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Bank Lobbyists Writing the Rules for Wall Street
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DATA Act 2.0: Fewer Bells, but Brighter Future
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Justice’s Seizure of AP’s Phone Records Threatens Press Freedom
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Memo Leaked to Retaliate Against Fast and Furious Whistleblower
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Camp Lejeune Finally Cleaning Up Its Act
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DOE Contracting Woes Continue
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White House Brings Back Bill to Shield Journalists
May 16, 2013
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October 5, 2012
One Year Later: Assessing Progress on National Action Plan
It's been one year since the Open Government Partnership was established, and now it's time to assess how much progress the Administration has made implementing the U.S. National Action Plan for greater openness, transparency, and accountability.
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Topics: Open Government
September 28, 2012
New DATA Act Would Make Following the Money Easier
The new Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) is a trimmed-down version of the original bill, but will still make much-needed improvements to the tools we have for tracking how taxpayer dollars are spent.
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Topics: Government Accountability
February 24, 2012
Another Member of Congress Raises Concerns about Secrecy and Camp Lejeune
Last month, POGO and an extensive list of allies to Panetta and the Department of Health and Human Services asking them to properly implement the public interest balancing test, and release an unredacted version of the ATSDR report, respectively
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Topics: Open Government
May 11, 2012
A Few Surprise Smiles from HASC for Accountability in Defense Contracting
Each year, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)--the massive defense spending bill--becomes an omnibus contracting bill of sorts. Generally, stand-alone contracting bills aren’t sexy enough for hearings or committee passage, so many of those bills
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Topics: National Security
September 20, 2012
Federal Agencies Lagging on FOIA Processing—What’s the Hold Up?
Federal agencies are still lagging in their response time to Freedom of Information Act requests.
Continue Reading Federal Agencies Lagging on FOIA Processing—What’s the Hold Up?
Topics: Open Government
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In March 2011, AllGov reported that DARPA, the Pentagon's premier research arm, had awarded a contract to a company founded by the agency's director. Wired's Spencer Ackerman joined POGO staffers to discuss how it all went down.
