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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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AnalysisPOGO Powers Up for Sunshine Week
POGO goes big on Sunshine Week with a series of events drawing attention to the importance of making government information accessible to the public.
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AnalysisCongress Passes Rollback of Contractor Accountability Measure
Congress passed a resolution blocking new contractor fair pay and workplace safety measures. This is disappointing in light of reports by Senator Warren and others, which have highlighted labor violations by federal contractors.
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AnalysisA Small Step Toward a Better House of Representatives
The House Intelligence Committee is one step closer to increasing its ability to conduct effective oversight of the CIA, NSA, FBI, and the rest of the intelligence community after Committee on House Administration approved a 31 percent increase to its budget.
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AnalysisGovt Watchdog Finds Flaws in Implementation of Contractor Whistleblower Law
Whistleblower protections for federal contractors have been inconsistently implemented, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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AnalysisWhat I’ve Learned Covering the Military for 40 Years
Scant public interest yields ceaseless wars to nowhere
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AnalysisContractor Fair Pay and Workplace Safety Rules in Peril
This week, Congress moved one step closer to overturning new rules designed to improve workplace safety and contractor accountability.
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Analysis
Regulations: America’s Unsung Heroes
President Trump should focus on making regulations better or improving the regulatory process. Regulations provide enormous benefits to all of us. For example, they ensure that prescription drugs and other products are safe for the public.
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AnalysisScathing Contractor Evaluation Should End the MOX Project
POGO and other groups send letter to policymakers recommending cancellation
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Policy Letter
Groups Send Letter to Congress on Wasteful Nuclear Fuel Production Facility
Four groups concerned with good government spending sent a letter to Congressional Members advocating a end to funding for the Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) Fabrication Facility in Aiken, South Carolina, a vastly over budget and behind schedule nuclear fuel production facility.
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AnalysisPrivate Prisons Are Back: Here’s Why That’s a Terrible Idea
Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed the Justice Department’s decision last year to phase out its use of private prisons, despite new reports raising concerns about their use.
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AnalysisSurvivor’s Guide to Being a Successful Whistleblower in the Federal Government
The decision to blow the whistle can be immensely patriotic: It could save lives, defend our constitutional rights against government overreach, and help preserve our democracy. But how do you blow the whistle and avoid retaliation?
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AnalysisSleepwalking Into a Nuclear Arms Race with Russia
President Obama--either naively or cynically--acquiesced to demands to increase spending on nuclear weapons in order to keep the powerful nuclear laboratories and their allies in the defense industry and Congress from lobbying against his new arms limitation treaty. Now it app...