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POGO’s experts push policymakers to enact commonsense reforms that tackle waste, corruption, and abuse of power; hold those who’ve violated the public trust accountable; protect our constitutional rights; and make the government work for all people.
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AnalysisCelebrate Labor Day by Diving into Contractor Misconduct Data
The federal government’s largest contractors have paid a collective total of $2.7 billion in penalties since the 1990s for a wide variety of labor violations, which you can read about in POGO’s Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.
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AnalysisGovernment Watchdog Finds Defective Ships Will Enter Navy
A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds Navy ships will enter the fleet with deficiencies that could endanger the ships and the sailors aboard.
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AnalysisTrump’s Privacy Board Nominee Is a Big Step, But It’s Only the First One
Even with a new chairman, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, a key government watchdog, won’t be able to return to full strength without a quorum of at least three members.
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AnalysisPolice Access to Military Equipment Needs More Oversight, Not Less
The Trump administration is jettisoning important accountability measures along with the ban on giving certain military equipment to local police forces.
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AnalysisPOGO Joins Letter Questioning Warrant for Info About Anti-Trump Site
Even the revised version of a Department of Justice warrant seeking information about an anti-Trump organizing site raises serious constitutional concerns.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Dozens of Organizations to Express Concern Over Dropped Broad Information Demand
Dozens of bipartisan organizations sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions today expressing deep concern over the Department of Justice's extremely broad demand for information on all visitors to a website used to organize protests on Inauguration Day. The request was ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges Congress to Oversee Implementation of New Whistleblower Laws at the VA
POGO wrote a letter to the Veterans Affairs Committees in Congress to raise concerns about VA Secretary David Shulkin’s plans to use the recently passed VA Whistleblower Protection and Accountability Act to fire Brian Hawkins, the former director of the VA hospital in Washingt...
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AnalysisNew Bill Hurts and Helps Trump’s Border Wall
A new Republican bill loosens President Trump’s requirement for a border wall, but contains disturbing implications for government contracting and corporate handouts.
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AnalysisLawmakers Question Interior Secretary Over Whistleblower Reassignment
Members of Congress are supporting a Department of Interior executive who says management retaliated against him because he disclosed how climate change is putting Alaskan coastal communities at risk.
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AnalysisDefense Supplier Accused of Price Gouging is Hit with Shareholder Lawsuit
TransDigm Group, a leading aircraft parts supplier suspected of overcharging the Pentagon, was sued by stockholders upset about the effect the company’s recent notoriety is having on their portfolios.
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Policy Letter
POGO Asks President Trump To Investigate Revenue Collection Issues at CBP
POGO's letter to President Trump urging him to investigate years of lost revenue by Customs and Border Protection.