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May 18, 2012

Open NDAA Campaign Catching Media Attention

By BRYAN RAHIJA Yesterday, Congressional Quarterly's Eugene Mulero and Kristin Coyner reported on the Open NDAA campaign--an effort by POGO and our allies to shine a light on how the Senate concocts its version of the massive defense spending bill....

May 18, 2012

Key NDAA Reforms: Nuclear Weapons Complex Edition

Photo of from the movie Dr. Strangelove By MIA STEINLE AND DANA LIEBELSON This week, the House rejected key amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have prevented rollbacks of oversight at our nation's nuclear weapons labs...

May 18, 2012

Sen. Warner and Rep. Kinzinger Have "Grave Concerns" About F-22, Say Air Force Has Taken "Appropriate First Step

By DANA LIEBELSON Nine people involved with the F-22, most of them pilots, have told Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) about problems with the aircraft, the Members of Congress told reporters on Tuesday after a briefing...

May 18, 2012

Interview: Who is Winslow Wheeler? Pentagon Reformer, Softie

By DANA LIEBELSON If you've been following POGO’s blog, you know that defense expert Winslow Wheeler has recently joined our staff. Wheeler, who has decades of experience shedding light on Pentagon waste, is a breath of fresh air in a...

May 18, 2012

Morning Smoke: FDIC Watchdog May Step in to Temporarily Fill SEC IG Position

MORNING SMOKE Where there's smoke, there's fire. POGO's Morning Smoke is a collection of the freshest investigations, scoops, and opinions related to the world of government oversight. Have a story you'd like to see included? Contact POGO's blog editor Financial...

May 17, 2012

Navy’s Misinformation Campaign Aimed at Protecting Lockheed’s Troubled Ship

The Navy’s last-minute, full-court press to protect its troubled Littoral Combat Ship is not only disingenuous; it’s also an appalling example of how far Navy brass will go to protect one of its biggest contractors. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate did the right thing by demanding to know why the Navy’s close-to-shore combat ship has been plagued with leaks, corrosion and engine failures.

May 16, 2012

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist John Crewdson Joins POGO Investigative Team

John Crewdson, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of immigration in The New York Times, and whose work in the Chicago Tribune is the reason defibrillators are now standard equipment on all U.S. airlines, is joining the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) as a senior investigator.

May 15, 2012

POGO Supports DoD Effort to Redefine Commercial Items

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) urges you to support the Department of Defense’s (DoD) legislative proposal for the National Defense Authorization Act that will result in improved oversight of billions of dollars’ worth of so-called “commercial” goods and services.

May 15, 2012

POGO Supports NDAA Amendments in the House

POGO recently released an update to our recommendations for national security savings with Taxpayers for Common Sense—Spending Even Less, Spending Even Smarter —which includes $700 billion in spending reductions. Some of those recommendations are being offered as amendments to the NDAA.

May 15, 2012

POGO Urges House to Approve Amendments that Prevent Human Trafficking, Cut Executive Pay for Contractors and Replace Costly F-35

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) wrote members of the U.S. House of Representatives today in support of nine proposed amendments to the defense authorization bill that would cut wasteful spending, hold contractors more accountable and strengthen oversight at nuclear weapons labs. Tomorrow the House Rules Committee will decide which amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) FY 2013, H.R. 4310, will be made in order, followed by debate and votes on the Floor in the U.S. House of Representatives.

May 13, 2012

You Paid for It! Stimulus Dollars Fund Studies into Sexual History and Erectile Dysfunction

NBC Bay Area | Tony Kovaleski, Liza Meak, and Felipe Escamilla |

May 12, 2012

As wars near end, robot firm battling

The Boston Globe (boston.com) | Bryan Bender

May 11, 2012

Sen. Warner: More F-22 pilots have concerns

Daily Press | Hugh Lessig

May 11, 2012

Military Report finds large gaps in military whistleblower protection

HRMilitary.com | Hugh Lessig

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