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DATA Act Gets a Boost at Transparency Conference
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SIGIR Releases Its Final Report
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VA Makes Headway on Backlog with New Technology
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Benghazi Ignored: New Evidence Exposes Gaps in Kabul Embassy Security
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Map Shows State Dept. Official Gave Misleading Testimony to Congress
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Watchdog Finds Flaws in DOE Contractor Responsibility Checks
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DoD IG Confirms POGO’s DARPA Concerns
September 6, 2013
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September 6, 2013
DoD IG Confirms POGO’s DARPA Concerns
DARPA improperly awards contracts, often without proper evaluations, required support or approvals, and checking the adequacy of contractor accounting systems.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
September 5, 2013
By Andrew Wyner
POGO Supports Sen. Collins’s Contracting Legislation
POGO calls on the DoD IG to audit domestic preference contracting laws. In addition to following the law, the military might end up saving a buck or two.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
August 12, 2013
What the Pentagon Looks Like Under Sequestration Cuts
POGO's Winslow Wheeler went on C-SPAN to talk about how the planned defense budget cuts have changed the Pentagon and what improvements need to happen in the future.
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Topics: National Security
August 1, 2013
By Jack Scher
POGO Obtains DoD Memo on 20 Percent HQ Spending Cut
The Project On Government Oversight has obtained a memorandum announcing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's decision to cut 20 percent of management headquarters spending throughout the Department of Defense (DoD).
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Topics: National Security
August 1, 2013
By Neil Gordon
New Report Slams Contract Oversight in Afghanistan
The latest quarterly report from the Afghanistan reconstruction watchdog found serious shortcomings in contract oversight, including “a pervasive lack of accountability.”
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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