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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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Public Comment
POGO’s comments to the Draft Request for Proposals for the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory
Project On Government Oversight ( POGO ) provides the following suggested additions to the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Management and Operations Contract:
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Public Comment
POGO’s public comment supporting DoD’s rule prohibiting contract bundling
The Project On Government Oversight ("POGO") provides the following public comment to DFARS Case 2003-D109 – "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Consolidation of Contract Requirements." POGO investigates, exposes, and seeks to remedy systemi...
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Public Comment
POGO comment on the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Councils proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation “Applicability of the Cost Principles and Penalties for Unallowable Costs”
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at 48 CFR Parts 15, 31, and 42, "Applicability of the Cost Principles and Penalties for Unallowable Costs," that was published in the Federal Register on N...
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Public Comment
POGO’s public comment opposing the Department of Interior’s proposed amendments to the oil valuation rule for being a giveaway to the oil industry
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has worked for over a decade to make federal oil royalty payments more accurate and transparent. The oil valuation rule, as implemented in 2000, went a long way to combat the rampant fraud perpetrated by the oil industry and allowed b...
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Public Comment
POGO Public Comment on NRC Proposal to Limit Public Oversight in Nuclear Reactor Licensing Hearings
The Project on Government Oversight supports the Nuclear Information and Resource Service campaign to defend current reactor licensing procedures over proposed Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) changes to the adjudicatory process, and urges the NRC to reevaluate the need for...
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Public Comment
POGO Letter to Eric Shipley, Project Director, Cost Accounting Standards Board Regarding Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on “Accounting for the Costs of Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (PRBs) Sponsored by Government Contractors”
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on "Accounting for the Costs of Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (PRBs) Sponsored by Government Contractors".
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Public Comment
POGO Letter to Rudolph Schuhbauer, CAS Board Regarding Proposed “Review” of CAS and its Role in the Government Contracting Process
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board's proposed "review: of CAS and its role in the government contracting process. POGO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has, for almost 20 years, investigated, exposed and work...
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Public Comment
POGO Comments on Responsible Contractor “Anti-Scofflaw” Federal Regulations
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) case 1999-010.
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Public Comment
POGO Comments on Responsible Contractor “Anti-Scofflaw” Federal Regulations
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) case 1999-010. POGO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has, for almost 20 years, investigated, exposed and worked to remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience to special i...
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Public Comment
POGO’s Letter to Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, regarding major oil companies trying to reopen the comment period for the proposed crude oil valuation rule
I am writing to determine whether you are supporting Assistant Secretary Bob Armstrong's current back room dealings with the major oil companies to reopen the comment period for the proposed crude oil valuation Rule.