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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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Analysis
DoD’s Workforce Cost Formula Stirs Debate
The Defense Department’s methodology for comparing workforce costs has created a stir. Advocates for government workers and advocates for the contractors are fighting about necessary improvements, but facts and data should prevail, not myths.
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Analysis
‘Deep State’ Delves Into Shadowy World of Government Secrecy
David Brown's new book, Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry, which he co-authors with Atlantic contributing editor Marc Ambinder, reveals previously unknown government secrets and analyzes how preventing leaks became an all-out war.
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Analysis
Has Political Spending Defanged Intel Watchdogs in Congress?
Congressional overseers of U.S. intelligence programs received $3.7 million in campaign contributions from the largest intelligence contractors, according to a nonprofit research organization.
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Analysis
DoD Analysis Reveals Cost Jump at New Nuke Facility
A new analysis from the Department of Defense reveals cost increases and schedule delays continue to plague the Uranium Processing Facility construction project at the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex.
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Court to Consider Secret Regulation of Wall Street
The public has a right to know how the government polices the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), an industry-funded self-regulatory group, according to an amicus brief filed this week by POGO and its allies.
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Analysis
Contractors Receive Huge Raise on Same Day Income Inequality Discussed
The White House raised the contractor compensation cap to nearly $1 million. That amount doesn't signify how much contractor can be paid; it only signifies how much will come from U.S. taxpayers. POGO supports efforts to significantly reduce the taxpayers' financial burden for...
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AnalysisThe Continuing Need for the Air Force’s Most Effective Close Air Support Aircraft
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) and the Straus Military Reform Project (SMRP) are sponsoring a briefing—exclusively for Senate and House staff—on close air support, the A-10 aircraft, and the Air Force’s plan to retire all A-10s before a replacement achieves full op...
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Analysis
SEC Delays Revolving Door Restriction
Months ago, bowing to concern about regulators who leave government and then work their former colleagues on behalf of industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it was tightening restrictions on the revolving door. But a notice published in Monday’s...
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Analysis
Pentagon Says Nyet To Russian Arms Company
The Pentagon announced last week that it will no longer buy helicopters from Rosoboronexport, a Russian state-owned arms company with a troubling client list.
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Analysis
State Dept. Won’t Name Advisers Already in Government’s Public Database
For four months, the State Department has refused to say which outside experts are working for the Department as special government employees (SGEs), ProPublica reported last week. Yet, the Project On Government Oversight was able to find more than 100 of the advisers identifi...
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Analysis
Some Senators Look to Spare the Pentagon from Immediate Cuts
News reports indicate that some Republican Senators are drafting an amendment that would spread out over time the spending reductions required of the Pentagon this year.
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Analysis
Game-Changing DATA Act Clears the House
Last night, the House passed with nearly unanimous bipartisan support a bill to shine a much brighter light on how the government spends taxpayer dollars.