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NSA Leak Prompts Talk of Limiting Contractor Access to Secrets
June 17, 2013 -
When Will the Contractors Contract?
June 14, 2013 -
Final Inspector General’s Report Cuts References to Panetta’s Disclosure of “TOP SECRET” Info
June 14, 2013 -
Lost? The Guards at Y-12 Can Help
June 13, 2013 -
Conservative Report Finds $1.8 Trillion in Pentagon Savings
June 6, 2013 -
Lawmaker Calls on Pentagon to Release Report on Zero Dark Thirty Probe
June 6, 2013 -
How Much Does an F-35 Really Cost?
June 3, 2013 -
Pentagon Tells Congress: Stop Giving Us What We Don’t Need
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Congress Fighting Base Closures Despite Cost Savings
May 30, 2013
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June 4, 2013
Sen. Shaheen Pushes White House on Declassification
Last week, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) urged President Obama to follow the recommendations of a congressionally appointed board tasked with evaluating the government’s classification system, according to an article in The Huffington Post.
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Topics: Open Government
June 3, 2013
How Much Does an F-35 Really Cost?
The Pentagon plans to spend $400 billion on designing and buying the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the military's newest fighter jet and the most expensive weapons program in history. But how much does a single F-35 actually cost?
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Topics: National Security
May 31, 2013
By Neil Gordon
New Movie Documents Out of Control U.S. War Machine
"Dirty Wars," a forthcoming documentary based on the work of investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, provides a glimpse into the shadowy world of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), an elite U.S. combat unit waging a covert war around the world.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
May 31, 2013
Obama Tries to Shut Revolving Door, but Aides Slip Through
President Obama made it a priority to reduce the role of special interests in Washington and to slow the revolving door, but many former White House aides have recently been hired as consultants to influence the White House.
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Topics: Government Accountability
May 30, 2013
White House Backing Down on Contractor Compensation Cap
The White House is backing down on its call to significantly reduce the cap on compensation for defense and civilian contractor employees.
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