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Stop U.S. Involvement in Human Trafficking
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April 25, 2013
President’s 2014 Budget Has Contracting Theme
The President's 2014 budget proposal includes proposals to improve the federal contracting system, which is a good start to save taxpayer dollars.
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April 24, 2013
By Joe Newman
10th Annual Ridenhour Prizes Honor 'Courageous Truth-Telling'
The memory of Ron Ridenhour lives on in the prizes given in his name to those that exemplify courageous truth-telling.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
April 24, 2013
SEC Taps Wall Street Lawyer to Police Wall Street
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday that it has tapped a Wall Street lawyer, Andrew Ceresney, to police Wall Street. By relying so heavily on people with industry connections, the SEC can tangle itself in conflicts of interest.
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Topics: Financial Sector
April 23, 2013
Training Day: Improving Skills of the Acquisition Workforce
An April 16 GAO report indicates civilian agencies are having trouble training the acquisition workforce and determining if training investments are paying off, ultimately putting the government at risk of overspending on contracts and wasting taxpayer dol
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Topics: Contract Oversight
April 23, 2013
How the VA Got This Bad
The spotlight of public scrutiny has turned to the staggering backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), but how did the backlog get this big?
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Topics: Public Health and Science
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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.
