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The (POGO) Blog
March 17, 2014
By Neil Gordon
Entrusting Afghanistan Aid Oversight to Contractors
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is about to put contractors in charge of overseeing the billions of dollars invested in Afghanistan reconstruction. Is this a good idea?
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Topics: Contract Oversight
March 14, 2014
Obama Promises to Declassify CIA Torture Report
President Obama has pledged to declassify the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s (SSCI) headline-making report about the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) interrogation techniques.
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Topics: Open Government
March 14, 2014
Looking Forward to When FOIA is No Longer Needed
Open government activists, journalists and interested citizens gathered today at Washington, D.C.’s Newseum to celebrate the 16th annual National Freedom of Information Day, part of this year’s Sunshine Week.
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Topics: Open Government
March 14, 2014
We're Giving Away a Kindle to Celebrate Sunshine Week!
To celebrate Sunshine Week, POGO will be giving away as a grand prize a 16 GB Kindle Fire 7" Tablet and two other people will win DVDs. Enter to win!
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Topics: Open Government
March 13, 2014
Sunshine from Congress
The Transparency In Government Act offers a number of welcome good government reforms.
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Topics: Government Accountability
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