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June 21, 2013
DOE Contracting Mismanagement Cost Taxpayers Over $450,000
The Department of Energy has mishandled yet another nuclear lab contractor, paying hundreds of thousands of dollars without requesting or recording a single deliverable.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
May 20, 2013
DOE Contracting Woes Continue
The Department of Energy Inspector General found subcontract audit weaknesses with nine Management and Operating contractors. Subcontracts totaling nearly $1 billion had not been audited or were reviewed in a manner that did not meet audit standards, which
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Topics: Contract Oversight
November 14, 2012
Our Nuclear Insecurity Complex
The government has yet to address the lapses in bomb-grade uranium storage security that an 82-year-old nun and her accomplices revealed months ago.
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Topics: National Security
January 4, 2007
Energy Secretary Removes Linton Brooks
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi-autonomous branch of the Energy Department responsible for the nuclear weapons complex, is stepping down at the end of the month due to lapses within the complex. Ambassador Linton Br
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Topics: National Security
October 2, 2012
Washington Post Series on U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Requires Closer Look
POGO provides needed context and clarification to the Washington Post's series on the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
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Topics: National Security
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POGO's Scott Amey talks about the growing private intelligence industry that includes major federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, the former employer of Edward Snowden. Podcast with Joe Newman, Aimee Thomson, Jana Persky and Andre Francisco.
