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September 14, 2017
Intelligence Committee Signals Concern for Whistleblowers: Will it Lead to Action?
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence recently signaled a growing concern “about the level of protection afforded to whistleblowers within the IC and the level of insight congressional committees have into their disclosures.”
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Topics: Government Accountability, Whistleblower Protections
September 13, 2017
Federal Ethics Process Needs to Be Clear and Transparent
The Project On Government Oversight sent a letter to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) urging it to require agencies to issue more comprehensive ethics agreements. This follows a push for more proactive disclosure of ethics waivers.
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Topics: Government Accountability, Open Government
September 6, 2017
Disaster Relief Needs Oversight to Stop Waste and Fraud
As Congress contemplates funding billions of dollars in disaster aid, it should ensure the money is overseen adequately.
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September 1, 2017
By Neil Gordon
Celebrate Labor Day by Diving into Contractor Misconduct Data
The federal government’s largest contractors have paid a collective total of $2.7 billion in penalties since the 1990s for a wide variety of labor violations, which you can read about in POGO’s Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
August 29, 2017
Trump's Privacy Board Nominee Is a Big Step, But It's Only the First One
Even with a new chairman, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, a key government watchdog, won’t be able to return to full strength without a quorum of at least three members.
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