Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy.

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Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Washington.

• What an agency writes to carry it outAn agency's name on a lobbying report is not a rulemaking.
• Which court can stay or strike itAn opinion listed here is not yet tied to the law it reviewed.
• How the place it governs is doingBecoming law is not the result. A number moving is not proof the law moved it.