The (POGO) Blog
April 23, 2018
By Peter Tyler
Senate Report Details Major Disaster Response Contracting Failures
A recent report from the staff of Senator Claire McCaskill details many shortcomings of the state of FEMA disaster response contracting. If not corrected, these problems will impact future disaster response.
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Topics: Government Accountability
April 18, 2018
By Neil Gordon
Public Interest Group Wins Legal Fees in Transparency Lawsuit
A California court recently ordered a contractor that tried to block the release of public records to pay the legal expenses of an organization that requested the records.
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Topics: Open Government, Contract Oversight
April 17, 2018
POGO’s Outsized Tax-Day Impact
Over the past 37 years, the Project On Government Oversight’s investigations have saved taxpayers billions of dollars.
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Topics: Government Accountability, Energy and Natural Resources, Contract Oversight
April 17, 2018
Bad Actors Among Border Wall Contractors
Half of the six contractors that built border wall prototypes had questionable track records, including one contractor that the Army Corps of Engineers felt was too risky to do future business with.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
April 17, 2018
What the Senate Needs to Ask Gina Haspel
A list of questions the Senate needs to ask CIA director nominee Gina Haspel about her role in torture and rendition.
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Topics: Government Accountability, Open Government, National Security
