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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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AnalysisIncreased Infrastructure Oversight Falls Short
The Biden administration has added helpful new oversight requirements for infrastructure spending, but doesn’t address well-known data issues that leave taxpayers out of the loop on where money goes and whether it’s equitably spent.
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AnalysisThe DOJ Needs to Stop Thwarting Congressional Oversight
It’s past time for the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel to recognize the right of individual members of Congress to conduct oversight.
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AnalysisFinancial Regulator Flexes Its Weakness
A disciplinary action against a former KPMG vice chair shows that the board that polices corporate auditors remains a weak enforcer of its own rules.
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AnalysisCan We Track Infrastructure Dollars?
The federal government is beginning to spend the $1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending authorized by Congress, but limited award data will almost certainly prevent the public from knowing where the funds go and what they accomplish.
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AnalysisAir Force Leaders Defy Congress’s A-10 Mandates
Congress saved the A-10 five times over eight years when Air Force leaders tried to retire the only aircraft designed to support ground troops. Despite these clear mandates, Air Force leaders pressed forward with their plans anyway.
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AnalysisMisconduct at CBP Runs Deep, and Congress Must Address this Systemic Problem
Serious misconduct is prevalent within Customs and Border Protection, and agency leaders at all levels have shielded officers and agents from facing accountability for their actions for years.
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AnalysisFuture F-35 Upgrades Send Program into Tailspin
The prospect of expensive future F-35 upgrades prompted the Pentagon to request fewer aircraft in 2023. Had this been done sooner, taxpayers could have saved $2 billion.
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AnalysisCOVID-19 Test Giveaway a Potential Conflict for USPS’s DeJoy
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy could profit off the Biden administration’s COVID-19 test kit giveaway — and could be violating a federal ethics law.
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AnalysisExecutive Order 12333: The Spy Power Too Big for Any Legal Limits
How a Cold War era authority morphed into a mass surveillance system that collects billions of private communications
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AnalysisThe Injustice Department
The Department of Justice systematically fails to live up to its lofty rhetoric about protecting constitutional rights and ensuring equal treatment under the law.
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AnalysisF-35 Program Stagnated in 2021 but DOD Testing Office Hiding Full Extent of Problem
More than 20 years after Lockheed Martin won the contract for the F-35 program, development has largely stalled, with little real progress having been demonstrated over the past several years. And now there’s even less transparency.
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AnalysisReform — or Repeat? Congress Fills New Pentagon Reform Panel with Revolving Door Regulars
The new defense acquisition and budgeting reform commission is full of industry hacks.