The (POGO) Blog
April 6, 2017
Advisors to the President Should Be Subject to Ethics Laws
In a letter to White House Counsel, POGO urged the White House to make Stephen Feinberg and Carl Icahn subject to federal ethics laws given their vast conflicts of interest.
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Topics: Government Accountability
March 28, 2017
By Ari Goldberg
POGO's 2017 Baker’s Dozen Wishlist for Congress
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has unveiled its biennial list of 13 policy areas ripe for Congressional action. It includes recommendations for legislative fixes to make the federal government more transparent, accountable, and ethical.
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Topics: Government Accountability, Open Government, Whistleblower Protections, Energy and Natural Resources, National Security, Public Health and Science, Contract Oversight
March 3, 2017
Trump’s Dangerous Prescription for the FDA
President Donald Trump called the FDA drug approval process slow and burdensome, but the evidence he cited could point to the opposite conclusion. Slashing regulatory restraints as he proposed could pose medical and financial hazards.
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Topics: Government Accountability, Open Government, Public Health and Science
January 30, 2017
Trump Fails to Expand Definition of Lobbyist in Ethics Order
President Trump’s ethics executive order fails to drain the swamp and end a federal government controlled by influence peddlers. Although some of the restrictions are good, the order fails to redefine lobbying and therefore offers little hope that much wil
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Topics: Government Accountability
September 8, 2016
By Ari Goldberg
Long-Buried IG Report on BLM Reveals Gifts from Oil & Gas Industry, Other Violations
A report hidden from the public for three years finds former Bureau of Land Management employee Steve Henke “violated agency policy, federal laws, and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch.”
Topics: Government Accountability
