GAO Finds Trump Administration’s Second Violation of Federal Spending Law

GAO finds Trump administration’s second violation of federal spending law

A government watchdog says the Trump administration has once again violated a federal law that prevents the executive branch from holding back funds approved by Congress. For the second time in as many months, the Government Accountability Office found that an agency under the Trump administration’s leadership violated the 1974 Impoundment Control Act. GAO on Monday determined the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) violated that law…

Trump broke law by freezing library funding: watchdog

A recent report by the Government Accountability Office has found the Trump administration violated federal law by stopping the flow of Congressionally-approved money for libraries, museums and archives. This is the second time this year that the Trump administration has violated the Impoundment Con...

Trump Broke the Law by Withholding Library Funds

“The Trump administration broke the law when it withheld funding for the nation’s libraries, a nonpartisan government watchdog said on Monday, a finding that inches the White House another step closer to a legal showdown over its powers to reconfigure the country’s spending,” the New York Times reports. “The decision by the Government Accountability Office was the second time in two months that oversight officials have found fault in the ways th…