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Presidential Priorities
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
POGO's Letter to Congress With A Dozen Nonpartisan Good Government Fixes To Implement in 2010
February 16, 2010
POGO Delivers A Dozen Good Government Fixes to Congress
February 16, 2010
State of the Union: Government Spending Needs Effective Watchdogs
January 27, 2010
POGO Urges President to Enhance Oversight
January 26, 2010
Obama Outlines Contracting Reforms
March 4, 2009
POGO Releases Lynn’s Responses to Senator McCain’s Ethics Concerns
February 5, 2009
Grassley Says Lynn Waiver “Effectively Gutted the Ethical Heart” of Obama’s Revolving Door Ban
January 29, 2009
Open Government Groups Support Cautious Approach Of Senators Levin And McCain On William J. Lynn Nomination
January 23, 2009
Letter from Open Government Groups to Senate Armed Services Committee regarding the nomination of William J. Lynn III
January 23, 2009
White House Waiver For DoD Appointee Lynn Undermines White House Ethics Standards And Sends Wrong Message
January 22, 2009
Senate Banking Committee Fails To Hold SEC Nominee Accountable For Failed Self-Regulatory Apparatus
January 15, 2009
Today's Department Of Energy Confirmation Hearing Provided No Clues On Where Vast Majority Of DOE Is Headed
January 13, 2009
POGO Provides Presidential Transition Teams Reform Priorities
October 16, 2008
Related Resources
McCain Raises Concerns About Former Raytheon Lobbyist’s Ability to be Effective
Senator John McCain (R-AZ), United States Senate
January 26, 2009
POGO in the News
Treasury nominee to keep corporate pay, By Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times, May 12, 2009
Amid Obama's change, there's also more of the same, By Nancy Benac, The Associated Press, USA Today, March 1, 2009
The Difficulty Of Walking The Line, By Eliza Newlin Carney, National Journal, February 9, 2009
Ethics Groups Pounce On Gibbs' Statement, By Rob Stein, Huffington Post, January 29, 2009
McCain presses Obama's Pentagon nominee on conflicts, By Jim Wolf, Reuters, January 28, 2009
Raytheon lobbyist picked for deputy Defense post, By Julian Barnes, The Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2009
The President Orders Transparency, Editorial, The New York Times, January 23, 2009
Lynn's appointment still not settled, By Jen Dimascio, Politico, January 23, 2009
Gates tries to reassure US Congress on deputy pick, By Andrew Gray; and Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters News , January 22, 2009
Obama’s ethics rules come with exceptions, By Elise Castelli , Federal Times, January 22, 2009
POGO urges Obama to withdraw Lynn's nomination, By Alice Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week, January 22, 2009
Obama Lobbyist Rules May Bar Deputy SecDef Nominee, By William Matthews, Defense News, January 22, 2009
Ex-Lobbyist, Defense Official Criticized for Conflicts of Interest, Record, By Justin Rood, ABC News for Brian Ross, January 22, 2009
Obama's shunning of lobbyists in his administration isn't ironclad, By Jim Drinkard & Ann Flaherty, Associated Press & The Minneapolis - St. Paul Star Tribune, January 22, 2009
Watchdogs want ex-lobbyist out, By Jen Dimascio, Politico, January 22, 2009
Committee Needs Waiver to Act on Lynn Nomination for Defense Deputy, By Josh Rogin, CQ Online, January 22, 2009
SEC Pick Pledges to Ratchet Up Oversight, By Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post, January 16, 2009
Obama's SEC choice promises aggressive action, By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writer, Denverpost.com, January 15, 2009
Chu May Push Labs To Evolve; Panel Questions DOE Nominee, By Michael Coleman, Albuquerque Journal/ Washington Bureau, The Albuquerque Journal Online, January 13, 2009
Dennis Blair, By Mark Thompson, TIME Magazine, January 12, 2009
Nonprofit raises issue with pick for intelligence, by Matthew Cella, The Washington Times, January 9, 2009
Energy Department Cites Gains as Obama Vows Changes, , Bloomberg News, January 5, 2009
Justice Leader's Job: Renew A Battered Agency, By Ari Shapiro, National Pubic Radio (NPR) - Morning Edition, November 10, 2008
Obama Called on to Give Federal Jobs a Makeover, Joe Davidson, The Washington Post - Federal Diary, November 7, 2008
Watchdog unveils government reform priorities for next administration, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, October 20, 2008
Advice for the next president, whoever he is, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, October 20, 2008
