The (POGO) Blog
January 17, 2018
Facts on FISA: Correcting the Record on the Section 702 House Floor Debate
As we move forward with this new iteration of Section 702, it’s critical to look back at the debate and correct the record on inaccurate statements about this law and the proposals to reauthorize it. The following is a compilation of all factual errors tha
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Topics: Open Government, National Security
January 17, 2018
Majority of Americans Believe Govt Does Bad Job Fighting Corruption
POGO’s Executive Director, Danielle Brian, spoke on a panel about Americans’ growing fears about government corruption during Transparency International’s release of the 2017 U.S. Corruption Barometer.
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Topics: Government Accountability, Whistleblower Protections
January 12, 2018
By Neil Gordon
Privatized Tax Collection Loses Money
For the third time the IRS hired contractors to collect unpaid federal taxes, and for the third time the effort is falling short: contractors are costing more than they are collecting while making a bad situation even worse for low-income taxpayers.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
January 10, 2018
By Neil Gordon
Audit Finds Pentagon Task Force Squandered Millions, Had Few Successes
A Pentagon office that spent $675 million on economic development projects in Afghanistan was rife with waste and achieved “mixed results,” according to an audit report released this week by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
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Topics: Government Accountability, National Security, Contract Oversight
January 8, 2018
By Neil Gordon
Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria Contract Spending Revisited
Much has changed since POGO last crunched the numbers on the federal government’s outlays on contracts responding to last year’s hurricanes. For one thing, Pentagon spending data is starting to trickle in.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
