Our Work - Contract Oversight
TweetThe use of contractors to provide services to the federal government has grown dramatically since the start of the last decade. According to USAspending.gov, in FY 2000 contract spending was approximately $200 billion, and in FY 2011 contract spending exceeded $535 billion, the majority of which was spent on services. POGO investigations have found that these contractor services cost almost two times more—and in the case of the Pentagon as much as six times more—what it would cost if the same work was performed by a federal employee. The move to “smaller government” by outsourcing work has in fact created an enormous shadow government of contractors that are largely or entirely dependent on taxpayers for their revenues.
POGO Supports Interim Rule Amending Process By Which IRS Determines If Contractors Have Tax Debts
January 16, 2018
POGO Supports Improved FEMA Proposal Aiding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
December 7, 2017
Public Comment: Transparency Needed for Federal Contract Pricing
November 13, 2017
Whistleblower Advocates Demand Accountability for Substantiated Case of Defense Contractor Whistleblower Reprisal
October 25, 2017
POGO Tells National Defense Authorization Act Conferees to Prioritize Troops and Taxpayers, Not Contractors
October 13, 2017
Previous Ethics Investigations Cause FEMA Nominee to Withdraw
September 14, 2017
Slave Labor Widespread at ICE Detention Centers, Lawyers Say
September 7, 2017
POGO Report Details String of Lawsuits Alleging Detention Companies Engage in Involuntary Servitude
September 7, 2017
Meet the New Wall: Same as the Old Wall
July 27, 2017
The US Military's Iran Connection?
June 7, 2017
The US Military's Iran Connection?
June 7, 2017