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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on Misuse of Federal Funds to Promote a Political Agenda
This hearing concerns the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) use of appropriated taxpayer funds to lobby for President Bush’s proposals to reform Social Security. POGO concludes that, even strictly interpreting the laws, some of the SSA’s current actions violate the anti-l...
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Testimony
Testimony of Danielle Brian, POGO’s Executive Director, before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee
POGO has investigated and authored reports proposing solutions for problems in government contracting for over twenty years. Halliburton's irresponsible behavior presents the clearest case for suspension or debarment by the federal government that POGO has seen in years.
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security and Emerging Threats on Nuclear Security: Can DOE Meet Facility Security Requirements?
As we prepared this testimony, it was striking to hear Members of the 9/11 Commission last week come to the conclusion that no policymakers were aware that terrorists might hijack commercial aircraft and fly them into buildings. In fact, however, Project On Government Oversigh...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
In October, 2001, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) issued our report, "U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Security at Risk." In that report we presented extensive evidence and raised an overall alarm that the Department of Energy (DOE) was not taking security of...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian, Executive Director on Nuclear Security: Can DOE Meet Facility Security Requirements Before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations
Since then, however, POGO has become more guardedly optimistic. We had the opportunity to meet with Secretary Spencer Abraham, Deputy Secretary Kyle McSlarrow and Security and Safety Performance Assurance Office Director Glenn Podonsky in January 2004. We began, in that meetin...
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Testimony
Speech by POGO’s Executive Director Danielle Brian to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 2004 Regulatory Information Conference
Thank you for inviting me to speak again this year. I'm coming to you fresh from a pretty frustrating few months trying to communicate security concerns to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Perhaps by incorporating them into this speech, I can get a response without hav...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian on “Contractor Debarment and Suspension: A Broken System,” before the George Washington Law School
The Government's system for debarring and/or suspending contractors is broken. It has been broken for a long time. However, continuing consolidation of the defense industry has only begun to illustrate clearly just how broken the system is.
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Eric Miller on Proposed KC-767A Tanker Lease
For more than a year, POGO has conducted an ongoing in-depth study into the tanker lease proposal. In May 2002, we issued a critical report on the tanker lease idea, "Fill 'Er Up: Back-Door Deal for Boeing Will Leave the Taxpayer on Empty." Only last week, we sent a ...
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Testimony
Testimony of Danielle Brian, POGO’s Executive Director on Inadequate Security at the Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Complex before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations
In early 2001, POGO began its investigation into nuclear security at the Department Of Energy (DOE) after more than a dozen high-level departmental security experts came forward with concerns regarding inadequate security at the DOE's nuclear weapons facilities. Just prior to ...
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Testimony
Testimony of Ronald E. Timm, Certified Protection Professional, President, RETA Security, Inc. to the 108th Congress, House of Representatives
For the past 20 years I have been continuously participating in security programs for all of the Class A facilities and transportation of Category I quantities of special nuclear materials in the Department of Energy. I am currently doing more limited work in security at the D...
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Testimony
Testimony of Peter D.H. Stockton POGO’s Senior Investigator before the House Democratic Task Force on Homeland Security on Inadequate Security at Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Weapons Facilities
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has spent over two years investigating the adequacy of security at U.S. nuclear weapons facilities, as well as the security at U.S. nuclear power plants. POGO takes no position on nuclear power. The Task Force has asked me to address ...
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Testimony
Speech by POGO’s Danielle Brian, before the Regulatory Information Conference of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is an investigative organization that works with inside sources to improve public policy. Founded in 1981, POGO is a politically-independent, non-profit watchdog that strives to promote a government that is accountable to the citizenr...