Impoundment Control Act

RSG #326: How To Investigate Money Congress Approved but the Executive Branch Never Released

Congress approves money. The president signs the legislation. Officials announce that help is on the way. Then the money enters the federal budget system and develops the survival instincts of a frightened house cat. Months later, communities are still waiting. Grants have not opened. Contracts have not been awarded. Agencies refuse to explain the delay. …

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Resistance Kitty investigates a government program that remains authorized by law while its funding, staff, application portal, and public services disappear.

RSG #322: How To Find the Government Program That Disappeared Without Being Formally Eliminated

Resistance Survival Guide #322 A government program does not always die with a press conference, a congressional vote, or even a properly signed piece of paper. Sometimes officials simply stop hiring the staff, announcing the grants, processing the applications, publishing the reports, answering the telephone, or updating the webpage. The program remains legally alive while …

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