Capitol Police Inspector General Ron Russo told a House Administration subcommittee on Wednesday that the department has just 14 outstanding recommendations of the 103 related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. But some of those marked as completed were not fully executed.
Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., said at a panel hearing that it appears recommendations have been closed out at a quicker pace since Russo assumed his role in January and wondered what contributed to that.
“We worked with the department. They would have questions about how close they were to the finish line on some of them, and frankly there were some of them that we could apply compensating controls. They were moving in the right direction,” Russo said. “They met the spirit of the recommendation, and we’re certainly going to follow up and evaluate the thoroughness of their work, but I think we were able to get a few closed through that.”
