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The 25th Anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act
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Counterfeit Electronic Parts Regulation Bogged Down
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Growing Concerns Over Deregulation of Arms Export Controls
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Hearing Spotlights Afghanistan Corruption and Waste
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The (POGO) Blog
January 24, 2013
Oversight Committee Makes Bipartisan Call for Appointment of State Department IG
As the Senate began confirmation hearings of John Kerry to become the next Secretary of State today, senior members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform made a bipartisan call to the President to nominate a State Department Inspector G
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Topics: Government Accountability
January 23, 2013
By Joe Newman
McCaskill: Make Sure We Don't Have Another Benghazi
Sen. Claire McCaskill told reporters she plans to talk to Kerry about embassy security.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
January 23, 2013
By Adam Zagorin
Lawsuit: Kabul Embassy Guards Told to Lie About Long Hours
Guards responsible for protecting the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, have often worked 14 to 18 hours per day for six or seven days per week and have been directed to file false time records to avoid revealing that they have exceeded the standard 72-h
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Topics: Contract Oversight
October 19, 2012
By Joe Newman
We've Seen This Before: Video of Drunk Security Contractors
There are lurid parallels between a new investigation of private security contractors drunk in Kabul and a similar POGO investigation three years ago.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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