POGO
1100 G Street, NW,
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005-3806
U.S.A.
phone (202) 347-1122
fax (202) 347-1116
501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization



Contract Oversight Letters


POGO Letter to Senate Committees Regarding DCAA Reforms
March 2, 2010


POGO joins letter to President Obama urging needed contractor reforms
February 26, 2010


Contractor conflict of interest rule needs improvement
January 12, 2010


POGO raises concerns about new contractor database
November 5, 2009


POGO letter to members of Congress regarding concerns about HUD's The Road Home program
September 30, 2009


POGO letter to HUD IG regarding concerns about HUD's The Road Home program
September 30, 2009


POGO Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. Embassy in Kabul
September 1, 2009


POGO seeks removal of oversight exemption for overseas contracts
May 26, 2009


Non-Competitive Contract Documents Need Contract Database Home
March 16, 2009


POGO Stumbles on Possible Revenue Sharing Violations in Traffic Data Contract
February 27, 2009


POGO Urges President Obama to Provide Public Access to Contracting and Ethics Databases
January 29, 2009


POGO Letter to Acting DoD IG Heddell concerning Defense Contract Management Agency awarding an employee for helping Air Force and Lockheed Martin undermine then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld's efforts to cancel C130-J program.
September 8, 2008


DOT IG Should Conduct Comprehensive Audit of Traffic Contract
July 24, 2008


Stronger Contractor Organizational Conflicts of Interest Regulations Needed
July 18, 2008


Strong, Consistent Federal Contractor Conflict of Interest Regulations Needed
July 17, 2008


POGO’s 2nd public comment for improved contractor misconduct disclosure
July 15, 2008


POGO Proposes Additional Improvements To Ensure That Contractors Have A Satisfactory Performance Record
June 2, 2008


POGO and Good Government and Openness Coalition Support Public Access to Government-Wide Contractor Responsibility Database
May 19, 2008


POGO Supports Movement of Contractor Responsibility Database (H.R. 3033) in the House hope to Give Government Officials a Tool to Decide Between Responsible and Risky Contractors
April 23, 2008


POGO supports limiting length of noncompetitive contracts in “unusual and compelling urgency” circumstances
March 31, 2008


POGO comments concerning the proposed third-party private financing for the new NNSA Weapons Project, otherwise known as the Kansas City Project
January 31, 2008


POGO makes comment on Contractor Compliance Program and Integrity Reporting
January 14, 2008


POGO urges Department of Transportation investigation into Traffic Information Contract
October 15, 2007


POGO letter to Senators Webb and McCaskill supporting "The Commission on Wartime Contracting Act" (S.1825)
September 17, 2007


POGO's response to the Subcommittee's July 30, 2007 letter presenting questions to complete the record on Testimony on Federal Contracting: Why Do Risky Contractors Keep Getting Rewarded With Taxpayer Dollars?
August 27, 2007


POGO's letter to Senators Levin and McCain regarding protecting the integrity of earmark reform
May 23, 2007


POGO urges DoD to strengthen and clarify its anti-human trafficking interim rule
January 25, 2007


POGO urges Congress to review Hamilton Sundstrand's 9-year no-bid commercial item spare parts contract
November 27, 2006


Government limits public access to contracting meeting by charging a fee
October 17, 2006


POGO signs Letter to Senate Majority Leader Frist to improve public access to federal spending information
September 6, 2006


POGO pushes for detailed guidance on contracting
September 5, 2006


POGO letter to Reps Hoekstra and Harman urging public release of an unclassified report on former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's earmarking activities
August 11, 2006


POGO fights to prevent multiple industry reps from determining how contractors account for their costs
August 10, 2006


POGO Letter to Congress urging true competition in federal contracting
June 21, 2006


An Open Letter to the United States Senate: Support a Full Accounting of Federal Grants!
June 6, 2006


POGO letter to International Boundary and Water Commission Commissioner Carlos Marin regarding POGO’s findings concerning a no-bid contract.
April 7, 2006


POGO warns of risky federal buying method
March 6, 2006


POGO Opposes Proposed Reductions in Oversight of Government Contracts
February 9, 2006


POGO letter to Commissioner Marin with the US Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission regarding a sole-source contract
December 20, 2005


POGO & Others Urge Public Access to Katrina Contracting Information
December 15, 2005


POGO provides third set of recommendations and materials to the panel reviewing service contracting policies
December 6, 2005


POGO recently learned of another government attempt to sit down with private contracting officials, which could violate open government laws
October 18, 2005


POGO urges the Cost Accounting Standards Board to further financial transparency in accounting for the cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) sponsored by government contractors
September 20, 2005


POGO Letter to Senator Collins (R-ME), Chair, Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, detailing government contracting concerns and recommendations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
September 16, 2005


Testimony before Defense Acquisition Review Panel should not be limited to defense contractors
September 2, 2005


POGO provides additional information to the panel reviewing the government's buying system
August 30, 2005


Acquisition Panel cuts off testimony about problems with the government’s buying system
August 19, 2005


POGO questions IBWC decision to award a contract to build a sewage treatment plant in Mexico without full and open competition
August 15, 2005


POGO outlines its concerns with the International Boundary and Water Commission's Sensitive Information Protection Manual in a letter to the IBWC Commissioner
August 9, 2005


POGO comments on a government attempt to restrict outsourcing jobs associated with purchasing goods and services
May 23, 2005


POGO opposes industry-driven effort to further remove contract oversight and provisions that protect taxpayers
May 10, 2005


Suspension and debarment: The record shows that the system is broken
March 21, 2005


POGO's public comment supporting DoD's rule prohibiting contract bundling
November 16, 2004


Share-in-Savings Contracts Circumvent Congress' Appropriations Authority and Hide Behind Contractor Proclaimed "Savings" to the government
August 31, 2004


Pentagon Auditor Calls for Halliburton to be Financially Penalized until it Accounts for Taxpayer Dollars
August 16, 2004


POGO's letter to NRC Chairman Diaz criticizing nuclear industry lobbyists' improper influence over critical homeland security tests
June 30, 2004


POGO's letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge concerning Oil Companies Cash in On Homeland Security Grants
May 26, 2004


POGO comment on the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Councils proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation "Applicability of the Cost Principles and Penalties for Unallowable Costs"
January 27, 2004


POGO Letter to Cost Accounting Standards Board, Dr. Rein Abel Regarding Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Accounting for the Cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
November 18, 2003


POGO to Congress: Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) Would Fleece Taxpayer
April 30, 2003


POGO Letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on briefing attended by POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian
January 17, 2003


POGO Supplementing Letter to Eric Shipley, Cost Accounting Standards Board Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on "Accounting for the Costs of Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (PRBs) Sponsored by Government Contractors."
January 17, 2001


POGO Letter to Eric Shipley, Project Director, Cost Accounting Standards Board Regarding Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on "Accounting for the Costs of Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (PRBs) Sponsored by Government Contractors"
December 18, 2000


Cost Accounting Standards Board, Dr. Rein Abel, Regarding Accounting for the Cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
November 15, 2000


POGO Letter to Rudolph Schuhbauer, CAS Board Regarding Proposed "Review" of CAS and its Role in the Government Contracting Process
September 25, 2000


POGO Comments on Responsible Contractor "Anti-Scofflaw" Federal Regulations
August 29, 2000


POGO Comments on Responsible Contractor "Anti-Scofflaw" Federal Regulations
November 5, 1999


POGO letter to DOE Secretary Hazel O'Leary concerning recent visit by DOE IG
June 29, 1993


POGO letter to President Clinton regarding cost over runs of Superconducting Super Collider
June 7, 1993

 

 

 
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