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Defense Contractor Hit with Ginormous Fraud Judgment
June 19, 2013 -
Michael Hastings Leaves Legacy of Promoting Accountability
June 19, 2013 -
Reducing Contractor Compensation Cap Will Save Hundreds of Millions Annually
June 19, 2013 -
DynCorp Accused of Being a Deadbeat
June 18, 2013 -
Shining Light on Closed Doors
June 18, 2013 -
Does America Have a Security-Industrial Complex?
June 18, 2013 -
GAP Releases Statement on Snowden and the NSA
June 17, 2013 -
NSA Leak Prompts Talk of Limiting Contractor Access to Secrets
June 17, 2013 -
Final Inspector General’s Report Cuts References to Panetta’s Disclosure of “TOP SECRET” Info
June 14, 2013
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May 8, 2013
Cell Phone Services Show Broken Buying System
OMB's Norman Dong provided details about a federal agency with 13 comparable phone service plans that appear to be wasting taxpayer dollars.
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April 29, 2013
CIA Used Bags of Cash to Buy Influence in Afghanistan
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been giving the office of Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s president, secret deliveries of cash for more than a decade, according to an article in The New York Times.
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Topics: National Security
April 25, 2013
Feds Continue to Pay for Empty Bank Accounts
The federal government will spend at least $890,000 this year on fees for empty bank accounts, according to an article in The Washington Post.
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Topics: Government Accountability
April 19, 2013
White House Takes on Federal vs. Contractor Employee Costs
POGO supports the government's efforts to compare the cost of federal employees and contractors performing the same work because it currently lacks an effective way to compare the true costs when making hiring and contracting decisions.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
April 11, 2013
Government Wasting Tens of Billions Through Duplicative Programs
Duplicative programs from catfish inspections to foreign-language support are causing the federal government to waste tens of billions of dollars a year, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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Topics: Government Accountability
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