A lack of transparency and trust got us to the shutdown. What will get us out?

The shutdown reflects more than missed deadlines. It’s the result of years of executive overreach, weakened oversight and a funding process that’s lost its guardrails. Here to explain how these shifts have eroded trust and what it will take to restore transparency and accountability is the Project On Government Oversight's Director of the Effective and Accountable Government Program, Faith Williams. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .