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POGO in the News - Government Oversight
Watching the watchdog: Cummings grows into oversight role, John Fritze, The Baltimore Sun, June 11, 2011
IG’s oversight and clout shrink under Obama, By Neil Munro, The Daily Caller, April 20, 2011
Into the Limelight, By Charles S. Clark, Government Executive, March 1, 2011
Report dings Congress on workplace safety, By Erika Lovley, Politico, February 14, 2011
Congressional Budget Cuts: A Dog and Pony Show -- and Damaging to Oversight, By POGO's Paul D. Thacker, Politics Daily, January 20, 2011
Issa targets 'broken bureaucracy', By Gregory Korte, USA Today, January 3, 2011
Justice inspector general announces retirement, By Charles S. Clark, Government Executive, November 30, 2010
Watchdog group raises concerns about State IG, By Laura Rozen, Politico, November 18, 2010
Watchdog calls for removal of State Department's interim IG, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, November 18, 2010
U.S. intelligence agencies 'wasted' billions; Senator faults mismanagement, By Shaun Waterman, The Washington Times, October 12, 2010
Security Clearance Agency Hampered by Lack of Resources, Employees Say, By Jenna Greene, The BLT: Blog of Legal Times, October 5, 2010
Can the Pentagon keep classified information safe?, By Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post, October 5, 2010
Lawmakers urge Obama to oust Afghan reconstruction IG, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, September 24, 2010
Obama selects veteran investigator as CIA watchdog, By Adam Goldman (Associated Press), CBS News, August 6, 2010
Intell chief denies charges of too many contractors, By Matthew Weigelt, Federal Computer Week (FCW.com), July 20, 2010
CIA goes 14 months without internal watchdog, By Adam Goldman, AP, The Examiner.com, June 8, 2010
Institutional anemia cripples congressional oversight, By Dan Froomkin, Nieman Watchdog Blog, May 5, 2010
Inspecting For Trust: The Role Of Inspectors General, By Brian Naylor, National Public Radio (NPR), May 4, 2010
UPDATE: Auditor Warns Agency Budget Cut US Security Threat, By Ian Talley, Dow Jones Newswires, Fox News, Fox Business, February 5, 2010
New book seeks to train Hill oversight watchdogs, By Max Cacas, Federal News Radio, August 12, 2009
Documents show Amtrak wanted to fire IG , By USA TODAY's Congress Team, USA Today, August 6, 2009
Government watchdogs fear bill undermines them, By Silla Brush and Kevin Bogardus, The Hill, July 29, 2009
How to Do Congressional Oversight, By Nick Baumann, Mother Jones, July 27, 2009
Legal Experts Debate Congressional Authority Over Executive Power, By Learned Foote , Talk Radio News Service, July 16, 2009
Former GOP Congressmen Accuse Republicans Of Putting Party Above Constitution, By Sam Stein, Huffington Post, July 16, 2009
Purge' of Inspectors General Raises Concerns About Political Interference, By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, FOXnews.com, July 8, 2009
Financial Agency IGs Say Bill Threatens Independence, By Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post, July 6, 2009
Authority Over Bailout Office Is Questioned, By Amit R. Paley and Ed O’Keefe, The Washington Post, June 19, 2009
How Limbaugh Wags the Dog on IG and Obama, By Norah Mallaney and Jonathan Eyler-Werve, TPM Muckraker, June 15, 2009
Obama Fires Bush-Appointed IG Overseeing AmeriCorps, By Carrie Dann, CongressDaily, June 12, 2009
Outrageous: We're Done with Greed, By Michael Crowley, Readers Digest, May 1, 2009
Missouri senator tackles government fraud, By Bill Lambrecht, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington Bureau, April 22, 2009
NASA inspector general resigns, , United Press International, April 6, 2009
TARP Watchdog Finally Gets Expanded Authority, , The Huffington Post, March 25, 2009
Federal Inspectors Often Difficult to Reach, Group Says, By Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post, March 23, 2009
Bureaucracy rules, oversight suffers, By Jennifer Haberkorn, The Washington Times, March 20, 2009
Beefy Résumé for a Giant Job: Policing Stimulus Spending, By Phil Rucker, The Washington Post, March 20, 2009
Report: IG's Disregard for Whistleblowers 'Shameless', By Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post; Keeping Tabs on the Government, March 20, 2009
Report encourages better performance measures for IGs, By Alyssa Rosenberg, Government Executive.com, March 20, 2009
Report encourages better performance measures for IGs, By Alyssa Rosenberg, Government Executive, March 19, 2009
A Zealous Watchman to Follow the Money, By Scott Shane, New York Times, March 9, 2009
As the federal stimulus billions begin to flow, oversight essential, , Stockton Record, On-line, February 27, 2009
Challenges await Barack Obama as he prepares to take office, By Bill Lambrecht, St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Washington Bureau, January 18, 2009
GOP Leaders Waive Subcommittee Term Limit For Rogers, By Chris Strohm, Congress Daily, January 8, 2009
Issa moving to create house Republican investigative unit, By Dan Friedman, CongressDaily, December 17, 2008
Senate Confirms N.Y. Prosecutor As Inspector General for Bailout, By Paul C. Light, The Washington Post, December 9, 2008
Lieberman Fighting to Retain Control, By Jason Leopold, The Public Record, November 12, 2008
New IG council focuses on training, interagency efforts, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, October 28, 2008
Treasury Seeks Wall Street's Help in Bailout, By Tanya Snyder, Free Speech Radio News, October 4, 2008
Congress revamps bailout deal — with 'a few sweeteners' , By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, October 3, 2008
Sweeping authority for Treasury chief survives bailout negotiations, By Elizabeth Newell, Government Executive, October 3, 2008
Bailout bill would have given Treasury chief unfettered authority, By Robert Brodsky and Elizabeth Newell, Government Executive, September 29, 2008
Bailout Outrage Races Across the Web, By Moira Herbst, BusinessWeek, September 25, 2008
Groups Seek Whistle-Blower Protection in Bailout Legislation, By Joe Davidson, The Washington Post, September 24, 2008
Contracting Audit Agency Target of Investigations, By Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post, September 10, 2008
Is DCAA cutting corners? , By Elise Castelli, Federal Times, September 9, 2008
Advocacy group says office tried to purge mention of discrimination from report, , Detroit Free Press, August 4, 2008
Group charges religious discrimination case may have cost American lives in Iraq, , World Tribune, August 1, 2008
Lieberman's oversight activities have watchdogs howling, By Dan Friedman, CongressDaily, July 15, 2008
Those FISA IG reports, By smintheus, Daily Kos, July 8, 2008
Pentagon's top watchdog leaving post July 13, By Dan Friedman , Congress Daily, July 2, 2008
Investigators Look for Favoritism in Justice Department Grants, By Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, June 19, 2008
Too many dollars, too few Army investigators, By Richard Lardner, Associated Press, June 12, 2008
Pentagon Overseer Calls for Larger Staff; Inspector General Says That Shortages Leave Spending Largely Unchecked, By Walter Pincus, The Washington Post, June 1, 2008
Sticker Shock and Awe at the Pentagon , Editorial, New York Times, May 30, 2008
Wild west? , By John McCaslin, Washington Times, May 29, 2008
Military Intelligence — Skyrocketing DoD budgets overwhelm auditors, By Justin Palk, Frederick News Post, May 29, 2008
Byron Dorgan's Contracting Fraud Crusade, By Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium, May 29, 2008
Defense IG seeks 33 percent increase in staffing, By Elise Castelli, Federal Times, May 28, 2008
Pentagon spending often unmonitored, , Chicago Tribune, May 28, 2008
Pentagon Auditor: I Can't Do All This Auditing!, By Matthew Blake, The Washington Independent, May 28, 2008
ThinkFast, , Think Progress, May 28, 2008
Pentagon Auditors Review Staffing --- Worker Shortfall Could Leave Agency Vulnerable to Abuse, By Yochi J. Dreazen, The Wall Street Journal, May 28, 2008
Military billions called unchecked, , Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2008
Report finds understaffing in DOD IG's office, By Florence Olsen, Federal Computer Week, May 28, 2008
Needed: More War Profiteer Police, By Andrew Tilghman, TPM Muckraker, May 28, 2008
Pentagon Watchdogs Swamped by Military Spending; $152 Billion a Year Goes Unaudited, By Noah Shachtman, Wired News, May 27, 2008
Pentagon Watchdogs Swamped by Military Spending; $152 Billion a Year Goes Unaudited, By Noah Shachtman, Wired Blog Network, May 27, 2008
Report: Billions in defense spending unchecked, By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press, May 27, 2008
Report: Billions in defense spending unchecked, By Anne Flaherty , Associated Press, May 27, 2008
Pentagon auditors unable to keep pace with spending: report,, , Agence France Presse, May 27, 2008
Discrimination Seen in Michigan Spy Case, By Eli Lake, New York Sun, May 21, 2008
Listen to: Strengthening the Unique Role of I.G.'s , With hosts are Lisa Bernstein, Jannika Cannon and guest POGO's Beverley Lumpkin, Fed Talk Radio, May 9, 2008
Bill Could Give Inspectors General Added Independence, By Marcia Coyle, The Legal Intelligencer, #4, Volume 237; Issue 88, May 6, 2008
McCaskill Asks Committee Leadership to Protect IGs in Defense Authorization Bill, , Senator McCaskill Press Release, April 28, 2008
IG investigations save $16B in '07, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, April 11, 2008
Fledgling, Non-Integrated Department Needs a Lot of Looking After, Says POGO Director, by Rob Margetta, CQ Homeland Security, March 31, 2008
GAO - Jacqueline Harpp, Congressional Testimony, By CQ Transcriptions, Congressional Quarterly, March 13, 2008
Inspectors General Need More Independence, , OMB Watch, March 4, 2008
Report: IGs face budget, staffing problems, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, March 3, 2008
Props to the IG, By Max Cacas, Federal News Radio, February 29, 2008
The Daily Muck, , TPM Muckraker, February 29, 2008
Report Details Limitations Faced By Federal Inspectors General, By Darryl Fears, Washington Post, February 29, 2008
Sen. Daniel K. Akaka Holds A Hearing On Intelligence Community Management Reforms, , U.S. Senate, February 29, 2008
Report says inspectors general lack independence, resources, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, February 28, 2008
Watchdogs Undermined by Political Appointees: Congress to Reasses Office Created to Rein in Executive Branch, By Matthew Blake , The Washington Independent, February 11, 2008
Recovery bill keeps oversight a priority Capitol Hill heeds lessons of bailout, By Alex Daniels, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, February 8, 2008
Testify Before Congress, Meals Not Included; Did the government buy Roger Clemens a plane ticket? , By Chris Wilson, Slate, February 6, 2008
Richard Skinner says the role of inspectors general is to investigate, but some IGs have become the target of investigators, By John Pulley, Federal Computer Week, February 4, 2008
Bill urges independence for agency watchdogs, By Matt Kelley, USA TODAY, January 11, 2008
Investigating the Investigators: Congress responds to complaints about inspectors general, by Danielle Knight, U.S. News & World Report, December 20, 2007
Critics Say Problems At State Dept. IG's Office Will Persist , by Dan Friedman , Congress Daily, December 10, 2007
Procurement chief chides IGs , By Matthew Weigelt, FCW.com , November 26, 2007
Members of Congress also wait on FOIA requests, by Daniel Friedman, Congress Daily, November 13, 2007
CIA’s Inspector General Should Remain Independent , , The Hill's Congress Blog, October 12, 2007
Congress Opens a New Front in Oversight, By Kathleen Hunter , CQPolitics.com, October 3, 2007
Members Push Bills to Boost Hill Oversight of Federal Igs, by Rob Silverblatt, Roll Call, July 18, 2007
Justice IG calls for jurisdiction over attorneys, by Anika Gupta, GovExec.com, July 11, 2007
Oversight Chiefs Differ in Style and Agendas, By Martin Kady II, CQ Weekly, May 8, 2007
New majority party compiles a mixed record in Congress, By Dale Eisman, Virginia Pilot, April 15, 2007
Congress girds up for return to oversight: Probes include alleged contracting abuses in Iraq and the alteration of scientific findings, By Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor, April 12, 2007
Oversight panel ready to dig into U.S. waste, fraud, by Julia Malone, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 5, 2007
Project on Government Oversight's Baker's Dozen, By Thomas D. Williams, Truthout, January 12, 2007
Watchdog group urges Congress to attack contractor misconduct, By Jenny Mandel, GovExec.com, January 5, 2007
Gov't Watchdogs Under Attack From Bosses, Larry Margasak, Washington Post, December 27, 2006
The Story of 'O', By Lisa Hoffman, Capitol Hill Blue, December 22, 2006
IT at the core of many GAO oversight areas, By Mary Mosquera, Government Computer News, December 11, 2006
Homeland, Sweet Homeland, By Patrick Yoest, CQ Weekly, November 22, 2006
Massachusetts Dem seeks defense oversight subpanel chairmanship, By Megan Scully, GovExec.com, November 20, 2006
Dingell's impending return as chairman evokes memories of his inquiring past, By Bill Loveless, Inside Energy, November 13, 2006
A Hill full of hard looks: Iraq will top 110th agenda, By David Nather, CQ Weekly, November 11, 2006
'Not President Bush', By Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, October 16, 2006
An official secrets act might keep Congress in the dark: Legislation aimed at criminalizing the disclosure of classified information is a threat not only to whistle blowers and the press but to Congress’s exercise of its own oversight function as well, By Nick Schwellenbach, Nieman Watchdog, August 25, 2006
Where’s the Bite?, By David Nather, CQ Weekly, July 14, 2006
Congress reduces its oversight role; Since Clinton, a change in focus, By Susan Milligan, Boston Globe, November 20, 2005
