Tell Congress to Reduce Wasteful Pentagon Spending
Good government advocates across the political spectrum have joined us in sending letters to House members today asking them to help make America safer by spending wisely on our national security.
Our letters ask them to vote in favor of a handful of amendments that have broad, bipartisan support. Will you join us by sending your own letter to your member of Congress urging him or her to use this opportunity to set a stronger, better, and more sustainable path for our national security?
Block the Amendment
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Tell Your Senator You Oppose Increasing Secrecy for Corporate Farms
The public has a right to know about livestock operations that affect it, including where such operations are located. This information is especially critical for people who live near or share waterways with concentrated animal feeding operations. Yet, an amendment to the Farm Bill from Sen. Charles Grassley and Sen. Joe Donnelly would shield from public disclosure even basic information about the location of livestock operations.
Block the Amendment
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Tell Congress to Cut Funding for the MOX Facility!
The facility was designed to convert weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for use in nuclear energy reactors but the project is a decade behind schedule, and billions of dollars over budget. What’s more not a single customer has been lined up. Not one. But it gets worse. There's a plan to spend another $1 billion on the program—just to finish the roof over the facility and then mothball it. That is a pretty expensive roof. And aerial photos show the roof is already constructed. We say stop throwing more money at the program.
Help Cut the Funding
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Tell Federal Officials We Need Tough Anti-Human Trafficking Rules
Demand that contractors and subcontractors be held accountable so that the thousands of workers who provide food and other necessary services to our soldiers and reconstruction personnel aren’t trapped in the horrors of modern-day slavery.
Stop Modern Slavery
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Tell Your Representative to Join the Congressional Watchdog Caucus
The Watchdog Caucus will empower inspectors general, federal auditors, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) officers, whistleblowers and citizens, alike. Its mission is one we can fully endorse—promoting accountability of government employees, creating a culture of transparency and protecting taxpayer dollars. The question isn’t who should join this caucus but why would any member not join?
Write your Rep.
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Tell Your Member of Congress to Support Open Government
Sunshine Week is about promoting a more open and accountable government. Activists, journalists and everyday citizens are marking it nationwide with lectures, panel discussions, op-eds, reports and celebrations. This is the perfect time to urge your members of Congress to stand for transparency and open government.
Support Open Government
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Tell President Obama and Congress to Curb Wasteful Pentagon Spending
A diverse group of 21 organizations from across the political spectrum joined POGO in sending a joint letter to President Obama and Congress, urging them to reduce wasteful and ineffective Pentagon spending. The truth is, we can cut the pork from the Pentagon budget and make other strategic reductions without sacrificing our national security.
Join Us
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Tell Congress to Close the SEC's Revolving Door
The revolving door blurs the lines between one of the nation’s most important regulatory agencies and the interests it regulates. Former SEC employees routinely help corporations try to influence SEC rulemaking and enforcement. Besides pointing out what is wrong with the revolving door, our report outlines several steps Congress can take to mitigate the most harmful effects of the revolving door. We need your help to get these recommendations in front of Congress.
Forward Our Report
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State Department Challenges Highlight Need for Oversight
As Secretary of State John Kerry takes office, we’d like you to join us in congratulating him on his new job. Fortunately, he doesn’t have to look far for help catching up on some of the challenges he faces. The State Department has gone more than five years without a permanent inspector general. Tell Secretary Kerry to strengthen oversight at the State Department.
Write to Sec. Kerry
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Tell President Obama to Appoint a Permanent State Department Inspector General
Did you know that President Obama went his entire first term without nominating an inspector general for the vacant job at the State Department? In fact, the State Department has gone more than five years without a permanent inspector general. The State Department opening is the longest running vacancy among agencies without inspectors general.
Please take action and urge President Obama to nominate a strong and independent permanent State Department Inspector General today.
Write the President
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Tell Congress to Make Our Embassies Safe
It’s time for Congress and the State Department to re-evaluate how America secures its diplomatic missions around the world. We should not be out-sourcing the security of our missions in places where there is increased risk.
Take Action
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Congress Can and Must Do Better
What do cockroaches, colonoscopies, Genghis Kahn and Brussels sprouts all have in common? A recent poll by Public Policy Polling found that all of those things were more popular than Congress. It would be funny if it weren’t so sad. The challenges facing our country are too important and too complex for Congress to maintain the status quo. Make sure your members know how you feel.
Write to Congress
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Sign Our Card Thanking Congress for Protecting Whistleblowers
Today, instead of asking you to oppose a bad law or support needed legislation, we'd like you to please fill out the form below to tell your Members of Congress thanks. Because of their action, federal employees who expose fraud, waste and abuses of power, will now be better protected—and so will we all.
Say Thanks
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Tell Congress to Freeze Pentagon Spending!
The last few years of economic hardship have forced many of us to tighten our belts. The Pentagon, however, has seen its budget continue to climb, with billions sunk each year on wasteful weapons programs and expensive contractors.
Write to Congress
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Tell Congress to Stop Wasting Money on a Sinking Ship
The Navy is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on a combat ship that is cracking, flooding, rusting and can’t even keep its engines running. But it’s also buying an alternate version of the ship that doesn’t have nearly as many problems—and costs $12 million dollars less per ship. So why is the Navy still pouring taxpayer dollars into the more expensive version that can hardly stay afloat?
Take Action
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