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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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CommentarySupreme Court Will Decide if a President Has Total Immunity
We break down the possibilities; the stakes are ridiculously high.
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Analysis“Schedule F” Plan to Gut Civil Service Puts Seniors at Risk
Mass firings and purging the federal civil service would threaten the health and lives of older adults.
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Policy LetterPOGO Appropriations Requests for Homeland Security
POGO offers proposals for increased accountability and transparency at DHS.
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Policy LetterPOGO Appropriations Requests for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
POGO offers proposals to strengthen government accountability and oversight for the Department of Justice and U.S. Census Bureau.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: POGO Supports Modernizing Subaward Reporting System
A bipartisan subaward reporting bill by Representative Nick Langworthy will improve federal spending tracking and accountability.
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Public CommentPublic Comment: Face Recognition Technology and Civil Rights
POGO comment to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on face recognition technology used by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security.
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Policy LetterRecommendations for DOJ to Improve Death in Custody Reporting
A decade into DCRA, the Justice Department can take concrete steps to make sure the program works as intended: to help save lives.
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AnalysisF-35: The Part-Time Fighter Jet
The F-35 fleet can only perform the full range of its combat roles 30% of the time. This unreliability renders the entire program ineffective.
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Public CommentPublic Comment: Law Enforcement Biometric Technology Use
POGO comment to Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice regarding federal law enforcement use of biometric data collection technology
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Policy LetterPOGO and NTU Call on Congress to Improve Spending Transparency
We urge Speaker Johnson to improve transparency in federal spending.
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AnalysisNorthrop Grumman Uses B-21 Program to Push Unproven Inflation Bailout
Northrop Grumman is peddling tired talking points for an inflation bailout that it hasn’t justified, and that the Pentagon has already rejected.
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Public CommentPublic Comment: Protecting Civil Servants
OPM Proposed Rule Would Protect the Public by Strengthening a Merit-Based Civil Service