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Members of Congress have a Constitutional obligation to oversee the activities of the Executive Branch. During the 110th Congress, the DPC will work with the standing committees to assist in coordinating hearings and investigations, provide historical and legal resources relating to congressional oversight, and publish reports that highlight the oversight activities of the committees. The DPC will also continue its series of oversight hearings, focusing on topics of importance that the committees decide not to pursue.

Staff at the DPC Oversight and Accountability Project work with whistleblowers, non-profit groups, Executive Branch agencies, and their colleagues on Capitol Hill to protect U.S. taxpayers, uncover waste, fraud and abuse, and hold government officials accountable.

The "Truman Committee" Resolution

S. Res. 437, Establishing a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and
Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism (pdf).

Popular Oversight Reports

Recent popular reports put together by the Oversight and Accountability staff are listed below:

DPC Hearings in the 110th Congress

Click below to access witness testimony and materials that were distributed at each hearing:

DPC Hearing Archive

Among the subjects the DPC focused on in the 108th and 109th Congresses are contracting abuses in Iraq and in the Gulf Coast region following Hurricane Katrina; pre-war intelligence failures; continuing homeland security vulnerabilities; wasteful deficit spending; proposals to undermine Social Security; covert propaganda by federal agencies to advance political agendas; the enforcement of environmental laws; and United States trade policy.

Information on the 39 hearings that the DPC held in the 108th and 109th Congresses is availabe at the following links and includes full transcripts, witness testimony, audio and video files, and other information that was distributed at each hearing.