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Oil and Gas Industry Loses Latest Round in Battle with SEC
November 9, 2012
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December 4, 2013
POGO Testifies on Rights of National Security Employees
POGO's Angela Canterbury testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee about a devastating court decision that stripped federal employees in national security sensitive positions of their right to appeal an adverse per
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
December 4, 2013
Podcast: Exploring Transparency for Oil and Gas Extraction
In this podcast, POGO’s Mia Steinle talks about POGO's involvement in EITI and the hurdles the initiative faces in its goal of increased royalty transparency for oil, gas and hard rock minerals.
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Topics: Energy and Natural Resources
November 27, 2013
SEC Delays Revolving Door Restriction
Months ago, bowing to concern about regulators who leave government and then work their former colleagues on behalf of industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it was tightening restrictions on the revolving door. But a notice published in Monday’s edition of the Federal Register said that the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) was withdrawing the new rule at “the request of the SEC” so that the agency could have more time to “effectively educate affected employees before the exemption revocation takes effect.”
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Topics: Financial Sector
November 22, 2013
Groups from Left to Right Oppose Delaying Pentagon Savings
POGO joined a broad coalition of groups in opposing an amendment to the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would change the way sequestration is implemented for the Pentagon.
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Topics: National Security
November 20, 2013
Senate Set to Vote on Contractor Compensation Caps
The Senate is taking up contractor compensation in the Defense Authorization bill. Different caps are on the table, but both are significantly lower than the House proposal, which might cause a battle during the conference committee meetings to finalize th
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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Podcast: Exploring Transparency for Oil and Gas Extraction
Mia Steinle talks about POGO's involvement in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the hurdles to increased transparency for oil, gas and hard rock minerals here in the U.S.
