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March 11, 2013
By Lili Shirley
5 Great Online Tools for Mining Public Records
Thanks to our open records laws, you can find a treasure trove of information on the web—everything from details about publically traded companies to where stimulus funds are going.
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Topics: Open Government
March 11, 2013
Transparency Advocates Span the Political Spectrum
To kick off Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of all things open government, we’d like to point you to a great story in The Washington Examiner about how transparency advocates can be found across the political spectrum.
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Topics: Government Accountability
March 8, 2013
By Neil Gordon
SIGIR Says “At Least” $8 Billion Lost in Iraq
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), which sunsets this month, said the government has no idea how billions of reconstruction dollars were spent over the past decade, and estimates that at least $8 billion has been lost to fraud, waste, and abuse.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
March 8, 2013
Contractor at Hanford Nuclear Waste Project Admits Fraud
A “key contractor” involved in the construction of a nuclear waste processing plant in Hanford, Wash., admitted to criminal time card fraud, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times.
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Topics: Energy and Natural Resources
March 7, 2013
POGO and Partners Shine Light on Best Practices for Openness
POGO and partner organizations release report in advance of Sunshine Week entitled Highlighted Best Practices for Openness and Accountability.
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Topics: Government Accountability
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In March 2011, AllGov reported that DARPA, the Pentagon's premier research arm, had awarded a contract to a company founded by the agency's director. Wired's Spencer Ackerman joined POGO staffers to discuss how it all went down.
