This week, we bring you an episode from the Democracy Matters podcast, produced by the Center for Civic Engagement at James Madison University. Hosts Abe Goldberg, Carah Ong Whaley, and Angelina Clapp talk with government ethics expert Walter Shaub about what officials and the public can do to create and implement long-lasting reforms to shore up the barricades against authoritarianism.
Can transparency, oversight, ethics and accountability save American democracy? What can Congress do to create lasting ethics reforms? How would the For the People Act change ethics rules for the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the U.S. government and are the changes enough? How can the Office of Government Ethics and Office of the Inspector General contribute to democratic accountability? How can Congress get a toe hold into reigning in presidential power?
In this episode of the Democracy Matters podcast from the JMU Center for Civic Engagement, hosts Abe Goldberg, Carah Ong Whaley, and Angelina Clapp talk with Walter Shaub, who leads the Ethics and Accountability Initiative at the Project on Government Oversight about what elected and other government officials and the public can do to create and implement long-lasting reforms to shore up the barricades against authoritarianism.
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