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Camp Lejeune Supporters Tell Supreme Court to Stand by Toxic Pollution Victims
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Congress to Give Private Debt Collection Another Try
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Where Does the Money Go? Soon We’ll Know Better
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New Book Examines Camp Lejeune Water Poisoning
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Congress Slams Nuclear Agency for Recent Failures
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Long-Time Inspector General Stepping Down
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The (POGO) Blog
February 26, 2013
Meat Axe or Scalpel?
There is growing consensus around the need to reshape the Pentagon budget, reflected in several bipartisan legislative proposals, recent public polling, and a shift in media coverage.
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Topics: National Security
January 31, 2013
Take Action to Get a Permanent State Dept. Watchdog
Please take action and urge President Obama to nominate a strong and independent permanent State Department Inspector General today.
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Topics: Government Accountability
December 14, 2012
By Joe Newman
POGO's Keith Rutter Honored for Public Interest Work
Keith Rutter, POGO's chief operations officer was honored this week for his years of service in the public interest. The consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen awarded Rutter its 10th annual Phyllis McCarthy Public Interest Award.
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Topics: Government Accountability
May 7, 2012
By Joe Newman
America’s Shame: The U.S. Government's Human Trafficking Dilemma
For Vinnie Tuivaga, the offer was the answer to a prayer: A job in a luxury hotel in Dubai--the so-called Las Vegas of the Persian Gulf--making five times what she was earning as a hair stylist in her native Fiji.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
November 17, 2012
Stop U.S. Involvement in Human Trafficking
Help us end U.S.-supported human trafficking so not another cent of your tax dollars go to funding modern-day slavery.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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