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POGO Joins letter to Secretary of Defense Gates Promoting Increased Transparency in Nuclear Weapons PolicyMay 4, 2010
POGO Letter to NRC Recommending Additional Changes to Alternative Dispute Resolution ProgramFebruary 23, 2010
POGO Letter to President Obama Regarding Systemic Safety Issues at Los Alamos National LabFebruary 11, 2010
POGO Comments on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF)January 29, 2010
POGO asks President Obama to instruct the DOE’s NNSA to reverse its decision to withdraw contractor performance data from public viewDecember 14, 2009
POGO letter to Energy Sec. Chu regarding LANL plutonium facility shutdown due to repeat of fire suppression system failuresNovember 17, 2009
POGO Letter to President Obama Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey MerrifieldOctober 28, 2009
POGO Letter to Vice-President Biden Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey MerrifieldOctober 28, 2009
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey MerrifieldOctober 28, 2009
POGO Opposes Nomination of William Magwood to NRCOctober 14, 2009
POGO letter to DOE Secretary Steven Chu regarding an award given to an overbudget and overschedule National Ignition Facility (NIF) projectMay 6, 2009
POGO letter to NRC's Lisamarie Jarriel regarding the revision and strengthening of the Interim Allegation Program GuidanceMarch 6, 2009
POGO letter to Glenn Podonsky, DOE Chief Health, Safety, and Security Officer, regarding berylliumDecember 9, 2008
POGO makes comments on the final Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Records of Decision on Complex TransformationNovember 21, 2008
POGO letter supporting the nomination of George Mulley from the NRC Office of Inspector General for the NRC’s Edward McGaffigan Jr. Public Service AwardSeptember 29, 2008
POGO's Public Comments on "Security Inspection and Security Performance Assessment of NRC Licensees"September 11, 2008
POGO Letter to General C. Robert Kehler, U.S. Strategic Command regarding the Air Force denials of a security breachSeptember 4, 2008
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding the lack of oversight of costs and quality at the MOX Fuel Fabrication FacilityAugust 25, 2008
POGO letter requesting NRC Inspector General Bell to investigate Chairman Klein's negative and misleading comments about a whistleblowerMay 1, 2008
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding his Senate testimony potentially defaming a nuclear security whistleblowerMarch 18, 2008
POGO’s Letter in Response to the February 26, 2008 NRC Region I LetterMarch 5, 2008
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman, regarding the plutonium pit production programJanuary 18, 2008
POGO Letter to NNSA Chief, Defense Nuclear Security William Desmond advocating federalizing the nuclear weapons facilities security forceNovember 30, 2007
POGO letter to DOE Under Secretary Thomas D’Agostino requesting a stop work order for the CMRR at Los Alamos due to construction concernsNovember 30, 2007
POGO letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding urgent need to implement overtime restrictionsOctober 31, 2007
POGO letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding security at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plantSeptember 28, 2007
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman regarding need for independent oversight of the nuclear weapons complexSeptember 5, 2007
POGO's letter to Secretary Bodman regarding the security implications of the Pantex Nuclear Weapons Facility strikeMay 10, 2007
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Dale Klein Regarding the 10 CFR Part 26 Fitness-for-Duty Draft Final RuleMarch 9, 2007
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Dale Klein regarding the 10 CFR Part 26 Fitness-for-Duty Draft Final RuleMarch 9, 2007
Follow-up Letter from POGO to Energy Secretary BodmanJanuary 22, 2007
POGO letter to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding serious safety problems at Pantex, a nuclear weapons assembly facilityDecember 12, 2006
Letter from POGO to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding unnecessary ongoing cybersecurity weaknesses November 6, 2006
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman concerning inadequate security at the Y-12 facility and Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOctober 31, 2006
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Dale Klein regarding security concerns at the Sequoyah nuclear power plantAugust 24, 2006
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman raising safety concernsAugust 15, 2006
POGO supports the NRC's proposal for fines in whistleblower discrimination casesMarch 28, 2006
POGO's letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Diaz on the proposed Design Basis Threat (DBT)February 21, 2006
POGO’s comments to the NRC about the guard fatigue issueDecember 20, 2005
POGO Discovers Security Weaknesses at Oak Ridge National LaboratorySeptember 29, 2005
POGO letter to NRC Chairman Diaz regarding ongoing nuclear security officer fatigueJune 10, 2005
POGO's comments to the Draft Request for Proposals for the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory January 6, 2005
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Abraham concerning Los Alamos contractNovember 30, 2004
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Spencer Abraham regarding security at nuclear weapons complexAugust 13, 2004
POGO's letter to NRC Chairman Diaz criticizing nuclear industry lobbyists' improper influence over critical homeland security testsJuly 30, 2004
POGO Letter to DOE Deputy Secretary McSlarrow, Chairman Barton and Representative DeGette concerning media-less security at Los Alamos National LaboratoryJuly 16, 2004
POGO opposed NRC's proposed regulation on fire protection at nuclear power plantsJanuary 26, 2004
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Niles Diaz regarding NRC efforts to silence criticismDecember 9, 2003
POGO Letter to Energy Secretary Abraham recommending immediate competition of management contract of Los AlamosApril 29, 2003
POGO letter to Dr. Everet H. Beckner, Deputy Administrator for Defense Program, NNSA, DOE regarding security and safety issues at LANLJanuary 13, 2003
POGO Letter to Sandra Gavutis of the C-10 Research and Education Foundation, Inc.March 29, 2002
Statement of John Middlemiss and James Howard, former security guards at Seabrook Nuclear Power PlantMarch 29, 2002
POGO Letter to Gen. John Gordon Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration concerning security at nuclear weapons facilitiesJanuary 24, 2002
POGO letter urging Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to restore citizen access to the Department of Energy's web sites January 11, 2002
POGO letter to Defense Secretary Donald RumsfeldDecember 13, 2001
Sign-on letter expressing opposition to reauthorization of the Price-Anderson Act which protects nuclear power and nuclear weapons facilitiy operators from financial liabilityDecember 5, 2001
POGO letter to Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham regarding detailed maps of nuclear sites on DOE websitesOctober 3, 2001