies to provide annual\r\nreports to Congress on the status of implementing recommendations from the\r\nOffice of Inspector General (IG) and the Government Accountability Office\r\n(GAO). The GAO-IG Act would further require agencies to report on the status of\r\nrecommendations as part of their annual budget justification. Currently GAO has\r\nover 8,000 open federal agency recommendations, and has neglected to act on\r\nthese recommendations. To ensure that recommendations are implemented, GAO and\r\nIG would have to provide a timeline for implementation of outstanding\r\nrecommendations or provide justification for not implementing the\r\nrecommendations. \"I'm glad to see the GAO-IG Act pass the Senate, and I look forward to\r\nworking with Senator Young to move this bill through the House,\" said\r\nSenator Warren. \"This bill gives Congress and the American people\r\nnew tools to hold the federal government accountable and ensure that it is\r\nfighting for American families.\" \"This bill keeps our government in check and protects Hoosier taxpayers. Increasing accountability in our federal agencies will better serve all Americans,\"said Senator Young. \"I'm proud that this legislation has passed out of the Senate and I look forward to working with the House to get the GAO-IG Act to the President's desk and signed into law.\" On June 13, 2018, the GAO-IG\r\nAct advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs\r\nCommittee. Expanding on legislation previously introduced by Senator Young, the\r\nGAO-IG Act prescribes the same accountability measures to the U.S.\r\nDepartment of State, the U.S.\r\nDepartment of Defense, and the U.S.\r\nDepartment of Education. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n###   \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senators-warren-and-young-bill-to-increase-federal-transparency-passes-the-senate"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4392901211977005, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}