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December 4, 2014
FOIA Reform Looking Possible in Lame Duck Congress
With one month left in the 113th Congress, FOIA reform looks more promising than ever. POGO is hopeful that the Senate will be able to move S. 2520 fast enough to see the significant reform passed into law before the new year.
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Topics: Open Government
December 3, 2014
By Joe Newman
Former Senate Investigator to Lead POGO’s New Congressional Oversight Initiative
Justin Rood, a former Senate investigator and award-winning journalist, has joined the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) to direct its new Congressional Oversight Initiative.
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Topics: Government Accountability
December 3, 2014
By Neil Gordon
DOJ Announces Record-Setting Year for Fraud Recovery
Fiscal year 2014 was a record-setting year for fraud recoveries under the False Claims Act: the Department of Justice clawed back nearly $5.7 billion in taxpayer money.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
November 26, 2014
POGO Asks Pentagon to Keep Tabs on Service Contract Spending
POGO is concerned that there is a concerted effort by Department of Defense officials to willfully breach laws and congressional mandates to implement an improved service contract tracking system. Rather than implement an effective inventory system, as req
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Topics: Contract Oversight
November 24, 2014
Why Critics of Transparency Are Wrong
A new paper from the Brookings Institution argues that not only is transparency not what is holding back Congress, but that increasing openness is the best method to fight government dysfunction.
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Topics: Open Government
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