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Haiti Recovery Cloaked in Secrecy
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October 3, 2013
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October 11, 2013
90 Seconds on Waste at the Dept. of Energy
Don’t have time to read our in-depth report on the problems at the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF)? No problem. POGO’s Lydia Dennett is ready to give you the key facts of the report and an anecdote that will make your head spin in this 90-second video.
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Topics: National Security
October 10, 2013
60 Minutes Takes Down Disability Benefits
60 Minutes aired a controversial story on the Social Security disabilities benefits program, accusing it of massive fraud and corrupt mismanagement. Many were angered by the report, though, calling it unfairly one-sided.
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Topics: Public Health and Science
October 10, 2013
Stop the Shutdown Now
No matter what party you belong to or what beliefs you hold dear, America cannot continue this losing strategy of “governing by crisis.”
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Topics: Government Accountability
October 10, 2013
Report Examines Obama and the Press
This morning, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a comprehensive report examining freedom of the press under the Obama administration.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
October 9, 2013
Haiti Recovery Cloaked in Secrecy
Three years after the earthquake in Haiti, there remains a startling lack of transparency about where millions in U.S. recovery funds went and what exactly was accomplished.
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Topics: Open Government
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Podcast: Exploring Transparency for Oil and Gas Extraction
Mia Steinle talks about POGO's involvement in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the hurdles to increased transparency for oil, gas and hard rock minerals here in the U.S.
