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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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Star Creeps: Petraeus & the Price of the Top-Heavy Pentagon
In addition to extramarital affairs and “flirtatious e-mails,” the General Petraeus sex scandal highlighted another of the Pentagon’s dirty little secrets – generals live like billionaires, and taxpayers are footing the bill.
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AnalysisStill More on Our Ethically Challenged Generals
Politico alerted me this morning to a piece in Huffington Post describing a new report on the revolving door (double-dealing) problem with what Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW) in Washington calculates to be 70 percent of America's retired generals.
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Wyden Pumps the Brakes on Anti-Leaks Legislation
POGO applauds Senator Ron Wyden for placing a hold on the Intelligence Authorization Act--problematic anti-leak provisions in the bill threaten the public's right to know and government accountability.
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Our Nuclear Insecurity Complex
The government has yet to address the lapses in bomb-grade uranium storage security that an 82-year-old nun and her accomplices revealed months ago.
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Fluor Whistleblower Draws “First Blood”
The Department of Justice joined a False Claims Act lawsuit accusing large contractor Fluor Corporation of illegal lobbying.
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Oil and Gas Industry Loses Latest Round in Battle with SEC
In an attempt to combat corruption in resource-rich developing countries, two years ago Congress ordered U.S. corporations to disclose payments they make to foreign governments for the extraction of oil, gas and minerals. This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission stood...
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Energy Dept. IG Finds Conflicts of Interest in Nuke Clean-Up
Government investigators have uncovered conflicts of interest among the contractors working on a multi-billion dollar effort to decontaminate and decommission two of the nation’s nuclear weapons sites.
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Government Sues Triple Canopy for Iraq Contract Fraud
The federal government joined a whistleblower lawsuit alleging private security contractor Triple Canopy used hundreds of foreign nationals without proper firearms training to guard a U.S. airbase in Iraq.
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Government Best Practices for Managing a Crisis
POGO and allies offer ten key recommendations to the Presidential candidates for improving federal crisis management policy.
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5 Steps to Curing Election Dysfunction
Gridlock and paralysis are the new norm in Congress, and this attitude is mirrored by the American public. But it doesn't have to be. Learn what we have to do to get America moving again.
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POGO’s Top Picks for Defense Budget Bill
The Project On Government Oversight sent a letter to Congress with our picks for the most important provisions that should be included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.
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Watchdog: Interest Rate Manipulation Puts Taxpayers at Risk
U.S. taxpayers "continue to be at risk" from government bailout programs' reliance on a global interest rate called LIBOR, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) said in a report.