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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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AnalysisWould You Buy a Car Without Knowing the Sticker Price?
The Air Force has promised to deliver an effective and affordable bomber. But price estimates released by the Air Force for the program have ranged from $33.1 billion to $58.4 billion—an increase of $25 billion, or 76 percent. Publicly releasing the actual contact price is key...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Right-Left Coalition Urging Defense Authorization Conferees to Reject Wasteful Pentagon Spending
POGO joined a bipartisan coalition to urge conferees to the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act to reject the use of budget gimmicks to increase Department of Defense spending, particularly calling on conferees to restrict the use of funds in the overseas contingency op...
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AnalysisFat Leonard and the Need for Whistleblower Protection
The Navy continues to deal with fallout from the Fat Leonard scandal. This saga serves as a perfect case study to highlight the need for greater military whistleblower protections.
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Analysis
Indicted GSA Official is a Blast from POGO’s Past
Bells went off when we saw that former GSA official Helen “Renee” Ballard was indicted for a fraud and nepotism scheme involving large federal contractor CACI. Flashback to 2006…
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Analysis
Oil, Gas, and Coal Law is Long Overdue Victory for Taxpayers
For the first time in decades, the federal government has majorly overhauled the way it determines how much money taxpayers receive from oil, gas, and coal extracted from federal lands.
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AnalysisFederal Suspensions and Debarments Drop in FY 2015
The government’s use of suspension and debarment to keep federal funds out of the hands of risky recipients declined for the first time in many years. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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Analysis
DoD Expands Troubling Insider Threat Program to Contractors
DoD now requires contractors to implement Insider Threat Programs aimed at stopping unauthorized disclosures of classified information, but several organizations are concerned that these programs will also be used to silence whistleblowers exposing government wrongdoing.
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Policy Letter
Broad Coalition Denounces FOIA Carve Outs In the NDAA
Like last year, DoD asked the Armed Services Committees to include carve outs to FOIA law for records that go beyond national security information and instead cover innocuous but potentially embarrassing documents.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society to House: Pass Widely Supported FOIA Bill
POGO and 27 good government, transparency, and civil liberties organizations wrote to express strong support for the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 and asked that the House of Representatives vote on and pass this bill as soon as possible. The bill is scheduled to be considered ...
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Analysis
Senators Vote to Keep Bomber Price Secret
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to prevent the American people from knowing how much is being spent to build the B-21.
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Analysis
NDAA Markups Continue Under a Veil of Secrecy
The Senate Armed Service Committee continues to stymie transparency by holding NDAA markups in closed sessions. The Project On Government Oversight believes the Committee ought to permit the democratic process to unfold and move discussion of unclassified policy amendments to ...