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U.S. Should Commit to Several Actions that Would Advance Nuclear Material Security Here at HomeApril 12, 2010
Will U.S. Inaction on its own Nuclear Security Issues Compromise Summit Success?April 7, 2010
U.S. must get its nuclear house in order before April Security SummitMarch 23, 2010
POGO Requests White House Intervention For Los AlamosFebruary 11, 2010
GAO Affirms POGO Recommendation On Federal Nuclear Guard Force: Effectiveness Of Protective Forces Would Be ImprovedJanuary 29, 2010
DOE Gives Nuclear Labs One Heck of a Long Winter VacationJanuary 7, 2010
Los Alamos National Laboratory Researchers Accidentally Blow up Building with a CannonDecember 23, 2009
POGO Raises Objections To DOE Closing Public Access To Contractor Performance DataDecember 15, 2009
IG Found Former NRC Commissioner Merrifield Violated Ethics Laws October 29, 2009
Defense Board Catches Los Alamos Trying to Dodge Plutonium Safety VulnerabilityOctober 27, 2009
NRC IG and POGO Investigation and Supporting Documents of Jeffrey MerrifieldOctober 27, 2009
POGO Opposes White House Nomination of Industry Cheerleader for Nuclear Regulatory CommissionOctober 15, 2009
Former NRC Commissioner Failed to Disclose $3,000 Trip from Future Employer September 3, 2009
Timeline of Former Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield’s NRC Employment and Post-EmploymentSeptember 3, 2009
POGO Says NRC FOIA Response Littered With HolesJuly 13, 2009
POGO Nominates NIF Award for Excellence in Chutzpah: Cautions Secretary Chu on Merits of the Program AwardMay 11, 2009
DOE Slams LANL Spending “taxpayer funds with no accountability”April 30, 2009
Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Nuclear Weapons ComplexApril 7, 2009
DOE: Broken System for Protecting Nuclear Material Could Compromise Los Alamos OperationsFebruary 26, 2009
DOE "Frustrated" by "Significant Weaknesses" in Los Alamos' Handling of Recent Missing ComputersFebruary 11, 2009
POGO's Message to NRC: Security Culture Change Starts at the TopFebruary 4, 2009
LANL Blackberry is Vacationing in a Sensitive Foreign CountryJanuary 29, 2009
NRC Stalemates on Security Improvements Highlight Need for Obama to Appoint New CommissionersJanuary 29, 2009
POGO Urges Commissioners to Listen to Staff Experts this time, not Industry Lobbyists, and Strengthen the DBTJanuary 14, 2009
Today's Department Of Energy Confirmation Hearing Provided No Clues On Where Vast Majority Of DOE Is HeadedJanuary 13, 2009
With Small Fine, NRC Doesn't Rise To Hold EXELON Accountable January 6, 2009
Livermore Lab Has to Pay for Safety and Security Problems: Is that Enough?December 19, 2008
POGO Calls for Greater Oversight at Nuclear Labs to Prevent Beryllium ExposureDecember 10, 2008
NRC Inspector General Releases Investigative Report in Response to POGO’s Letter on Peach Bottom IncidentSeptember 8, 2008
POGO Asks Air Force to Hold Officials Accountable for Security BreachSeptember 4, 2008
In the Midst of Nuclear Weapons Site Security Test Failures, DOE Adopts New Test and Security RequirementsAugust 8, 2008
Not Another DimeJuly 8, 2008
NRC Feeling Heat on Fire SafetyJuly 3, 2008
Rep. Dingell Asks GAO to Examine Livermore Lab's SecurityJune 27, 2008
Cutting the W88 - The Right TargetJune 25, 2008
DoD IG Investigating C-17: Yet Another Reason Why the Air Force Needs to Grow UpJune 5, 2008
Oak Ridge Managers Enjoy Luxuries at Taxpayers' ExpenseMay 30, 2008
Livermore Mock Terrorists Exercise Ends in Debacle: TIME Magazine Reports Massive Security FailuresMay 13, 2008
POGO Suggests Improvements to the NRC’s Office of Investigations’ Process for Interviewing Nuclear Power Plant Employees who have Safety and Security ConcernsApril 22, 2008
POGO Salutes NRC For Implementing New Work Rules; Security Guards No Longer to Work Excessive HoursApril 2, 2008
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: DOE Waiver Puts Livermore Homes and Plutonium at RiskMarch 17, 2008
POGO Salutes NNSA Nuclear Stockpile Consolidation Plan Urges Faster Action on Livermore National LabDecember 19, 2007
Whistleblower Demands NRC Commission Conducts Investigation of Security Violations and Its Campaign of RetaliationDecember 10, 2007
POGO Asks DOE to Issue Stop Work Order For Los Alamos Facility: CMRR of Dubious Value and Questionable ConstructionDecember 3, 2007
GAO Report Confirms POGO Report Citing DOE Failures on Nuclear Materials StorageOctober 29, 2007
POGO's Statement on NRC Investigation into Security Failures at Peach Bottom Nuclear Power PlantOctober 10, 2007
GAO Report: NRC Capitulates to Industry on Nuclear SecurityOctober 3, 2007
Security Warnings Ignored at Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant; March 2007 Letter Warned of Sleeping Guards September 28, 2007
Who Is Watching? NRC Investigative Team Announces Site Visit At Pennsylvania Nuclear Plant September 21, 2007
POGO Cites Failing Grade for Los Alamos Oversight and Accountability in Letter to DOE SecretarySeptember 6, 2007
Another Security Breach at Los Alamos August 6, 2007
Nuke Weapons Site Deploys Grenade Launcher July 19, 2007
POGO's Statement on the Department of Energy’s Decision to Award University of California the Lawrence Livermore Management ContractMay 8, 2007
"New" LANL Management Can't Get a Grip March 22, 2007
POGO Urges NRC to Approve New Protections for Power Plant Security Officers; Long-overdue Rules Acknowledge the Role of Worker Fatigue March 12, 2007
Project On Government Oversight Calls Resignation of NNSA Administrator Linton Brooks a Good MoveJanuary 4, 2007
British Embassy Has Questions about Latest LANL Security Breach; Internal Emails from DOE Show the U.K. Following Up on News ReportsNovember 1, 2006
Los Alamos Classified Info Found in Drug RaidOctober 25, 2006
POGO Report Finds Security Is a Moving Target at the Nation’s Major HEU Storage Facility October 16, 2006
Enforcement Actions for Safety Violations at Los Alamos National Laboratory 1996-2006; Total Fines Waived: $3.4 MILLION in 10 yearsSeptember 12, 2006
Leaked Docs: Los Alamos Safety Foibles Result in Largest Estimated Fine EverSeptember 12, 2006
POGO Slams Decision Not to Investigate Recent Accident at LANLAugust 3, 2006
Nuke Plants Not Protected Against RPGsFebruary 22, 2006
Controversial Nuclear Security Report ReleasedSeptember 2, 2005
Los Alamos Workers Exposed to Hazardous Chemical FumesAugust 10, 2005
Radioactive Package Shipped Fedex to Pennsylvania August 8, 2005
Sandia Employee Sells Robotic Dog on eBay iPods, Computers, Robotic Dog Charged to Federal GovernmentJuly 28, 2005
Congress Moves to Consolidate Nuclear Weapons Materials; Report: Cutting Sites in Half Could Save $3 Billion May 19, 2005
Sandia Fails to Protect Public from Nuclear ReleaseFebruary 25, 2005
POGO: Hold New Manager at Los Alamos Accountable Draft Request for Proposal Issued to Manage Los Alamos National Laboratory December 1, 2004
Wackenhut Guards Almost Shot During Nuclear Security TestOctober 23, 2004
Proposal to Secure Los Alamos QuashedAugust 13, 2004
Man Who Holds Purse Strings Declares: "..glory years for the nuclear weapons complex are over"August 11, 2004
POGO: Internal Los Alamos document proves cyber security lapses long knownAugust 5, 2004
Nuclear Power Plant Lobbyists Shape Post-9/11 Security TestsAugust 3, 2004
Thumbs Up to Secretary Abraham's Decision to Halt Classified Removable Media Operations in Nuclear Weapons ComplexJuly 23, 2004
Nuclear Weapons Complex Chief Linton Brooks Should ResignJuly 21, 2004
At Los Alamos, Security Failures keep "happening, and happening, and happening."July 15, 2004
Only Half-truths from Los Alamos - POGO Recommends Termination of University of California's Los Alamos ContractJuly 14, 2004
Classified Computer Media Missing at Los AlamosMay 20, 2004
Statement of POGO on DOE's Nuclear Security AnnouncementMay 7, 2004
POGO Testimony: Nukes Need Consolidation April 26, 2004
POGO's Statement Regarding DOE's Movement of Los Alamos Nuclear MaterialsApril 1, 2004
Security Still Lax at Nuclear Power Plants: POGOMarch 10, 2004
Computer Disks with Classified Information Missing at Los AlamosDecember 9, 2003
GAO on Lax Nuclear Power Plant Security: Confirms Many of POGO's FindingsSeptember 24, 2003
Los Alamos Myths and FactsSeptember 12, 2003
Near $1 Million Settlement Received by Los Alamos Whistleblower Compensation for Retaliatory Firing by University of CaliforniaAugust 21, 2003
New GAO Report on Nuclear Weapons Complex SecurityJune 23, 2003
Los Alamos Admits Losing PlutoniumJune 20, 2003
Head of Nuclear Weapons Complex Government and Lab Employees: "It's all a misunderstanding" June 19, 2003
Los Alamos Contract Open for BidsApril 30, 2003
Leaked Documents: Late Night Cramming for Security Test at Indian PointApril 30, 2003
NRC Announces Improvements to Nuclear Power Plant SecurityApril 29, 2003
POGO Calls for Immediate Competition of Los Alamos Contract - New Documents Show Safety Violations Sugar-CoatedApril 29, 2003
Inappropriate Influence? Senators Pressure NRC to Delay Security ImprovementApril 28, 2003
Good Governments Groups Hail Tentative Approval of State of the Art Nuclear Safety Whistleblower ProtectionApril 2, 2003
Bush Administration Stonewalls Congressional Investigation Representative Christopher Shays Demands into Nuclear Security Counter-Terrorism RecordsApril 1, 2003
Security Guards Asleep at Sandia Poisonous Culture at Nuclear Labs puts National Security at RiskMarch 25, 2003
Fire Sale at Nevada Test SiteMarch 20, 2003
Reporter Sneaks into Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Lab UndetectedFebruary 25, 2003
Whistleblower Groups Challenge DOE Officials' Optimism That Employees Who Raise Concerns Will Be ProtectedFebruary 5, 2003
Inspector General Report Damaging to Los Alamos Lab and Department Of EnergyJanuary 30, 2003
Energy Secretary Abraham "Deeply Troubled" Over Missing Classified Hard Drive at Los Alamos LabJanuary 17, 2003
DOE Broadens Scandal Inquiry to Livermore LabJanuary 17, 2003
Removal of Top Security Officials at Los Alamos January 8, 2003
Leaked Document: More Evidence Surfaces December 23, 2002
Whistleblower from Indian Point Nuclear Plant: Security is LaxDecember 9, 2002
Whistleblowers at Los Alamos Fired in RetaliationNovember 22, 2002
Leaked Document: Mishandling Lost and Stolen Computers at Los AlamosNovember 19, 2002
Security Guards Comment on POGO's ReportSeptember 30, 2002
Leaked Documents: DOE to Move Nuclear Weapons MaterialAugust 11, 2002
Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Facility TA-18 To Close: One of Most Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack July 2, 2002
East Coast Nuclear Power Plant Guards Raise Security ConcernsApril 25, 2002
DOE Admits DOE Security Weaknesses: Claims Budget Increases NeededApril 22, 2002
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POGO to DOE's General John Gordon: You Are Being MisledJanuary 24, 2002
POGO Compilation: Over 50 Reports, Hearings, Testimonies and Commissions in the Past Five Years Concluding that DOE has Serious Security ProblemsJanuary 22, 2002
POGO Urges Department of Energy to Restore Access to Web SitesJanuary 14, 2002
POGO Fact Sheet: Background on Security FailuresJanuary 1, 2002
POGO Denounces Defense Authorization Conference Committee Dropping DOE Labs from the BRAC ProcessDecember 12, 2001
Nuclear Security Budget SlashedNovember 16, 2001
Nuclear Weapons Complex Vulnerable To Terrorist AttackOctober 15, 2001
GAO Findings On Lack Of Safety At Nuclear Plants Confirms POGO's ReportJune 17, 1997
POGO Alert: "Who the Hell is Regulating Who?" The NRC's Abdication of ResponsibilitySeptember 1, 1996