The Center for Public Integrity

Growing foreign oil dependence

Foreign oil has grown to nearly 60% of America's total oil use, while domestic oil production has sunk to 1947 levels

The FEC was unable to exercise meaningful control over the most expensive presidential election ever because it lacked a quorum

The Army Corps of Engineers knew New Orleans' storm surge system couldn't handle major hurricanes but neglected to update it

The National Flood Insurance Program might not have enough insurance to cover another Katrina

Allegations that the reading program pressured states to adopt particular programs has prompted attention from the Inspector General

FEMA's deterioration in relationships with local partners since Brown took over resulted in lack of coordination and unpreparedness

The Bush administration instituted a hiring freeze at the EEOC in 2001 and kept budget requests modest while complaints piled up

New campaign reform act replaces the problem of unlimited "soft money" contributions with the problem on weakly regulated independent commit

Schools steered students toward "preferred lenders," who charged students inflated rates and bribed schools

The No Child Left Behind Act suffers from inadequate funding and inflexible program guidelines