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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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Analysis
A Good American Asks for Transparency
Whistleblowers join forces with Austrian director in documentary to increase efforts to declassify Department of Defense Inspector General’s Report.
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Analysis
Why is DOE Still Funding Fights against Whistleblowers?
Senator Ed Markey wrote to the Secretary of Energy seeking answers about the Department's practice of reimbursing legal costs incurred by contractors in cases where they committed illegal conduct such as discrimination or whistleblower retaliation.
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Analysis
Senator Questions Pentagon Watchdog’s Independence
Following pressure from the Senate Whistleblower Caucus and the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Navy rejected the promotion of Rear Admiral Brian Losey, who the Department of Defense Inspector General found to have illegally retaliated against whistleblowers. But now Sena...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Taxpayer Groups Ask Congress to Cut MOX Funding
Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight, Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and Brandon Arnold, National Taxpayers Union, urge Congress not to continue funding the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX).
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AnalysisImproprieties Found in Navy Port Service Contracts
An audit conducted in response to a massive Navy contract bribery scandal found significant weaknesses in the Navy’s management of port service contractors, as well as several improper—and potentially fraudulent—practices by the Navy and its contractors.
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AnalysisSecrecy Provisions Hidden in Military Construction Bill
The section of the Military Construction Bill that mandates public disclosure of reports to Congress may actually give agencies more excuses to withhold them.
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Analysis
B-21 Comes with a Stealth Final Price Tag
Despite requests by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, the Air Force isn't releasing the final contract value for the B-21, the new Long Range Strike Bomber, arguing that estimates are good enough.
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Policy Letter
DoD Tries to Amend FOIA Through NDAA Again
Bipartisan organizations oppose DoD proposal to amend FOIA through the NDAA, after failing to do so last year.
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AnalysisPersistent Deficiencies in Compensation for Nuclear Workers
A recent GAO report highlights progress, but also problems, in the implementation of a program that compensates workers who became sick as a result of producing and testing nuclear weapons.
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AnalysisWill the Pentagon Ever Be Able to Be Audited?
The Department of Defense remains the only federal agency that can’t get a clean audit opinion on its Statement of Budgetary Resources
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Analysis
FDA to Tighten Standards for Blood-Test Devices
Tackling a problem POGO spotlighted, the FDA plans to tighten standards for error-prone blood-testing devices linked to deaths and injuries in patients taking the blood thinner warfarin.
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Analysis
Some Issues POGO Highlighted with OSC Fixed in House Bill
Issues POGO raised in a 2008 report about the Office of Special Counsel were addressed in a recent House Bill.