The (POGO) Blog
January 16, 2014
Energy Department Looks for Alternatives to UPF
The Department of Energy has begun looking for cheaper and faster alternatives to the proposed Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12, a muti-billion dollar boondoggle construction project with no end in sight.
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Topics: National Security
January 9, 2014
Loophole in Law May Allow Pentagon Savings to Escape
A loophole in the Budget Control Act gives congressional appropriators wiggle room to avoid required Pentagon savings as they put the final touches on a new defense spending bill.
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Topics: National Security
January 9, 2014
Groups Call On Congress to Enact Sensible Pentagon Savings
Groups with diverse interests and ideologies come together to call for smart defense spending on the upcoming omnibus appropriations in Congress.
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Topics: National Security
December 17, 2013
Budget Deal Takes Pressure Off Pentagon to Cut Waste
The bipartisan budget agreement will take the pressure off the Pentagon when they were finally beginning to make difficult but necessary choices to rein in the out-of-control defense budget, according to an op-ed by Ethan Rosenkranz.
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Topics: National Security
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
