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Contract Oversight Alerts
Deloitte, UPS Join Top 100 Largest Federal Contractors
September 29, 2011
POGO Study: Private Service Contracts Cost Government Almost Double Expense of In-House Staff
September 13, 2011
Take it from the Top: Ten Contracting Behemoths Pull in 25 Percent of All Federal Contract Dollars
June 21, 2011
U.S.Government Rarely Suspends or Debars Those Responsible for Billions in Tax Dollars Lost to Fraud, Waste, Abuse in War Zones
February 28, 2011
Should Debarred Contractors Be Allowed to Build Military Aircraft?
February 11, 2011
Dog Bites Man in Pentagon Contracting Fraud Report
February 3, 2011
Federal Government Needs Strong, Independent Auditor to Oversee Billions in Contract Spending, POGO Tells Senate Panel
February 1, 2011
Obama Administration Plan to Open Contractor Database to Public Fails to Provide Full Access to Responsibility Histories
January 24, 2011
An Agency Reborn Joins Contractor Ethics Debate
January 14, 2011
Federal Procurement Update: A Meeting of the Contracting Minds
December 10, 2010
Department of Justice Announces Fraud Recovery Numbers for FY 2010
November 23, 2010
Risky Business: Bailout Watchdog Criticizes Treasury's Extensive Use of Outside Contractors
October 21, 2010
Col. T.X. Hammes Says Private Security Contractors Perform "Inherently Governmental" Functions
October 14, 2010
POGO Submits Brief Raising Concerns About GSA Contracts
September 2, 2010
Senate Considers Improvements to FAPIIS
May 12, 2010
Lockheed Still Tops Misconduct Charts, But No Misconduct Pattern for Over a Third of Top Gov't Contractors
April 23, 2010
POGO Requests Concealed Contractor Information
April 21, 2010
DCAA auditors need independence
April 4, 2010
Administration Takes Careful Look at Work Performed by Government and Private Sector Employees
March 31, 2010
Army Considers Continuing KBR Monopoly in Iraq
March 29, 2010
POGO Supports Intent of "High Road" Contracting Policies
February 26, 2010
Obama to Federal Contractors: Tax Cheats Beware
January 20, 2010
National Transportation Program Benefits Contractor at the Expense of the Traveling Public, USDOT IG Finds
December 14, 2009
Removing DCAA Director Won't Fix the Agency's Problems
October 26, 2009
Do Private Contractors Serve The Public Interest?
October 13, 2009
Majority of Top Contractors Could be Defunded by House Legislation
September 29, 2009
The Defense Contract Auditing Agency As the Whipping Boy
September 24, 2009
POGO Supports Whistleblower Review
September 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 Firings
September 4, 2009
Retaliation: Whistleblower Allegedly Forced Out After Helping To Expose Guard Scandal At U.S. Embassy Kabul
September 3, 2009
Federal Contractors Beware
August 21, 2009
POGO's Updated Federal Contractor Misconduct Database: Lockheed Martin Leads In Contracts and Penalties
April 21, 2009
Obama Outlines Contracting Reforms
March 4, 2009
POGO Calls for Ban on Risky Contractors in Hill Testimony
February 26, 2009
POGO Releases Previously Unavailable Government Report Detailing Recommendations to Reduce Procurement Fraud
January 12, 2009
President Bush Signs Law Creating Contractor Responsibility Database; POGO's Database Extended to Top 100 Contractors
October 15, 2008
Myths about a Federal Contractor Responsibility Database
October 15, 2008
POGO Releases Contract of Contractor Hired to Investigate Contractors: What's Wrong with This Picture?
October 10, 2008
POGO Reacts to Senate Hearing on Defense Oversight Agency
September 11, 2008
Secretary Rumsfeld’s Decision Undermined by DCMA to Benefit Lockheed
September 8, 2008
DCAA Responds to GAO Report on Auditing Controversy
August 12, 2008
Appropriating Justice
July 17, 2008
Over 900 Whistleblower Fraud Cases in Backlog
July 2, 2008
Senator Proposes Solutions to Contracting Fraud
June 25, 2008
New Wartime Contracting Commission Members Named
June 20, 2008
'Small' Business Administration?
June 12, 2008
Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme
June 4, 2008
A Taxing Time on the Hill for Contractors
May 21, 2008
Say 'NYET!' to Mergers
April 28, 2008
GAO Confirms That Bajagua Project Is A Stinky Deal
April 25, 2008
Seven Years Later: The Jury Is Still Out on Outsourcing
April 25, 2008
An "A" for Contracting Accountability
April 21, 2008
Here We Go Again: No Accountability For Federal Credit Cards; Pushes Limits To New Highs (Or Lows)
April 9, 2008
Feds Reverse Course: Some Crime Not OK
April 3, 2008
7-Day Itch
April 3, 2008
Government Subpoenas Result in Suspension for IBM
April 1, 2008
GAO: Bad Problems Worsen with Pentagon Programs
March 31, 2008
Conflicts of Interest Rules Causing Conflicts
March 28, 2008
Air Force Wants Contractors to Write Its Strategy
March 28, 2008
DOJ Issues Guidelines on Corporate Monitors
March 11, 2008
Contractors are more than a shadow government
March 11, 2008
Congress Unwilling To Abide By Competitive Contracting Rules For Congressional Earmarks
November 5, 2007
POGO Lauds Senate Vote On Wartime Contracting Commission
October 1, 2007
POGO Releases Federal Contractor Misconduct Database
July 18, 2007
GSA Hired CACI to Process Suspension and Debarment Cases
February 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 contract
November 27, 2006
POGO Applauds Senate Legislation Extending SIGIR's Term
November 15, 2006
Statement of Scott H. Amey, General Counsel Supporting Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (S. 2590)
September 6, 2006
POGO Comment on Boeing Settlement
May 15, 2006
POGO Report Uncovers Bajagua’s Murky Deal
April 4, 2006
Investigations into Katrina Waste and Fraud Detailed
January 12, 2006
U.S. Strong Arms Mexican Government on Water Project: Political Influence Behind $600 Million No-Bid Contract
December 21, 2005
POGO's Government Contracting Concerns and Recommendations
September 16, 2005
"Disaster Profiteering Act (H.R. 3766)" Makes Its Debut Seeks to Waive Taxpayer Protections & Competition on Government Contracts
September 16, 2005
Katrina Relief Bill: Contractors at the Pig Trough
September 8, 2005
Former Head of FEMA Lobbies for Disaster Relief for Halliburton
September 7, 2005
Government's Timeout System Needs Reform
March 4, 2005
Contracting Advisory Panel Deck Stacked; Panel Violates Federal Advisory Committee Act
January 31, 2005
New GAO Report: Contracts Promoted by Industry Waste Money
January 21, 2005
Government Should Consider Suspending Halliburton Contracts
August 18, 2004
Government Considers Barring CACI Contracts
May 28, 2004
Government Considers Barring CACI Contracts
May 28, 2004
Questionable Iraq Reconstruction Contracts Due to Federal Contracting System Weaknesses
March 11, 2004
GSA's Deal with WorldCom: Bad Business for Taxpayers
January 8, 2004
Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Abuses: Expanded Loopholes Considered by Defense Authorization Conference Committee
October 23, 2003
Boeing's Rap Sheet
June 9, 2003
Contractor Goody Bag Legislation Rears Its Ugly Head
April 8, 2003
Letter to the House Government Reform Committee urging them to oppose Share-in-Savings and the Digital Tech Corps Act
October 11, 2002
Army Purchase Card Used for Escort Service
July 17, 2002
Defense Contractor Prices Skyrocket House Hearing Today on Legislation that Would Roll Back Taxpayer Protections
March 7, 2002
Pentagon May Have Violated Lobbying Prohibition: Email Shows Collusion with Defense Contractors on Pentagon Budget
August 1, 2001
"Share-In-Savings" Contracts: Risky Business
June 13, 2001
Heavy Lifting for Boeing: Sweetheart Deal Helps Defense Contractor and Hurts Taxpayers
March 19, 2001
Pentagon Parts Prices Balloon Under Reinventing Government
September 2, 1999
Amendment to Senate DOD Authorization Will Help Contractors Hide $76 Screws and 618% Price Hikes
May 26, 1999
Sensible Rules Under Attack by Defense Contractors
April 13, 1999
618% Overpricing: Pentagon Bypasses Waste Fixes
January 28, 1999
ADDICTED TO FRAUD?: Health Care Industry Forced to Return Nearly $2 Billion to Taxpayers Under the False Claims Act
April 27, 1998
Acquisition DeForm: A Study In Hasty Deregulation
October 27, 1997
Defense and Health Care Industries: Rather Than Clean Up Their Act, They Attack the Act
January 28, 1997
