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December 16, 2014
By Neil Gordon
Former CEO of “Flagrant 5” Firm Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Former Louis Berger Group CEO Derish Wolff pleaded guilty to overbilling the U.S. Agency for International Development. Two other former executives have already pleaded guilty in the matter, for which the company paid $69 million in civil and criminal fine
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Topics: Contract Oversight
December 16, 2014
Last Minute Frenzy Around FOIA and Its Disappointing End
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate unanimously passed
Freedom of Information Act reform laws in this past year, yet the 113th Congress ended without sending any FOIA legislation to the President. How last minute lobbying quietly killed widel
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Topics: Open Government
December 16, 2014
Oversight of Foreign Lobbying Suffers From Neglect, Indifference and Lack of Transparency
A federal law meant to track U.S. political activity by foreign interests suffers from lax enforcement, shoddy record keeping, glaring loopholes and in many cases outright disregard by the firms hired to lobby on behalf of foreign entities, according to a report published today by POGO.
Topics: National Security
December 15, 2014
Navy Tries to Cover Up New Carrier’s Exploding Cost
The Navy is trying to cover up the total cost of its new aircraft carrier, which is $2.4 billion over budget and climbing.
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Topics: National Security
December 12, 2014
Justice Department Lawyers Who Engage in Misconduct Sometimes Escape Discipline, Watchdog Finds
The Government Accountability Office has found that Department of Justice lawyers who engage in misconduct sometimes escape discipline.
Topics: Government Accountability
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