Quick Hits

*** The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Merit Systems Protection Board Empowerment Act of 2021, which boosts information collection authorities at the personnel agency, would cost $242 million to implement between 2022 and 2026. The bill was passed by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in June.

*** GCN takes a look at plans at the IRS to track the movement of cryptocurrencies to recover lost assets and potentially prevent theft.

*** The Census Project and other groups are backing a White House request to fund the Census Bureau for 2022 at levels above the administration's budget request.