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The Ugly End to the Largest Service Contract in U.S History
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Security Laws Must Include Transparency and Accountability
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March 26, 2013
Real Reform? Open Government Legislation Moving in the House
Last week 13 bills that cover issues from security to freedom of information were passed with extraordinary bipartisanship by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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Topics: Open Government
March 15, 2013
Shining a Light on FOIA Practices
In celebration of Sunshine Week, a number of organizations released studies of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that indicate how government agencies measured up in terms of providing information to the public in 2012.
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Topics: Open Government
March 15, 2013
FOIAonline: Measuring Performance and Looking Ahead
FOIAonline may revolutionize the way the public accesses government information, but first, more agencies need to buy into the system.
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Topics: Open Government
March 15, 2013
Public Deserves Access to Contractor Workforce Size and Cost Data
Access to federal government data on the size and cost of the contractor workforce needs improvement. Agencies still don't collect the data needed to understand the financial burden of millions of government and contractor workers.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
March 14, 2013
It’s Not as Sunny as We’d Like
During Sunshine Week, POGO's Director of Public Policy testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on transparency, accountability, and unchecked secrecy in the growing national security state.
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Topics: Open Government
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