The (POGO) Blog
April 10, 2018
By Sean Moulton
The Citizenship Question: A Lot Riding on a Single Change in 2020 Census
The Trump Administration wants to add an untested question about citizenship to the 2020 census, but including it could reduce the accuracy of the data—data that we use to apportion Congressional seats to the states and to direct hundreds of billions in fe
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Topics: Government Accountability
April 6, 2018
Three Key Reforms for Facial Recognition and Body Cameras
Police departments are moving forward with plans to incorporate real-time facial recognition in body cameras, creating serious risks to privacy and due process rights. Before adding facial recognition to body cameras, law enforcement should enact three cri
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April 6, 2018
Pruitt's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
As ethics problems pile up, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt should go.
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Topics: Government Accountability, Public Health and Science
April 4, 2018
By Neil Gordon
Government Security Clearances Continue to Drop, Backlogs Remain
A new intelligence agency report found fewer government employees and contractors holding security clearances and a worsening backlog of pending security reviews. But the report omits key data, preventing a deeper dive into the findings.
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Topics: Open Government, National Security, Contract Oversight
March 30, 2018
By Sean Moulton
Regulatory Rhetoric Meets Regulatory Research
Despite months of the President railing against regulations, a new government report concludes that benefits of regulations vastly outweigh the costs.
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