Executive branch agencies are only able to fulfill their mandates when Congress gives them the resources and staffing to do so. Unfortunately, the Revolving Door Project has found that the federal agencies entrusted most clearly with protecting Americans from corporate abuses (e.g., price gauging, unsafe working conditions, and environmental pollution) are already the most underfunded. With these agencies under renewed attack as President Biden negotiates with the GOP, our research is worth revisiting.
Below is a list of our research to date on executive branch agencies and the chronic underfunding they struggle to overcome.
BIG PICTURE
The GOP Budget Plan Would Ruin Millions of Lives | RDP Newsletter | May 10, 2023
Government Spending and its Discontents | RDP Newsletter | January 11, 2023
Omnibus Awareness Month in Review | RDP Blog | October 14, 2022
Another Eleventh-Hour Stopgap Spending Bill | RDP Newsletter | October 5, 2022
Enforcement: The Untapped Resource | Democracy Journal | August 25, 2022
Democrats Need to Fight for a Government That Works | The American Prospect | July 20, 2022
The Government Is Still Operating Under Trump’s Budget | The American Prospect | January 21, 2022
CLIMATE AND CLIMATE FINANCE AGENCY CAPACITY
Calling Deficit Squawks’ Bluff on Environmental Enforcement | The American Prospect | March 1, 2023
Corporate Crackdown Project — Climate | RDP Report | September 2022
- “Environmental Protection Agency” Page 8
- RDP EPA Thread | Twitter | October 21, 2022
- RDP EPA Factsheet
- “Department of the Interior” Page 25-29
- RDP Interior Thread | Twitter| October 4, 2022
- “Department of Agriculture” Page 30
- RDP USDA Thread | Twitter | October 14, 2022
- “Department of Justice” Environment and Natural Resources Division Page 40
- RDP ENRD Thread | Twitter | October 5, 2022
- RDP DOJ ENRD Factsheet
RDP Thread On The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | Twitter | October 18, 2022
To Save the Climate, Hire More Civil Servants | The American Prospect | September 8, 2022
To Take Down Corporate Polluters, the DOJ’s Environmental Enforcer Needs More Capacity | RDP Blog | March 16, 2022
The Department of Energy Needs More Capacity To Help Prevent A Dim Future | RDP Blog | February 7, 2022
- RDP DOE Thread | Twitter | October 25, 2022
Climate Finance Capacity Project: Securities and Exchange Commission | RDP Blog | January 11, 2022
- RDP SEC Thread | Twitter | October 11, 2022
- RDP SEC Factsheet
Climate Finance Capacity Project: Commodity Futures Trading Commission | RDP Blog | December 2, 2021
- RDP CFTC Thread | Twitter | October 17, 2022
- RDP CFTC Factsheet
Climate Capacity Crisis: Attrition at Climate Agencies and Immediate Steps to Address It | RDP Report | November 2021
Re-Fund the EPA | The American Prospect | September 24, 2020
ANTI-MONOPOLY AGENCY CAPACITY
As Air Travel Issues Loom Large, The Industry’s Regulator Needs More Resources | RDP Blog | April 19, 2023
To Reverse Decades Of Neglect, Antitrust Agencies Need Robust Budgets | RDP Newsletter | April 19, 2023
- RDP FTC Thread | Twitter | October 12, 2022
- RDP FTC Factsheet
- RDP DOJ Antitrust Thread | Twitter | October 19, 2022
- RDP DOJ Antitrust Factsheet
RDP Thread On The Federal Maritime Commission | Twitter | October 20, 2022
Putting Biden’s Antitrust Budget Increases In Context | RDP Blog | April 5, 2022
Making The Antitrust Division Competitive: A Look At Capacity As Biden Revitalizes Enforcement | RDP Report | February 22, 2022
Hobbled FTC Lacks Budget To Combat Corporate Buying Spree | RDP Blog | May 28, 2021
HOUSING AGENCY CAPACITY
Pat Toomey Blockades Biden’s Housing Nominees Amid Historic Rent Hikes | The American Prospect | October 3, 2022
Capacity Shortfalls At The FHFA | RDP Blog | January 28, 2022
Sabotaged HUD Must Rebuild to Fix The Housing Crisis | RDP Blog | January 27, 2022
- RDP HUD Thread | Twitter | October 6, 2022
- RDP HUD Capacity Factsheet
LABOR AGENCY CAPACITY
RDP Thread On The Federal Mine Safety And Health Review Commission | Twitter | October 26, 2022
President Biden’s Best Agency Is Starved for Cash | The American Prospect | June 23, 2022
- RDP NLRB Thread | Twitter | October 3, 2022
- RDP NLRB Factsheet
Biden’s Budget Must Strengthen OSHA | RDP Blog | April 2, 2021
- RDP OSHA Thread | Twitter | October 13, 2022
- RDP OSHA Factsheet
Uncle Sam’s HR Department Needs Help | Washington Monthly | October 22, 2020
- RDP OPM Thread | Twitter | October 28 2022
- RDP OPM Factsheet
MISC. AGENCY CAPACITY
RDP Thread On The Importance Of Federal Appropriations For Tribal Interests | Twitter | October 10, 2022
RDP Thread On The Department Of Veterans Affairs | Twitter | October 24, 2022
The Decades-Long Food Failure at the FDA | RDP Blog | June 13, 2022
- RDP FDA Thread | Twitter | October 7, 2022