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DATA Act Gets a Boost at Transparency Conference
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SIGIR Releases Its Final Report
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VA Makes Headway on Backlog with New Technology
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Benghazi Ignored: New Evidence Exposes Gaps in Kabul Embassy Security
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Map Shows State Dept. Official Gave Misleading Testimony to Congress
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Watchdog Finds Flaws in DOE Contractor Responsibility Checks
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DoD IG Confirms POGO’s DARPA Concerns
September 6, 2013
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September 12, 2013
Senators Ask State Department To Respond to POGO Report on Embassy Security
Leaders of a Senate panel are asking the State Department to explain how its assurances about security at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan square with a report this week by the Project On Government Oversight documenting problems.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
August 29, 2013
Senators Question DOJ on NSA Info Sharing
In a letter last week, a group of Senate Democrats asked Attorney General Eric Holder to clarify how the National Security Agency (NSA) shares information with domestic law enforcement agencies while still protecting Americans’ constitutional rights.
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Topics: National Security
July 22, 2013
Rules Committee Threatens to Nix Debate on Defense Spending
As the House Rules Committee considers amendments on the Defense Appropriations Act, our allies urge House leadership to allow all amendments to go to the Floor.
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Topics: National Security
July 12, 2013
Secret Court Resists Releasing Surveillance Opinions
Transparency advocates have long called for the declassification of secret court opinions that have allowed broad domestic surveillance. A recent letter from the court responsible for approving surveillance requests casts doubt on the release of these opin
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Topics: Government Accountability, National Security, Open Government
June 6, 2013
One Step Closer to a More Just and Effective Military
Representatives Speier and Coffman succeeded in attaching an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that will protect whistleblowers and victims of sexual assault in the military.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
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