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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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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Senate Bill to Improve Charge Card Spending
Federal purchase and travel cards continue to represent a significant source of improper and fraudulent payments. While some progress has been made by federal agencies in recent years, POGO supports the Senate's effort to address the long-standing problem.
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AnalysisOne Huge Unanswered Question in Key Surveillance Debate
The intelligence community has yet to provide an estimate of US persons whose information have been collected by government surveillance programs. Meanwhile, a key internal government watchdog remains powerless to provide recommendations on the issue.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Whistleblower Community in Supporting Whistleblower Appreciation Day
POGO joins members of the Make It Safe Coalition, to applaud the introduction of the Whistleblower Appreciation Day resolution for 2017 and to urge Senators to pass the resolution.
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AnalysisWill Trump Privatize the Afghanistan War?
Last week brought disturbing news that two prominent voices from the private security industry— Erik Prince and Stephen Feinberg—are trying to convince the Pentagon to let private security firms replace American troops in Afghanistan. We explain why this is a bad idea.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Whistleblower Appreciation Day
Senator Chuck Grassley has introduced a resolution to again mark July 30 and Whistleblower Appreciation Day. Blowing the whistle on the federal government often comes at a great personal and professional cost, POGO supports this effort to celebrate these brave individuals.
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AnalysisCongress is Afraid to be Responsible for Our Current Wars
House leadership used a procedural gimmick to block an amendment offered by Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) in order to avoid an up or down vote to authorize our current wars.
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AnalysisCongress Has Constitutional Mandate to Investigate
Congress and the executive branch are not only capable of conducting concurrent investigations, they have successfully done so in the past.
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AnalysisCongressional Caucuses Demand Transparency from ICE
The leaders of several Congressional caucuses delivered a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 11 demanding data on the nation’s detention centers.
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AnalysisPOGO Applauds New White House Policy Statement
The Trump Administration has rightly criticized several bad provisions in the House NDAA bill including funding the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, blocking Base Realignment and Closure, misusing the Overseas Contingency Operations fund, and limiting defense contract au...
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AnalysisDefense Audit Reveals $1 Billion in Missing Receipts
A declassified defense audit reveals that in 2016, about $1 billion worth of military equipment to combat ISIL had incomplete receipts.
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AnalysisCongress Greases Flightpath for the F-35 Boondoggle
Politicians bedazzled by fighter plane that can’t fight.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports IG Recommendation Transparency Act
Recognizing the vital role that Inspectors General play, POGO has worked for years to study and improve the IG system. This bill would ensure that Congress can more easily determine when agencies are not implementing the IG’s recommendations by requiring all IGs report to Cong...