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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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FOIAonline: Measuring Performance and Looking Ahead
FOIAonline may revolutionize the way the public accesses government information, but first, more agencies need to buy into the system.
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Analysis
As Veterans Wait for Care, VA Allegedly Papers Over Delays
By altering dates logged, Department of Veterans Affairs employees minimize reported wait times for veterans' medical appointments, the GAO says.
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POGO Celebrates Sunshine Week with Expanded Misconduct Database
POGO updates its Federal Contractor Misconduct Database with 12 new contractors and a new top 100 federal contractor ranking.
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Analysis
VA Suppressed Data on Gulf War Vets’ Health Problems, Former Official Says
The Department of Veterans Affairs has suppressed evidence that Gulf War veterans’ health problems could be linked to their exposure to toxic substances during the 1991 war, a former VA epidemiologist alleges.
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Analysis
Prospective SEC Chairman Dismisses Revolving Door Concerns
Mary Jo White—Obama’s nominee for chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission—said at her confirmation hearing that the public need not worry about her history of defending companies from the government. But her explanation was less than reassuring.
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Why Congress Should Be Wary of Mary Jo White
Is Mary Jo White—President Obama’s nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission—an intrepid enforcer who will hold Wall Street accountable? Or will she look out for the financial industry she used to represent?
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Analysis
Commerce Inspector General Faces Allegations of Misconduct
After several disturbing allegations of serious misconduct, Ranking Members of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and three of its subcommittees sent a letter to the GAO requesting an investigation into the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General.
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Analysis
5 Great Online Tools for Mining Public Records
Thanks to our open records laws, you can find a treasure trove of information on the web—everything from details about publically traded companies to where stimulus funds are going.
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Analysis
SIGIR Says “At Least” $8 Billion Lost in Iraq
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), which sunsets this month, said the government has no idea how billions of reconstruction dollars were spent over the past decade, and estimates that at least $8 billion has been lost to fraud, waste, and abuse.
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AnalysisMore on the F-35 Concurrency Horrors
Attached is more insight into the disgraceful state of affairs of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the largest program in DoD's history.
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AnalysisNew, Unclassified DOD Document Describes F-35A Performance in Training
On February 15, 2013 the Department of Defense's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) sent a memorandum and accompanying evaluation report to Congress and the DOD hierarchy describing the performance of the F-35A and its support infrastructure at Eglin Air F...
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AnalysisMaking Sense Out of DOD’s F-35 Test Report
When DOD's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation released its annual report to Congress on the performance of US weapons in operational (battlefield) testing, an object of some attention was the section on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.