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POGO Submits Brief Raising Concerns About GSA ContractsSeptember 2, 2010
New Law Paves the Way for Public Review of Contractor DataAugust 4, 2010
Pentagon Shoots Down POGO’s FOIA Regarding Government Contractor DatabaseJuly 29, 2010
Amber Alert Needed for $8.7 Billion in Iraq Reconstruction FundsJuly 28, 2010
Security Planning and Management in Combat Zones Should Not Be Left To ContractorsJune 18, 2010
Senate Considers Improvements to FAPIISMay 12, 2010
Lockheed Still Tops Misconduct Charts, But No Misconduct Pattern for Over a Third of Top Gov't ContractorsApril 23, 2010
GSA Must Improve Quality of USAspending.gov's Contractor ListingsApril 22, 2010
POGO Requests Concealed Contractor InformationApril 21, 2010
DCAA auditors need independenceApril 4, 2010
Administration Takes Careful Look at Work Performed by Government and Private Sector EmployeesMarch 31, 2010
Army Considers Continuing KBR Monopoly in IraqMarch 29, 2010
POGO Releases Previously Unreleased State Department IG Audit: Shortcomings in State’s Oversight of Baghdad Embassy Security ForceMarch 26, 2010
Contracting Responsibility Database Improved, but Still Misses the MarkMarch 23, 2010
Watchdog Says Defense Contract Audit Agency Resisting Meaningful ReformMarch 2, 2010
POGO Supports Intent of "High Road" Contracting PoliciesFebruary 26, 2010
Obama to Federal Contractors: Tax Cheats BewareJanuary 20, 2010
National Transportation Program Benefits Contractor at the Expense of the Traveling Public, USDOT IG FindsDecember 14, 2009
POGO echoes today’s bipartisan request for a presidential review of SIGARDecember 9, 2009
Leaked email says ArmorGroup out as Kabul Embassy security contractorDecember 8, 2009
Removing DCAA Director Won't Fix the Agency's ProblemsOctober 26, 2009
Do Private Contractors Serve The Public Interest?October 13, 2009
Majority of Top Contractors Could be Defunded by House LegislationSeptember 29, 2009
List of Contractors That Could be Defunded as a Result of Anti-ACORN BillSeptember 29, 2009
POGO Concerned DCAA Lacks Resources, Independence to Serve Taxpayer InterestsSeptember 23, 2009
POGO Supports Whistleblower ReviewSeptember 17, 2009
POGO Statement on ArmorGroup Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed Today: State Department Accountability Remains Key Management Issue September 10, 2009
POGO Statement on Kabul Embassy Guard FiringsSeptember 4, 2009
Retaliation: Whistleblower Allegedly Forced Out After Helping To Expose Guard Scandal At U.S. Embassy KabulSeptember 3, 2009
Failed Oversight and Management of Security Contract at U.S Embassy in AfghanistanSeptember 1, 2009
Federal Contractors BewareAugust 21, 2009
Taxpayers are Victims of Continued Government Charge Card Abuse May 28, 2009
POGO's Updated Federal Contractor Misconduct Database: Lockheed Martin Leads In Contracts and PenaltiesApril 21, 2009
POGO Releases Names of Suspended and Debarred Contractors Profiled in GAO ReportMarch 25, 2009
Obama Outlines Contracting ReformsMarch 4, 2009
POGO Calls for Ban on Risky Contractors in Hill TestimonyFebruary 26, 2009
POGO Releases Previously Unavailable Government Report Detailing Recommendations to Reduce Procurement FraudJanuary 12, 2009
President Bush Signs Law Creating Contractor Responsibility Database; POGO's Database Extended to Top 100 ContractorsOctober 15, 2008
Myths about a Federal Contractor Responsibility DatabaseOctober 15, 2008
POGO Releases Contract of Contractor Hired to Investigate Contractors: What's Wrong with This Picture?October 10, 2008
DOJ Follows POGO’s Recommendation, Posts Byrne Grant Recipients OnlineOctober 6, 2008
POGO Reacts to Senate Hearing on Defense Oversight Agency September 11, 2008
Secretary Rumsfeld’s Decision Undermined by DCMA to Benefit LockheedSeptember 8, 2008
DCAA Responds to GAO Report on Auditing ControversyAugust 12, 2008
Senator McCaskill Calls for Terminations, Congressional Hearings on DCAA ScandalJuly 24, 2008
Appropriating JusticeJuly 17, 2008
House Dems Introduce Corporate Monitor Oversight BillJuly 16, 2008
U.S.-Iraq Deal on Contractor Immunity Goes FourthJuly 3, 2008
Over 900 Whistleblower Fraud Cases in BacklogJuly 2, 2008
Senator Proposes Solutions to Contracting FraudJune 25, 2008
The Continuing Saga of the Munitions Maven from Miami BeachJune 24, 2008
New Wartime Contracting Commission Members NamedJune 20, 2008
New Legislation Closes Tax Loophole for Federal ContractorsJune 20, 2008
DOJ Grant Program: Cronyism And Favoritism Taint ProcessJune 19, 2008
'Small' Business Administration?June 12, 2008
DoD IG Investigating C-17: Yet Another Reason Why the Air Force Needs to Grow UpJune 5, 2008
Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme June 4, 2008
DOJ Documents Shed Light on Deferred Prosecution Agreements and Corporate MonitorsMay 29, 2008
Parsons Corp. Goes Back to School in the Big EasyMay 23, 2008
Pentagon Audit Reveals Widespread Problems in Iraq ContractingMay 23, 2008
A Taxing Time on the Hill for ContractorsMay 21, 2008
Congress: 33 Groups Support Public and Government-wide Federal Contractor DatabaseMay 19, 2008
Say 'NYET!' to MergersApril 28, 2008
Seven Years Later: The Jury Is Still Out on OutsourcingApril 25, 2008
GAO Confirms That Bajagua Project Is A Stinky Deal April 25, 2008
Breaking News: House Voting Today on Contractor Database LegislationApril 23, 2008
An "A" for Contracting AccountabilityApril 21, 2008
Flawed Thunderbirds Contract Tainted with Improper InfluenceApril 18, 2008
Here We Go Again: No Accountability For Federal Credit Cards; Pushes Limits To New Highs (Or Lows) April 9, 2008
7-Day ItchApril 3, 2008
Feds Reverse Course: Some Crime Not OKApril 3, 2008
Government Subpoenas Result in Suspension for IBMApril 1, 2008
GAO: Bad Problems Worsen with Pentagon ProgramsMarch 31, 2008
Conflicts of Interest Rules Causing ConflictsMarch 28, 2008
Air Force Wants Contractors to Write Its StrategyMarch 28, 2008
Sen. Grassley Seeks to Plug Multibillion-Dollar Contractor Accountability LoopholeMarch 13, 2008
Contractors are more than a shadow governmentMarch 11, 2008
DOJ Issues Guidelines on Corporate MonitorsMarch 11, 2008
Congress Unwilling To Abide By Competitive Contracting Rules For Congressional Earmarks November 5, 2007
POGO Lauds Senate Vote On Wartime Contracting CommissionOctober 1, 2007
POGO Releases Federal Contractor Misconduct DatabaseJuly 18, 2007
Deepwater Whistleblower Challenges Testimony by Lockheed MartinMay 25, 2007
Taxpayers Win Earmark Transparency & Whistleblower ProtectionsMay 25, 2007
Armed Services Language Strikes Blow to Earmark ReformMay 23, 2007
The Earmark from Nowhere; $90 million earmark remains “classified”April 25, 2007
GSA Hired CACI to Process Suspension and Debarment CasesFebruary 5, 2007
Acquisition Panel Wraps Up: What does it all mean?December 22, 2006
POGO urges Congress to review Hamilton Sundstrand’s 9-year no-bid commercial item spare parts contractNovember 27, 2006
POGO Applauds Senate Legislation Extending SIGIR's TermNovember 15, 2006
Statement of Scott H. Amey, General Counsel Supporting Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (S. 2590)September 6, 2006
GAO Report Echoes POGO's Concerns with the DHS Katrina Purchase Card ProgramJuly 19, 2006
POGO Comment on Boeing SettlementMay 15, 2006
POGO Report Uncovers Bajagua’s Murky Deal April 4, 2006
Investigations into Katrina Waste and Fraud DetailedJanuary 12, 2006
U.S. Strong Arms Mexican Government on Water Project: Political Influence Behind $600 Million No-Bid ContractDecember 21, 2005
White House Backs Down on $250K Government Purchase Card LimitOctober 3, 2005
"Disaster Profiteering Act (H.R. 3766)" Makes Its Debut Seeks to Waive Taxpayer Protections & Competition on Government ContractsSeptember 16, 2005
POGO's Government Contracting Concerns and RecommendationsSeptember 16, 2005
Katrina Relief Bill: Contractors at the Pig TroughSeptember 8, 2005
Former Head of FEMA Lobbies for Disaster Relief for HalliburtonSeptember 7, 2005
Government's Timeout System Needs ReformMarch 4, 2005
Contracting Advisory Panel Deck Stacked; Panel Violates Federal Advisory Committee Act January 31, 2005
New GAO Report: Contracts Promoted by Industry Waste MoneyJanuary 21, 2005
Government Should Consider Suspending Halliburton ContractsAugust 18, 2004
Government Considers Barring CACI ContractsMay 28, 2004
Oil Companies Cash in On Homeland Security GrantsMay 26, 2004
Questionable Iraq Reconstruction Contracts Due to Federal Contracting System Weaknesses March 11, 2004
GSA's Deal with WorldCom: Bad Business for TaxpayersJanuary 8, 2004
POGO Calls for Halliburton To Disclose Cost Details of Iraq ContractsDecember 12, 2003
Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Abuses: Expanded Loopholes Considered by Defense Authorization Conference CommitteeOctober 23, 2003
Boeing Suspension Announcement Sends Message to ContractorsJuly 24, 2003
POGO Releases Updated Contractor Misconduct Database: Legislation Introduced TodayJuly 17, 2003
Boeing's Rap SheetJune 9, 2003
Contractor Goody Bag Legislation Rears Its Ugly HeadApril 8, 2003
Letter to the House Government Reform Committee urging them to oppose Share-in-Savings and the Digital Tech Corps ActOctober 11, 2002
Army Purchase Card Used for Escort ServiceJuly 17, 2002
Big Companies Break Law But Still Win Lucrative Government Contracts: $3.4 Billion in Settlements, Judgements, Fines & Penalties Since 1990May 6, 2002
Defense Contractor Prices Skyrocket House Hearing Today on Legislation that Would Roll Back Taxpayer ProtectionsMarch 7, 2002
Pentagon May Have Violated Lobbying Prohibition: Email Shows Collusion with Defense Contractors on Pentagon BudgetAugust 1, 2001
"Share-In-Savings" Contracts: Risky BusinessJune 13, 2001
Heavy Lifting for Boeing: Sweetheart Deal Helps Defense Contractor and Hurts TaxpayersMarch 19, 2001
Pentagon Parts Prices Balloon Under Reinventing GovernmentSeptember 2, 1999
Amendment to Senate DOD Authorization Will Help Contractors Hide $76 Screws and 618% Price HikesMay 26, 1999
Sensible Rules Under Attack by Defense ContractorsApril 13, 1999
618% Overpricing: Pentagon Bypasses Waste FixesJanuary 28, 1999
Statement of Danielle Brian in support of the False Claims ActApril 27, 1998
ADDICTED TO FRAUD?: Health Care Industry Forced to Return Nearly $2 Billion to Taxpayers Under the False Claims ActApril 27, 1998
Outraged by the Return of $76 Screws? Here's What Can Be Done About ItApril 8, 1998
Acquisition DeForm: A Study In Hasty DeregulationOctober 27, 1997
Defense and Health Care Industries: Rather Than Clean Up Their Act, They Attack the ActJanuary 28, 1997
Survey of Defense Contractor Signatories of the "Position Paper: Reform of the Federal Civil False Claims Act": Partial Listing of the Fines and Settlements Paid for Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Government ContractingJanuary 1, 1994