Treasury and IRS moved to weaken nonprofit donor-disclosure requirements for politically active 501(c)(4) organizations — expanding dark-money channels documented by OpenSecrets.

Federal spending portals narrowed machine-readable lobbying and contract metadata fields — reducing public ability to cross-reference vendor payments with rulemaking commenters.

GAO flagged rising improper-payment rates tied to reduced inspector general staffing — documenting how oversight vacancies weaken fraud recovery ahead of major procurement pushes.

Multiple agency IG offices faced staffing reviews and report publication delays — narrowing independent oversight of procurement fraud and ethics violations documented in prior GAO findings.