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DATA Act 2.0: Fewer Bells, but Brighter Future
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DOE Contracting Woes Continue
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May 16, 2013
The (POGO) Blog
December 7, 2012
NDAA Update: Defense Budget Bill Scorecard
The Project On Government Oversight supports crucial measures to eliminate DoD waste, increase contractor oversight, and enhance government accountability in the Senate's multi-billion dollar defense budget bill.
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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
March 1, 2012
By Jake Wiens
McCaskill, Webb Introduce Wartime Contracting Legislation that Could Save Taxpayers Billions
Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Jim Webb (D-VA) have introduced the Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012 (S. 2139), a bill that will greatly enhance transparency, sustainability, and accountability in overseas contingency operation
Topics: Contract Oversight, Open Government
August 6, 2012
Audit the Pentagon: POGO Applauds New Bipartisan Initiative
Although the Pentagon budget has ballooned by billions in the past decade, it can’t even produce a basic financial statement. But last week, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and a bipartisan band of senators introduced a bill to fix this outrage and increase acco
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Topics: National Security
November 21, 2012
Star Creeps: Petraeus & the Price of the Top-Heavy Pentagon
In addition to extramarital affairs and “flirtatious e-mails,” the General Petraeus sex scandal highlighted another of the Pentagon’s dirty little secrets – generals live like billionaires, and taxpayers are footing the bill.
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Topics: National Security
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