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February 4, 2014
New Video: The Jet that Ate the Pentagon
A new video from Brave New Films highlights the continued problems with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the most expensive weapons system in history. The video features POGO's Winslow Wheeler and POGO alum Ben Freeman.
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Topics: National Security
February 4, 2014
By Neil Gordon
The Pentagon’s PR War Against SIGAR
Military commanders in Afghanistan are waging their most aggressive
campaign against the office charged with overseeing the $100 billion
being spent on Afghanistan's reconstruction.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
February 3, 2014
Could Post Offices Become Public Banks?
Last week, the office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service released a report with an out-of-the-box suggestion that would produce $8.9 billion in new annual profits: Turning the Post Office into a bank, with savings accounts, loans and debit
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Topics: Government Accountability
January 31, 2014
Anti-Transparency Provisions Removed From Farm Bill
In a victory for communities across the country, the current version of the farm bill, which the House of Representatives passed Wednesday, lacks earlier provisions that would have kept the public in the dark about certain farming operations.
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Topics: Open Government
January 30, 2014
Aid Flows Despite Corruption Concerns in Afghanistan
A recent SIGAR report finds that Afghan ministries entrusted with direct assistance from USAID are at high risk of corruption, a fact that USAID doesn't want the American public to know.
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Topics: Government Accountability
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