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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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Policy Letter
Civil Society to the White House: Don’t Mischaracterize Whistleblower Protections
Members of civil society organizations pen a reply to the “official White House response" to a petition through the We the People platform calling on them to pardon Edward Snowden.
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Analysis
FOIA Fee Waivers Protected
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously protected the Freedom of Information Act’s (FOIA) public interest fee waiver and news media fee classification.
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AnalysisDraining Us Dry: How Diverting a New Mexico River Will Hurt Taxpayers
The Project on Government Oversight is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. POGO’s mandate led us to investigate a federally-funded project in New Mexico, where the numbers just don’t add up.
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AnalysisPentagon Testing Office Calls Foul on F-35B “Operational Test”
A recent memo reveals that a number of maintenance and reliability problems with the F-35 “are likely to present significant near-term challenges for the Marine Corps.”
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Policy Letter
Employees of the VA Deseve Robust Whistleblower Protections
More than 35 organizations and whistleblowers joined on to a letter asking Senate leadership to support VA whistleblower protection legislation.
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Analysis
Massive Worker Strike at Pantex Should Ring Alarms in DC
A worker strike at Pantex is threatening the safety and security of America's nuclear weapons, and raising questions about the Department of Energy's priorities.
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Analysis
Y-12 Drops the Ball on Security Upgrades
Despite a high-profile break-in and $50 million in new equipment, security systems at Y-12 are still "'so poor that both current project management and a consulting team of subject matter experts determined the need for extensive reengineering.'"
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Analysis
Obama Orders Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave
On Labor Day, President Obama signed an Executive Order requiring contractors to provide employees paid sick leave. It was the latest in a series of executive actions designed to improve contractors’ labor practices.
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Analysis
The Hillary Email Double Standard
The Hillary Clinton email scandal illustrates the disparity in the treatment of high-level officials to that of whistleblowers.
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Analysis
DoD Buying From Everywhere but America
Two recent audits revealed that the military is still buying foreign-made goods, despite procurement laws against the practice.
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Analysis
EPA Coming Clean, but Gold King a Gold Mine for Contractors
Newly released records show the EPA reacting to an undefined emergency in the same region as the Gold King Mine leak — a day before the spill occurred.
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Analysis
Can Bechtel Get the Job Done at the Hanford Site?
A report leaked to watchdog Hanford Challenge suggests that after 25 years and $19 billion, DOE and Bechtel National Inc may not be any closer to processing radioactive waste at the Hanford Site.