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Freeland: Globalization, Technology and Global Politics Driving Growth of the Super Rich
August 9, 2013 -
Ghattas: U.S. Foreign Policy Must Adapt to the 21st Century, Rising Superpowers
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DoD Memo Sheds Light on New Whistleblower Protections
August 7, 2013 -
Whistleblowing Study Examines Fairness vs. Loyalty
August 7, 2013 -
Y-12 Security: Time to Give Federalized Guard Force a Shot?
August 6, 2013 -
Goodman: America's Bloated Military Spending Hurts U.S. Mission
August 5, 2013 -
POGO and Allies Urge Improvements to Surveillance Law
August 2, 2013 -
POGO Obtains DoD Memo on 20 Percent HQ Spending Cut
August 1, 2013 -
New Report Slams Contract Oversight in Afghanistan
August 1, 2013
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June 18, 2013
Shining Light on Closed Doors
Although some Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) subcommittees have slowly begun to open their NDAA markups to the public, POGO continues to wait for the day the SASC will open all its closed NDAA discussions to the public.
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Topics: Open Government
June 14, 2013
Cap Fight! Debate Continues Over Contractor Compensation
This week, the House Armed Services Committee took up the long-debated issue of setting the contractor compensation benchmark in the FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. Section 813 includes language to set the cap at its current level of $763,029, but allows for cost adjustments.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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
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Podcast: How The Intelligence World Came to Rely on Contractors
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.
