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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
Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back as FBI Launches “eFOIA”
The FBI has created a new online portal for FOIA requests. Unfortunately, the potential benefits of the system are overshadowed by arbitrary and unnecessary restrictions to submitting the FOIA requests.
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AnalysisF-35 Officials Prove Need for Cyber Testing by Cancelling One
The F-35 Program Office accidentally proves the need for realistic cyber-testing when it cancels just such a test.
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AnalysisDoD Task Force Blew $150 Million on Posh Digs
The Pentagon task force responsible for the $43 million gas station in Afghanistan now stands accused of wasting millions on lavish private housing.
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Analysis
Marines Mishandle Information-Mishandling Case
Another example of the double standard within the armed services for infractions regarding classified information.
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AnalysisDrug Problems: European Regulator Investigating Trial Led by FDA Nominee
European regulator EMA is investigating a clinical trial of the blood thinner Xarelto, which Robert Califf, President Obama’s nominee for FDA commissioner, helped lead.
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Analysis
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: There are Still No Good Options for Intelligence Community Whistleblowers
Serious and systemic problems continue to exist in the intelligence community's accountability system. Current laws and policies are nowhere near sufficient, as shown by a recent report by the PEN America Center.
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Analysis
Senate Probing Possible Reprisal Against DoD Task Force Whistleblower
The Pentagon task force responsible for the $43 million gas station in Afghanistan is in the news again, this time over claims by its former chief that he is the victim of whistleblower retaliation.
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Analysis
Drug Problems: Duke Reassessing Data From Trial Led By FDA Nominee
The Duke Clinical Research Institute is reassessing data from a clinical trial of Xarelto that FDA nominee Robert Califf helped lead.
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AnalysisThe JLENS: A Soaring Beacon for Military Reform
The military balloon floating freely over rural Pennsylvania drew a great deal of attention to a flawed weapons program. A closer look demonstrates that problems with the JLENS program are systemic and hardly unique.
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Testimony
POGO’s Liz Hempowicz Testifies on Whistleblower Protections before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
None of us would be aware of the extent of the problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs if not for whistleblowers.
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AnalysisCongress Thinks Cutting Paintings and Public Affairs is “Painful”
Last week, on the same day we learned that the Department of Defense spent $43 million for a gas station that should have cost only $500,000, Congress congratulated itself on signing a budget deal to increase Pentagon spending.
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AnalysisKey Trends in POGO’s Revamped Contractor Misconduct Database
Energy companies, drug manufacturers, and military hardware suppliers dominate the list of wrongdoers profiled in POGO's upgraded Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.