http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net feed-30723886 Pam Rutter and Michael Smallberg 2008 Convio Content Management System Module en-us pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-353813855 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/government-secrecy/gs-lejeune-healthcare-20120801.html The House of Representatives voted to send a bill to provide healthcare for veterans and their families who are victims of the toxic water contamination at Camp Lejeune, N.C., to President Obama to be signed into law. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-351041061 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/government-secrecy/gs-ia-20120719.html Finally, after many years of unnecessary suffering, some justice is within reach for the U.S. Marine Corps veterans and their families who were poisoned by the water at Camp Lejeune. The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to approve healthcare for veterans and their families who are victims of the toxic water contamination at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. For more than 30 years, the water Marines and their families drank and bathed in was contaminated by high levels of various volatile organic compounds, including known carcinogens. The “Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act,” H.R. 1627, is a bipartisan bill that reflects an agreement between the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee leadership on a variety of issues affecting veterans. Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-344311893 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/government-secrecy/gs-foia-20120618-pogo-joins-brief-in-support-of-crew-lawsuit-against-fec.html POGO joined an amicus brief submitted by Public Citizen to the D.C. Circuit in CREW v. Federal Election Commission, an important Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case on exhaustion of administrative remedies. CREW seeks to overturn the lower court’s interpretation of FOIA, which makes it much harder for a requester to challenge agency delay under FOIA. If adopted by the D.C. Circuit, it could have detrimental consequences for all of our work and close the courthouse doors to countless FOIA requesters. Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-336251660 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/government-secrecy/gs-og-20120515.html The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) wrote members of the U.S. House of Representatives today in support of nine proposed amendments to the defense authorization bill that would cut wasteful spending, hold contractors more accountable and strengthen oversight at nuclear weapons labs. Tomorrow the House Rules Committee will decide which amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) FY 2013, H.R. 4310, will be made in order, followed by debate and votes on the Floor in the U.S. House of Representatives. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-331034923 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/government-secrecy/gs-og-20120425-data-act-transparency-government-spending.html The House of Representatives took a major step toward improving transparency and accountability in government spending today by approving the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-328966086 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/letters/government-secrecy/gs-foia-20120416-foia-cybersecurity.html The undersigned organizations dedicated to government openness and accountability are writing to urge you to oppose HR 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, because it constitutes a wholesale attack on public access to information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-327322247 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/letters/government-secrecy/gs-foia-20120411-foia-portal.html On behalf of the undersigned organizations concerned with government openness and accountability, we are writing to urge you to take concrete steps to support the FOIA Portal under development by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with assistance from the Department of Commerce and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). We especially encourage you to work with the project’s leaders to develop a standard format for online Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and promote the use of the format across the government. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-322833225 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/letters/government-secrecy/gs-og-20120326-pogo-letter-omb-violates-presidents-executive-order.html We are writing about the failure by senior government officials to comply with an Executive Order that requires transparency in certain operations of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). The requirements for transparency, though spelled out clearly in the Executive Order, appear to have been systematically ignored, thus hiding the influence of competing interests on new regulations that affect the public health and welfare. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-321043114 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/letters/government-secrecy/gs-foia-20120319-foia-portal-open-government.html We write to reaffirm our strong commitment to the FOIA portal developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, with the assistance of the Department of Commerce and the National Archives and Records Administration. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net-320017685 http://pogoarchive.pub30.convio.net/pogo-files/alerts/government-secrecy/gs-foia-20120316-foia-fail.html The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires government agencies to respond to a request within 20 business days—but a recent batch of FOIA requests submitted by the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) shows that agencies still struggle to meet even this basic requirement. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500