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Improper Influence
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
POGO and Partners Support STOCK Act, Issue Letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor
February 6, 2012
POGO and Partners Support STOCK Act
February 6, 2012
Lawrence Lessig Makes the Case for Bipartisan Reform to Achieve Less Corrupt Democracy that Advances the Public Interest Lessig is focused like a laser beam on the challenge of finding common cause—that transcends party or ideology—around the urgent need to liberate Congress from the thrall of lobbyist cash.
December 14, 2011
Medicare Officials Gave Valuable Inside Information to Investors
December 8, 2011
Wall Street in Washington: Insider Access
December 8, 2011
POGO Tells Congress Not to Weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
September 16, 2011
POGO Joins Groups in Support of Clean Up Government Act of 2011
September 7, 2011
Podcast: Is Kazakhstan Funding Members of Congress? POGO staffers recently sat down to chat about our June letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, which called for an investigation into potentially unlawful foreign funding of Members of Congress.
June 27, 2011
As we wrote a few weeks back, this story "has all the twists of a Hollywood blockbuster: shadowy international figures, a plot to overthrow an oil-rich Central Asian country, an attempted assassination, allegations of kidnapping and murder, and a battle in an American courtroom for control of billions of dollars in seized assets."
Allegations Federal Officials Aided Wall Street Short Sellers Spurs Inspector General Inquiry
June 13, 2011
Is the Kazakhstan Government Secretly Funding Members of Congress? POGO Asks Attorney General to Investigate
June 2, 2011
Foreign Influence Peddling Resource Page
June 1, 2011
POGO Supports Effort to Stregthen Disclosure of Lobbying Contacts Within the Executive Branch
August 19, 2010
National Transportation Program Benefits Contractor at the Expense of the Traveling Public, USDOT IG Finds
December 14, 2009
Letter supporting Congressman Jeff Flake's (R-AZ) legislation to close the government lobbyist gift ban loophole
February 21, 2007
POGO promotes government ethics and intregrity in presentation before the Interagency Ethics Council
April 6, 2006
POGO warns of risky federal buying method
March 6, 2006
Related Resources
Letter from Senator Charles Grassley to Department of Education regarding interaction with short sellers
Senator Charles Grassley,
July 26, 2011
Transportation Technology Innovation and Demonstration Program (TTID)
Joseph W. Come, Assistant Inspector General for Surface and Maritime Program Audits, Federal Highway Administration, Report # MH-2010-030
December 8, 2009
Indictment of former Government Security Administration official David Safavian
, United States District Court
October 5, 2005
POGO in the News
Grassley Questions Education Agency’s Ties to Hedge Funds, Ben Protess, The New York Times; DealBook, July 28, 2011
How Foreign Money Can Find Its Way Into Political Campaigns, Dan Froomkin , The Huffington Post, July 18, 2011
Rivals In Kazakh Power Struggle Take Their Feud To Washington, Muhammad Tahir, Radio Free Europe, June 23, 2011
Audit to determine whether college reg was leaked to Wall Street, Peter Schroeder, The Hill, June 13, 2011
Education Department Officials Accused Of Leaking Info To Short-Sellers , Marcus Baram, The Huffington Post, June 13, 2011
Kazakhstan: Lots of Muck to Go Around, Joshua Kucera, EurasiaNet.org, June 8, 2011
Group Seeks Inquiry into Claim of Kazakh Donations, Eric Lipton, The New York Times; The Caucus (The Politics and Government Blog of the NYT), June 7, 2011
David Obey heading to K Street, Chris Frates, POLITICO, June 3, 2011
Federal Contractors May Be Told to Disclose Donations, By Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com, April 27, 2011
Congressman Heck collects $224,000 in first quarter, Steve Tetreault, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Stephens Washington Bureau, April 18, 2011
Earmarks wane but lobbying doesn't, By Chris Frates, Politico, January 28, 2011
U.S. System for Tracking Traffic Flow Is Faulted, By Eric Lipton, The New York Times, December 13, 2009
Analysis: Bush library corruption charges, By Shaun Waterman, United Press International, July 14, 2008
Wynne, Moseley Sacked in USAF Shakeup, By Amy Butler and David A. Fulghum, Aviation Week, June 5, 2008
Ethics Vote, , The Hill , March 11, 2008
Pentagon Silent on Inquiry into Cunningham Contracts: It Still Isn't Known if Bribery Tainted Defense Projects, by Otto Kreisher, San Diego Union-Tribune, August 4, 2006
Powerful Lawmaker's Relative Linked Financially to Contractor, by Peter Pae, Tom Hamburger and Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times, June 8, 2006
Memo from Public Campaign: Campaign Finance Scandals Major Theme in Tuesday's Elections, , U.S. Newswire, June 6, 2006
Cunningham's 'bribe menu,' causes little stir in D.C., By Toby Eckert, Copley News Service, February 22, 2006
Lou Dobbs Tonight Transcript: Lobbying Scandal and Loopholes, With Christine Romans, CNN, January 18, 2006
Scandals have congressional trips under additional scrutiny , , The Hill, January 17, 2006
Goode's ties with MZM put cloud over Martinsville deal , By Laurence Hammack, Roanoke Times, December 11, 2005
CORRUPTION ERUPTION; Covering their cash, Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times, December 3, 2005
Pentagon Ends New Work On D.C. Firm's Contract, by Renae Merle and R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post, July 28, 2005
Cunningham defends deal with defense firm's owner, By Marcus Stern, Copley News Service, San Diego Union Tribune, June 12, 2005
