The (POGO) Blog
August 7, 2017
A New Tool for Looking at Federal Cybersecurity Spending
A new tool from Taxpayers for Common Sense provides the most comprehensive public snapshot of unclassified cybersecurity spending.
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Topics: Government Accountability
July 17, 2017
Congressional Caucuses Demand Transparency from ICE
The leaders of several Congressional caucuses delivered a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 11 demanding data on the nation’s detention centers.
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Topics: Open Government, Contract Oversight
June 29, 2017
By Albert Chen
Appropriations Bill May Finally Make Congressional Research Reports Public
Congress is poised to require certain Congressional Research Service reports be made public for the first time ever, a mandate POGO has long advocated for.
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Topics: Government Accountability, Open Government
April 5, 2017
Congressional Letters to Agencies Going Unanswered
Over 100 of Congress’s letters to the Trump administration have gone unanswered. POGO urges President Trump to take Congressional oversight seriously and quickly fill vacant Congressional affairs positions.
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Topics: Government Accountability
February 13, 2017
By Sean Moulton
We Need You: Help Improve FOIA
The Project On Government Oversight and the National Security Archive are seeking the input of anyone that has requested government agency records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The survey is open until the end of February. Results will be used to inform the work of the FOIA Federal Advisory Committee.
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Topics: Open Government
