The (POGO) Blog
March 9, 2018
Pentagon to Congress: You Can’t Stop Us from Fueling Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen
The Defense Department is claiming—wrongly— that Congress cannot restrict the United States’ participation in Yemen’s civil war
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Topics: National Security
March 6, 2018
Carl Icahn: A Conflict-of-Interest “Icon” for the Trump Era
Suspicious trades in the run-up to President Trump’s steel tariff announcement are just the latest potential conflict of interest involving the one-time White House advisor.
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Topics: Government Accountability
March 1, 2018
By Mia Steinle
ICE is Giving Money Away Hand over Fist in Bizarre Contract
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is paying the city of Eloy, Arizona, half a million dollars a year for no good reason.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
March 1, 2018
Election Security Needs to Begin Long Before Ballots Are Cast
Protecting our registration rolls from malicious hacking is critical to preserving the integrity of our election system, and needs to be a significant part of heightened efforts to increase election security.
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Topics: National Security
February 27, 2018
Meet the Oil-Friendly Federal Panel that Could Give Drillers a Sweetheart Deal
The oil, gas and mining industry has six voting seats out of 20 on the panel, known as the Royalty Policy Committee, and they predictably advocate for paying the public less. But industry’s voice on the committee is supposed to be balanced with perspective
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Topics: Energy and Natural Resources
