On November 1, 2017, the Congressional Transparency Caucus hosted a briefing on transparency and government ethics with former OGE director Walt Shaub (current Senior Director of Ethics at the Campaign Legal Center) and CREW policy counsel Jennifer Ahearn. Rep. Mike Quigley, caucus co-chair, facilitated the discussion.

The Transparency Caucus summarizes three legislative proposals for discussed by the panel. Those proposals were: 1) Congress should disclose ethics waivers so the public is informed of all exemptions from current government ethics policies; 2) Congress should require the General Services Administration to post their travel reports online (they are currently only available via FOIA request); 3) Congress should amend the Ethics in Government Act to increase oversight of government officials.