Today I am excited to launch a two‑part initiative alongside my colleagues Amy Markopolous and Maya Nir mapping how U.S. federal oversight and accountability structures are being weakened.
First, please follow along with our new continuously updated Anti‑Corruption Tracker. This is a live interactive database that catalogs how U.S. oversight systems are being dismantled—from watchdog firings to FOIA rollbacks to weakened enforcement mechanisms.
Follow the erosion, action by action:
Second, we are launching a new series, When Guardrails Erode, where we bring together expert analysis to trace this erosion, assess the risks for democratic governance, and outline pathways to rebuild or reinvent these safeguards.
In that series, forthcoming pieces will explore international accountability measures, FOIA, the role of inspectors general, what states can do to protect against weakened federal anti-corruption measures, and more. Stay tuned for more, including tomorrow’s “Hard to Kill: The Transnational Survival of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” by Bruce Swartz, Sonia Mittal, Inbar Pe’er, and Brady Worthington.
Both resources will be updated regularly. While this is not intended as an exhaustive list of everything that could fall under the category of guardrails erosion, if you believe we have missed a key development, please let us know at LTE@justsecurity.org. We welcome additions and corrections.
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