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Hagel Orders Pentagon to Buy New Software for Heath Records
May 23, 2013 -
Justice’s Seizure of AP’s Phone Records Threatens Press Freedom
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DATA Act 2.0: Fewer Bells, but Brighter Future
May 22, 2013 -
Memo Leaked to Retaliate Against Fast and Furious Whistleblower
May 21, 2013 -
Camp Lejeune Finally Cleaning Up Its Act
May 20, 2013 -
DOE Contracting Woes Continue
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DOE Error Causes Contracting Redo
May 16, 2013 -
White House Brings Back Bill to Shield Journalists
May 16, 2013 -
AP Case Throws More Doubt on Obama’s Whistleblower Policies
May 15, 2013
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January 22, 2013
Obama, Bush and the Imbalance of Power
Earlier this month, President Obama signaled that he might undermine whistleblower protections that were included in the defense authorization legislation. Did the president overstep his authority?
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
January 17, 2013
Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Obama’s NDAA Signing Statement
Bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives stands up for whistleblowers in letter to President Obama.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
December 21, 2012
Congress’s Pentagon Pork Plan
Congress is voting now on a national defense budget that forces the Pentagon and related national security agencies to pay for weapons, personnel, and programs they don’t want or need.
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Topics: National Security
December 21, 2012
NDAA Scorecard for Taxpayers: Ya Win Some, Ya Lose Some
A conference committee has reconciled the House and Senate versions of the NDAA, and a number of provisions POGO supports for greater government accountability were included in the defense budget bill.
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Topics: Government Accountability
December 7, 2012
NDAA Update: Defense Budget Bill Scorecard
The Project On Government Oversight supports crucial measures to eliminate DoD waste, increase contractor oversight, and enhance government accountability in the Senate's multi-billion dollar defense budget bill.
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Topics: Government Accountability
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In March 2011, AllGov reported that DARPA, the Pentagon's premier research arm, had awarded a contract to a company founded by the agency's director. Wired's Spencer Ackerman joined POGO staffers to discuss how it all went down.
