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Analysis
Retiring SEC Lawyer: Revolving Door Causes Weak Enforcement
A longtime lawyer at the Securities and Exchange Commission says that senior agency officials have been more interested in advancing their careers in the corporate world than in policing it aggressively, according to remarks prepared for the lawyer’s recent retirement party.
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Analysis
Counterfeit Electronic Parts Regulation Bogged Down
A Department of Defense regulation meant to curtail the use of counterfeit electronic parts is bogged down in debate, leaving military equipment vulnerable.
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Analysis
SIGAR and USAID Clash over Access to Afghan Assessments
SIGAR wants USAID to stop stonewalling about failures in Afghanistan reconstruction spending. USAID is protecting information, and some of their justifications are far fetched.
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Analysis
Growing Concerns Over Deregulation of Arms Export Controls
U.S. law enforcement officials are increasingly worried that their efforts to stem the illicit trafficking of U.S. arms could be undermined by an Obama Administration initiative to deregulate export controls.
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Analysis
Hearing Spotlights Afghanistan Corruption and Waste
The $100 billion U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghanistan was on the hot seat on Capitol Hill.
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Analysis
OMB Refuses to Provide Charge Card Policies and Reports
The Office of Management and Budget denied a recent Project On Government Oversight FOIA request for information related to charge card abuse in government agencies.
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AnalysisEssay: Don Vandergriff on “The Myth of Mission Command”
Major Don Vandergriff (USA, retired) is the author of Path to Victory, Raising the Bar and numerous other publications addressing the most important dimension in conflict, the human dimension. He recently wrote an essay that is appearing at The Bridge-a military strategy bl...
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Analysis
The Most Transparent Administration in History? Not So Much…
The White House set a new record on the number of Freedom of Information Act requests it denied or censored.
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Analysis
Congress Calls for Action After Whistleblower Retaliation
The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Oversight Subcommittee has called for the Department of Commerce Inspector General to fire two managers who were found to have retaliated against whistleblowers.
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Analysis
DoD Revolving Door Database Needs to Get into GEAR
The Department of Defense doesn't want anyone, including the DoD Inspector General, to know who is going through the revolving door.
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AnalysisThree Reports on the F-35: One of Them Informative
A few days ago, Breaking Defense reported an $11.5 billion cost decrease in the F-35. The outlet proclaimed "This is no program estimate that critics might savage. This comes from the Government Accountability Office's definitive annual Assessment of Selected Weapons Rep...
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Analysis
Blurred Lines: The Myth of Guerrilla Tactics
Irregular warfare is in style. As the United States and its allies waged two wars against irregular actors in the last decade, the need to understand the conflicts in which the West was engaged spawned an industry of theorists discussing the phenomenon, and a few evangelists w...