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POGO Podcasts

POGO's podcasts are made periodically by POGO staffers and available below. Please note that we also record presentations made at our Congressional Oversight Training Series and those are available here. Podcasts available have all been granted permission for recording and publication on our website.


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 "Is the Defense Department's Auditing Agency Resisting the Reform it Desperately Needs?" March 10, 2010. Mandy discusses problems that continue to plague the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), which persist in spite of efforts towards reform. (Running time: 12:51)
   
 "Examining FINRA and Other Self-Regulatory Organizations in the Financial Sector," February 26, 2010. POGO's Michael Smallberg raises questions about the effectiveness of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. (Running time: 12:51)
   

"What We Need in a Nominee for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," February 8, 2010. POGO's Ingrid Drake discuss why the Senate should oppose the nomination of William Magwood to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — and what we should be looking for in a nominee. (Running time: 16:05) 

   
 		 Podcast: POGO's Mandy Smithberger joins DoDBloggers Live Roundtable: DoD’s Proposed Budget for FY 2011. February 2, 2010.  DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable spoke with Robert Hale, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer. Hale provided a summary of the Department of Defense’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2011. He will also highlighted budgetary support for programs and initiatives within the Department and make comparisons to budgets from previous fiscal years. (Running time: approx. 37:00)
   
 		 "Another Case of the SEC Ignoring Whistleblowers," January 29, 2010. Michael Smallberg and Adam Zagorin discuss their recent investigation on how a former SEC lawyer — who is now running for Congress — dimed out a whistleblower. (Running time: 20:50) 
   

"Recommendations for Good Government Reform," January 22, 2010. Just in time for the State of the Union address, Mandy Smithberger and Ingrid Drake discuss POGO's latest ovesight recommendations to the President. (Running time: 12:48)

   
 "The Week in Open Government," January 15, 2010. Bryan Rahija discusses the challenges agencies face in implementing the Open Government Directive, plus the Obama administration's new policy on presidential signing statements. (Running time: 18:00)
   
 "A Break from Oversight," January 8, 2010. Ingrid Drake discusses the new moratorium on oversight of the contractors in charge of our nuclear weapons supply. (Running time: 11:54)
   

 

"Derivatives, Financial Self-Regulating Organizations, and Preventing the Next Madoff Disaster," December 21 2009. Michael Smallberg discusses POGO's latest work on the economic recovery front. (Running time: 17:00)

   
 "POGO Urges Pentagon To Create Strong Regulations Against Conflicts of Interest in Engineering Programs," December 16, 2009. Mandy Smithberger discusses POGO's latest efforts to make sure that contractor work on development, production, and evaluation of Pentagon engineering programs is unbiased. (Running time: 5:13)
   

Podcast: POGO's Danielle Brian, Private Military Herald podcast; PMH Radio, September 20, 2009.  POGO has played a critical role in elevating the voices of whistleblowers from ArmorGroup and other contractors at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul Afghanistan. Click here to listen to the podcast. (Running time: 30:56) 

   
 "Educating Abby: The FDA's Deadly Gamble with the Safety of Medical Devices," February 19, 2009. (Running time: 16:03) 
   

"Educating Abby: POGO's letter to Housing and Urban Development about problems with FHA's mortgage insurance program," February 10, 2009 (Running time: 17:15)

 


Congressional Oversight Training Series Recordings

 

 

Comments by Cherri Branson, Chief Oversight Counsel, House Homeland Security Committee on Key Ingredients for Effective Oversight of Disaster Relief, February 19, 2010. (Running time: 08:51) 

   
 
Comments by William Jenkins, Director, Homeland Security and Justice at the Government Accountability Office. Key Ingredients for Effective Oversight of Disaster Relief,  February 19, 2010. (Running time: 07:49) 
   
 		 Comments by Scott Lilly, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress,and former Clerk and Staff Director of the House Appropriations Committee, Minority Staff Director of that Committee, Executive Director of the House Democratic Study Group, Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee and Chief of Staff in the Office of Congressman David Obey.  January 22, 2010. (Running time: 15:04)
   
 Comments by Scott Burnison, Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Homeland Security, IT, and Civic Agencies for Lockheed Martin, and former Staff for the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee. January 22, 2010. (Running time: 18:17)
   

Comments by Jerry Kammer, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, former journalist at The Arizona Republic and Copley News Service, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2006. January 22, 2010. (Running time: 15:19)

 
 Comments by Peter Tyler, Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Congressional Oversight Training Series: The Nuts n' Bolts of a Good Investigation, Seminar Objectives: To learn how to conduct meaningful oversight from a personal office; To identify the dangers of partisan investigations; To be sure your investigation is asking the right questions; How to work with nontraditional oversight partners, November 20, 2009. (Running time: 15:04)
   
 		 Comments by Jeffrey Gerth, Senior Reporter with ProPublica, and formerly with The New York Times, (Full disclosure - Jeff Gerth's wife worked for the Senate Foreign Relations Committe until early 2007).  Congressional Oversight Training Series: The Nuts n' Bolts of a Good Investigation, Seminar Objectives: To learn how to conduct meaningful oversight from a personal office; To identify the dangers of partisan investigations; To be sure your investigation is asking the right questions; How to work with nontraditional oversight partners, November 20, 2009. (Running time: 14:28)
   
 		 Comments by Marco Villagrana, Investigator for the Senate Special Committee on Aging; Congressional Oversight Training Series: The Nuts n' Bolts of a Good Investigation, Seminar Objectives: To learn how to conduct meaningful oversight from a personal office; To identify the dangers of partisan investigations; To be sure your investigation is asking the right questions; How to work with nontraditional oversight partners, November 20, 2009. (Running time: 9:52)
   
 		 Comments by Steve Castor, Senior Counsel, House Committee on Oversight and Gov't Reform, Darrell Issa, Ranking Member. Congressional Oversight Training Series: Beginning Seminar: How to Prepare For An Oversight Hearing, October 16, 2009 (Running time: 20:40)
   
 		 Comments by Linda Gustitus, former Chief of Staff for Senator Carl Levin (D-MI). Congressional Oversight Training Series: Beginning Seminar: How to Prepare For An Oversight Hearing, October 16, 2009. (Running time: 18:12)
   
 		 Comments by Leigh Ann Caldwell, DC Editor and Reporter, Free Speech Radio News (FSRN)/Pacifica. Congressional Oversight Training Series: Beginning Seminar: How to Prepare For An Oversight Hearing, October 16, 2009. (Running time: 10:13)
   

Panel Comments, Congressional Oversight Training Series: Congress vs. the President: The Scope and Limits of Congressional Oversight Powers  (held at the National Press Club, Washington DC), July 16, 2009. 

[The proper role of the legislature is] to watch and control the government; to throw the light of publicity on its acts; to compel a full exposition and justification of all of them which any one considers questionable; to censure them if found condemnable.
– John Stuart Mill

Panel Included:

  • Mickey Edwards; former Member of Congress (R-OK), 1977-1993
  • Morton Rosenberg; author/contributor to the handbooks; former Specialist in American Law at the Congressional Research Service staffer, and Constitution Project Fellow
  • Chris Shays; former Member of Congress (R-CT), 1987-2009
  • Ronald Weich; Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs for President Barack Obama

Comments by Margaret Daum, soon-to-be Staff Director for the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight chaired by Senator McCaskill (D-MO), and former Counsel for the House Oversight Committee; Congressional Oversight Training Series: Contracting Know-How, March 20, 2009. (Running time: 6:56)

   
 Comments By Jim Catella, Senior Legislative Assistant in the Office of Congressman Michael N. Castle (DE); Congressional Oversight Training Series: Contracting Know-How, March 20, 2009. (Running tme: 8:56)
   

 

Comments by Mort Rosenberg, current fellow at the Constitution Project, former specialist in American public law, Congressional Research Service; Congressional Oversight Training Series: "Investigations for Beginners," February 20, 2009. (Running time: 14:50)

   
 

Comments by Edward Mills, Office of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney; Congressional Oversight Training Series: "Advanced Seminar: Oversight of the Financial Sector," February 20, 2009. (Running time: 11:29)

   
 

Comments by Stanley Brand, former General Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives under Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr.; Congressional Oversight Training Series: "The Right Balance of Power: The Responsibility of Congressional Oversight," January 23, 2009. (Running time: 12:48)

   
 

Comments by Chris Strohm, national security reporter for Congress Daily; Congressional Oversight Training Series: "The Right Balance of Power: The Responsibility of Congressional Oversight," January 23, 2009. (Running time: 9:27)

 
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