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February 12, 2013
State Department Still Without Internal Watchdog
Effective oversight requires a strong inspector general, and the State Department leads a group of eight agencies that are without a permanent IG.
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Topics: Government Accountability
January 31, 2013
Take Action to Get a Permanent State Dept. Watchdog
Please take action and urge President Obama to nominate a strong and independent permanent State Department Inspector General today.
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Topics: Government Accountability
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
December 21, 2012
NDAA Scorecard for Taxpayers: Ya Win Some, Ya Lose Some
A conference committee has reconciled the House and Senate versions of the NDAA, and a number of provisions POGO supports for greater government accountability were included in the defense budget bill.
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Topics: Government Accountability
December 14, 2012
By Joe Newman
POGO's Keith Rutter Honored for Public Interest Work
Keith Rutter, POGO's chief operations officer was honored this week for his years of service in the public interest. The consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen awarded Rutter its 10th annual Phyllis McCarthy Public Interest Award.
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