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Correspondence with Government and Contractors
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POGO Letter To NIH Director Francis Collins Urges Public Disclosure of Medical Researchers' Financial Ties To Industry
March 11, 2010
POGO Joins Letter Calling on Congress to Investigate Whether Federal Records Act Needs Strengthening
March 10, 2010
POGO letter to Congress calling for increased oversight of financial self-regulators
February 23, 2010
POGO Letter to NRC Recommending Additional Changes to Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
February 23, 2010
POGO's Letter to Congress With A Dozen Nonpartisan Good Government Fixes To Implement in 2010
February 16, 2010
POGO Letter to President Obama Regarding Systemic Safety Issues at Los Alamos National Lab
February 11, 2010
POGO joins sign-on letter encouraging the Administration to improve its open government efforts
February 3, 2010
POGO Comments on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF)
January 29, 2010
POGO Urges President to Enhance Oversight
January 26, 2010
POGO Joins An Open Letter to the United States House of Representatives: Support the Health Care Transparency Resolution!
January 20, 2010
Contractor conflict of interest rule needs improvement
January 12, 2010
POGO concerned with self-policing import programs
December 23, 2009
POGO letter to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro regarding loopholes in proposed rule to increase transparency for troubled assets
December 18, 2009
POGO letter to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro regarding the SEC's failure to act on hundreds of Inspector General recommendations
December 16, 2009
POGO asks President Obama to instruct the DOE’s NNSA to reverse its decision to withdraw contractor performance data from public view
December 14, 2009
POGO Urges Pentagon To Create Strong Regulations Against Conflicts of Interest On Systems Engineering
December 8, 2009
POGO opposes loophole in derivatives overhaul legislation
December 3, 2009
POGO letter to Energy Sec. Chu regarding LANL plutonium facility shutdown due to repeat of fire suppression system failures
November 17, 2009
POGO letter to Secretary Sebelius: Use emergency powers to support study on prevention of deaths from H1N1 flu
November 13, 2009
POGO letter to IG Council Chair Fong on integrity and efficiency, clarifying POGO's recommendation on IG hotline
November 13, 2009
POGO raises concerns about new contractor database
November 5, 2009
POGO Letter to Vice-President Biden Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield
October 28, 2009
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield
October 28, 2009
POGO joins letter to Attorney General Holder requesting independent review of Bradley Birkenfeld case
October 22, 2009
Groups Urge Gates to Curb Congressional Earmarks
October 14, 2009
POGO Opposes Nomination of William Magwood to NRC
October 14, 2009
POGO's letter to Commissioner Hamburg regarding medical devices
October 14, 2009
POGO letter to Senate; Combating Waste: C-17 Resources Needed for Troops in Afghanistan
October 6, 2009
POGO Letter to Secretary Sebelius regarding H1N1 Vaccine Shortage
September 30, 2009
POGO letter to members of Congress regarding concerns about HUD's The Road Home program
September 30, 2009
Good Government Groups Urge Senate to Support McCain Amendment to Strip C-17 Funds from Defense Appropriations Bill
September 29, 2009
POGO letter to DHHS Secretary Sebelius: Greater transparency in the flu vaccine program is urgently needed
August 26, 2009
Public Comment on Declassification on OSTP Blog
July 19, 2009
POGO Letter to Senate Leadership Expressing Serious Concern Over F-22 Solicitation Request
July 9, 2009
POGO and Taxpayers for Common Sense Call on Senate to Cut F-22 from Defense Authorization Act
July 8, 2009
POGO letter to Congress raising concerns about bailout private asset managers' conflicts of interest
May 19, 2009
Good Government Groups Urge Congress to Preserve Key Procurement Reforms in S. 454 and H.R. 2101
May 5, 2009
POGO Raises Concerns About FDIC's Legacy Loans Program
April 10, 2009
POGO wants Public DoD Revolving Door Database
March 16, 2009
POGO Letter to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan regarding apparent problems with the FHA mortgage insurance program
January 30, 2009
POGO Urges President Obama to Provide Public Access to Contracting and Ethics Databases
January 29, 2009
Letter from Open Government Groups to Senate Armed Services Committee regarding the nomination of William J. Lynn III
January 23, 2009
POGO Letter to Rep. Tanner supporting change to House rules requiring periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement
January 13, 2009
POGO letter to Congressional Oversight Committee leaders concerning certain financial companies seeking backdoor access to TARP funds
December 17, 2008
POGO letter to Glenn Podonsky, DOE Chief Health, Safety, and Security Officer, regarding beryllium
December 9, 2008
POGO Letter to Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) Director Robert Bray regarding FAMS treatment of whistleblowers
November 25, 2008
POGO Letter to Congress Urging Immediate Oversight on the Bailout
November 20, 2008
POGO letter supporting the nomination of George Mulley from the NRC Office of Inspector General for the NRC’s Edward McGaffigan Jr. Public Service Award
September 29, 2008
POGO Supports Reform of MMS and the RIK Program (S. 3543 ) - Hopes to Restore Ethical Conduct and Accountability to the Resource Management
September 24, 2008
POGO's Public Comments on "Security Inspection and Security Performance Assessment of NRC Licensees"
September 11, 2008
POGO Letter to General C. Robert Kehler, U.S. Strategic Command regarding the Air Force denials of a security breach
September 4, 2008
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding the lack of oversight of costs and quality at the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility
August 25, 2008
POGO supports legislative fix to provide University of California employees the same whistleblower protections as other state employees
August 12, 2008
POGO Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee regarding misleading testimony by General McNabb before the Committee
July 24, 2008
POGO urges the DOD IG to investigate CIRCUITS and an apparent employee retaliation action
July 23, 2008
POGO Letter to the Boeing Company regarding Airtech International Inc.'s product substitution
July 22, 2008
POGO Letter to DoD Secretary Robert Gates regarding extravagant "Senior Leader In-Transit Comfort Capsules"
July 17, 2008
POGO’s letter to White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten urging the removal of Scott Bloch as U.S. Special Counsel
July 17, 2008
POGO Urges Navy to Study Utility Cost Program
July 7, 2008
POGO Proposes Additional Improvements To Ensure That Contractors Have A Satisfactory Performance Record
June 2, 2008
POGO and other groups urge National Archives to preserve website records of the federal government
April 29, 2008
POGO and others urge White House to allow public input on secrecy rules for Controlled Unclassified Information
April 11, 2008
POGO supports limiting length of noncompetitive contracts in “unusual and compelling urgency” circumstances
March 31, 2008
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding his Senate testimony potentially defaming a nuclear security whistleblower
March 18, 2008
Letter from POGO to congressional transportation committees on FAA and manufacturer oversight of suppliers
March 12, 2008
POGO/GAP letter to SASC Chairman Levin and Ranking McCain calling for hearings on MRAP delays, rapid acquisition problems in the Pentagon
February 27, 2008
Letter to House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and related Agencies Appropriations regarding accountability for royalty collections
February 8, 2008
POGO Letter to Senators Levin, McCaskill, and Webb regarding the President’s recent Signing Statement
February 4, 2008
POGO comments concerning the proposed third-party private financing for the new NNSA Weapons Project, otherwise known as the Kansas City Project
January 31, 2008
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman, regarding the plutonium pit production program
January 18, 2008
POGO letter to DOE Under Secretary Thomas D’Agostino requesting a stop work order for the CMRR at Los Alamos due to construction concerns
November 30, 2007
POGO Letter to NNSA Chief, Defense Nuclear Security William Desmond advocating federalizing the nuclear weapons facilities security force
November 30, 2007
POGO letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding urgent need to implement overtime restrictions
October 31, 2007
POGO urges Department of Transportation investigation into Traffic Information Contract
October 15, 2007
POGO letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding security at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant
September 28, 2007
POGO letter to Senators Webb and McCaskill supporting "The Commission on Wartime Contracting Act" (S.1825)
September 17, 2007
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Klein concerning former NRC Commissioner Merrifield departure through the revolving door
September 14, 2007
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman regarding need for independent oversight of the nuclear weapons complex
September 5, 2007
POGO and other organizations urge Senate to pass legislation to improve Freedom of Information Act
August 3, 2007
POGO's letter to Senators Levin and McCain regarding protecting the integrity of earmark reform
May 23, 2007
POGO Letter Concerning Matheson Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill Regarding Moab Uranium Tailings
May 17, 2007
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Dale Klein regarding the 10 CFR Part 26 Fitness-for-Duty Draft Final Rule
March 9, 2007
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Dale Klein Regarding the 10 CFR Part 26 Fitness-for-Duty Draft Final Rule
March 9, 2007
Letter supporting Congressman Jeff Flake's (R-AZ) legislation to close the government lobbyist gift ban loophole
February 21, 2007
Follow-up Letter from POGO to Energy Secretary Bodman
January 22, 2007
POGO letter to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding serious safety problems at Pantex, a nuclear weapons assembly facility
December 12, 2006
POGO urges Congress to review Hamilton Sundstrand's 9-year no-bid commercial item spare parts contract
November 27, 2006
Scientists Who Serve
November 15, 2006
Letter from POGO to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding unnecessary ongoing cybersecurity weaknesses
November 6, 2006
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman concerning inadequate security at the Y-12 facility and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
October 31, 2006
POGO urges Congressional Appropriators to reign in the Department of Homeland Security’s “Sensitive Security Information” (SSI) secrecy category
October 12, 2006
POGO signs Letter to Senate Majority Leader Frist to improve public access to federal spending information
September 6, 2006
POGO pushes for detailed guidance on contracting
September 5, 2006
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Dale Klein regarding security concerns at the Sequoyah nuclear power plant
August 24, 2006
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman raising safety concerns
August 15, 2006
POGO fights to prevent multiple industry reps from determining how contractors account for their costs
August 10, 2006
An Open Letter to the United States Senate: Support a Full Accounting of Federal Grants!
June 6, 2006
POGO's Letter to Congress Regarding Removal of Funding for Night Vision Goggles for the Troops
June 1, 2006
POGO Letter to Congressional Committees that have jurisdiction over whistleblower protection issues
May 23, 2006
POGO and the AFSC letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding groundwater testing
April 12, 2006
POGO opposes the proposed joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to form the United Launch Alliance
March 16, 2006
POGO warns of risky federal buying method
March 6, 2006
POGO's letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Diaz on the proposed Design Basis Threat (DBT)
February 21, 2006
POGO letter to Commissioner Marin with the US Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission regarding a sole-source contract
December 20, 2005
POGO’s comments to the NRC about the guard fatigue issue
December 20, 2005
POGO & Others Urge Public Access to Katrina Contracting Information
December 15, 2005
POGO provides third set of recommendations and materials to the panel reviewing service contracting policies
December 6, 2005
POGO recently learned of another government attempt to sit down with private contracting officials, which could violate open government laws
October 18, 2005
POGO Discovers Security Weaknesses at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
September 29, 2005
Testimony before Defense Acquisition Review Panel should not be limited to defense contractors
September 2, 2005
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
August 31, 2005
POGO provides additional information to the panel reviewing the government's buying system
August 30, 2005
Acquisition Panel cuts off testimony about problems with the government’s buying system
August 19, 2005
POGO questions IBWC decision to award a contract to build a sewage treatment plant in Mexico without full and open competition
August 15, 2005
Paid Consulting and Conflicts of Interest at NIH
July 26, 2005
POGO's public comment opposing the NRC's expansion of controls for unclassified "Safeguards Information" (SGI)
March 28, 2005
DHS Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
January 25, 2005
DHS Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
January 25, 2005
Joint POGO, PEER, GAP letter to members of Congress regarding U.S. Special Counsel, Scott Bloch's retaliation against employees
January 10, 2005
POGO's comments to the Draft Request for Proposals for the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory
January 6, 2005
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Abraham concerning Los Alamos contract
November 30, 2004
Pentagon Auditor Calls for Halliburton to be Financially Penalized until it Accounts for Taxpayer Dollars
August 16, 2004
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Spencer Abraham regarding security at nuclear weapons complex
August 13, 2004
Coalition Letter to Members of Congress regarding the Transportation Secrecy Provision in HR 3550
July 26, 2004
POGO letter to Senators regarding SA 3286 to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
June 18, 2004
POGO letter to Senators regarding SA 3286 to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
June 18, 2004
POGO letter to Members of Congress in response to Boeing's full page ad in the Washington Post
May 4, 2004
Sample Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Letter
April 28, 2004
Joint POGO, PEER & GAP Letter to Office of Special Counsel, Scott Bloch, regarding gag order on career staff of the OSC
April 15, 2004
Citizens Against Government Waste and POGO ask the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate alleged conflicts of interest by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
February 12, 2004
POGO letter to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the F/A-22 Raptor and Comanche Helicopter programs
February 10, 2004
POGO’s public comment opposing the Department of Interior’s proposed amendments to the oil valuation rule for being a giveaway to the oil industry
November 10, 2003
Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee urging the committee to reject an Air Force proposal to lease 100 Boeing 767 aircraft
August 29, 2003
Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge
July 8, 2003
Letter to Department of Interior Employees
May 19, 2003
POGO Letter to Energy Secretary Abraham recommending immediate competition of management contract of Los Alamos
April 29, 2003
POGO Letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on briefing attended by POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian
January 17, 2003
POGO letter to Dr. Everet H. Beckner, Deputy Administrator for Defense Program, NNSA, DOE regarding security and safety issues at LANL
January 13, 2003
Statement of John Middlemiss and James Howard, former security guards at Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant
March 29, 2002
POGO Letter to Gen. John Gordon Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration concerning security at nuclear weapons facilities
January 24, 2002
POGO letter urging Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to restore citizen access to the Department of Energy's web sites
January 11, 2002
Organizations call on Senate to vote against the Air Force leasing Boeing 767s at a price dramatically higher than the cost of direct purchase
December 19, 2001
POGO letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
December 13, 2001
POGO letter to Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham regarding detailed maps of nuclear sites on DOE websites
October 3, 2001
POGO public comment on NRC proposal to limit public oversight in nuclear reactor licensing hearings
July 12, 2001
Taxpayer, Environmental and Union Groups Support Amendment to Ensure Oil Companies Pay Fair Share
June 21, 2001
POGO Letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Recommending Cancellation of the Army's Crusader Program
April 23, 2001
POGO's Letter in Response to Raised Questions about Air Force/Boeing deal to make the C-17 Cargo Aircraft "Commercial"
March 23, 2001
POGO's Letter in Response to Raised Questions about Air Force/Boeing deal to make the C-17 Cargo Aircraft "Commercial"
March 23, 2001
Letter to Members of Congress on Defense Budget
March 8, 2001
Letter to President-Elect Bush
January 12, 2001
Cost Accounting Standards Board, Dr. Rein Abel, Regarding Accounting for the Cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
November 15, 2000
POGO Letter to Rudolph Schuhbauer, CAS Board Regarding Proposed "Review" of CAS and its Role in the Government Contracting Process
September 25, 2000
Public Interest Groups Oppose Oil & Gas Royalties In Kind Amendment
September 20, 2000
POGO Letter - to David Guzy, Chief, Rules & Regulations Staff, Royalty Management Program, Minerals Management Services
January 31, 2000
Letter From Coalition Of 24 Organizations: to David Guzy, Chief, Rules & Regulations Staff, Royalty Management Program, MMS
January 31, 2000
POGO Letter to Bill Richardson, Department of Energy regarding the moving of the Moab uranium tailings pile from the Colorado River
January 13, 2000
Letter from Groups to Members of Congress Regarding the Decommissioning of the Atlas Uranium Mill in Moab, Utah
February 5, 1999
