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USASpending.gov: NOT Your One-Stop Shop for Following Taxpayer Dollars
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Ten Questions That USASpending.Gov Can’t Answer
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Illegal Foreclosures Are Corporate Trade Secrets?
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Obama Administration Grades Openness Performance on a Curve
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When Over-Classification Starts Wars
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Friend of the Court: POGO Joins Fight for Sunshine
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SEC Stands Firm as Industry Tries to Un-Do Transparency Law
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Lessons of Watergate Scandal Still Resonate
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Public Deserves Access to Contractor Workforce Size and Cost Data
March 15, 2013
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April 17, 2013
Pentagon Budget Ignores Sequestration, Relies on Old Ideas
President Obama’s budget request for the Department of Defense ignores the reality of the sequestration cuts and suggests old ideas to save money, according to an analysis by Winslow Wheeler.
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Topics: National Security
April 16, 2013
By Mia Steinle
Risk of IRS Audit Declines for Many Businesses
The likelihood of companies that fall into the highest tax bracket being audited by the Internal Revenue Service is on the decline, according to a new report by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
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Topics: Financial Sector
April 16, 2013
House Votes to Bar Tax-Delinquent Contractors But Not Individuals
The House unanimously passed a bill to bar contractors who are behind on their taxes from receiving federal funds, according to an article in The Washington Post.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
April 15, 2013
New Navy Ship Suffers ‘Minor’ Damage from Fires at Sea
The newest littoral combat ship (LCS) caught fire twice during sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an article in Defense News.
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Topics: National Security
April 12, 2013
Pentagon Math, Hagel, and the President’s Budget
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other defense officials headed to the Hill this week to testify about the President’s Budget.
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Topics: National Security
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