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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
Government Ending Contractor ID Monopoly
To track the recipients of taxpayer dollars, the government has been paying millions each year to rent a system from the private sector. But that monopoly may soon be ending.
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Analysis
Nuke Year Resolutions
This year POGO has a resolution for the Department of Energy: stop wasting money on flawed nuclear construction projects at the Hanford Site and the Savannah River Site.
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Public Comment
POGO’s Public Comment to GSA on Corporate Identifiers
POGO supports the government moving away from using proprietary company IDs and establishing a system that will better track who is getting federal contract awards and assistance spending.
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Analysis
Millions of Dollars Wasted in Afghan Extractives Program
The Pentagon Task Force that spent $43 million on a gas station and $150 million on luxury villas might have wasted up to $54 million on efforts to revive Afghanistan's oil, gas, and minerals industries.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Pushes Back to Get Answers on Surveillance
Thirty civil society organizations push back on lack of clear answers about surveillance activities from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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Analysis
Once Upon a Time in Los Alamos
In a new book, Los Alamos: A Whistleblower’s Diary: Secret Colony, Hidden Truths, Chuck Montano, a former auditor at Los Alamos National Lab (LANL), raises a number of questions about an alleged suicide near the premises.
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Analysis
House Starts 2016 with FOIA Reform; Eyes on the Senate Now
The House of Representatives passed the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act, the bipartisan answer to problems that have plagued those who use the Freedom of Information Act for years. It is now up to the Senate to pass this important legislation and get it to the President’...
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Analysis$1.1 Trillion Omnibus Bill: The Good and the Bad
The latest spending bill passed into law is a mixed bag of victories and defeats for advocates of military reform.
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AnalysisPentagon’s “Force of the Future” Report a Near Miss
A leaked document obtained by the Project On Government Oversight reveals just how much was left out of Secretary Carter's recent reforms to the military's personnel system. POGO breaks down the changes so far.
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Analysis
9/11 Responders Get Permanent Health Care Benefits
Congress deserves credit for finally passing permanent health care benefits for 9/11 responders as 2015 was winding down.
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Policy Letter
22 Organizations Ask the IC IG to Investigate Insider Threat Program
POGO is joined by 21 organizations in sending a letter to the Intelligence Community Inspector General, Charles McCullough. The letter asks Inspector General McCullough to investigate the Insider Threat Program to determine whether it has been improperly used to target or iden...
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Analysis
Senator Who Fought Wasteful Super Collider Passes Away
Dale Bumpers, former Senator and Governor from Arkansas, passed away on January 1 at the age of 90. While in the Senate he led the fight with POGO to cancel the Superconducting Super Collider program, and worked to reform hard rock mining laws.