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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
POGO Supports Legal Justice for Servicemembers Act
Broad coalition of whistleblower protection organizations join their voices together to support the Legal Justice for Servicemembers Act, which will further the effort to create credible whistleblower protection rights for members of the Armed Forces.
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Analysis
POGO Board Member, Champion for Underdogs, Whistleblowers Passes Away
Charles “Chuck” Hamel, our beloved POGO Board member since 1994, passed away April 9. He was 84.
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Analysis
Thornberry Buying Industry Commercial-Item Policies
POGO has received lobbying documents that show that proposed changes to commercial items definitions and procurement processes come at the behest of industry. And if history is any guide, the Defense Department and taxpayers will have to eat the costs of the new “efficiencies.”
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Analysis
Cost Estimate on Useless Nuclear Facility Skyrockets
A partially built nuclear facility that has no potential customers gets an updated cost estimate of $52 billion for finishing construction and operating the plant.
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Analysis
Slaughterhouse Jive: $1.5M Wasted on Afghan Abattoir
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction found that an abandoned and unfinished slaughterhouse in eastern Afghanistan could cost taxpayers upwards of $5.8 million.
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Analysis
Accountability Nowhere to be Found on Missile Defense
Authorizers should ask tough questions in the wake of ongoing Missile Defense failures.
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Analysis
Petraeus Sentence Adds Insult to Injury for Whistleblowers
The final turn in Petraeus’s case—his sentence—would be laughable if it wasn’t so insulting to the national security whistleblowers who face decades in prison for leaking classified information in order to stop our government from acting illegally or unconstitutionally, in a w...
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AnalysisSuspension and Debarment by the Numbers
A new report shows that the federal government is increasingly relying on suspension and debarment to prevent risky companies and individuals from receiving contracts, grants, and other taxpayer funds.
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Public Comment
POGO Comments on Proposed Reforms To Pentagon Acquisitions
Reforms proposed by the House Armed Services Committee likely exacerbate the Pentagon's systemic waste and mismanagement problems.
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Policy Letter
Open NDAA Campaign Back in Full Swing with Letter to SASC
This year's Senate Armed Services Committee announced a meeting to discuss, among other things, whether they will open the debate and markup of this year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation that authorized over half a trillion dollars in spending last year.
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Policy Letter
POGO Adds its Voice to Calls for Secret Law Oversight
Sixty organizations, businesses, and whistleblowers joined together to call for an end to mass surveillance, increase oversight, provide whistleblower protections, and haul secret law into the sunshine.
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AnalysisGAO Confirms Increased F-35 Production Is a Terrible Idea
The significant problems in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program call into question whether it is ready for increased production in Fiscal Year 2016. But a new report and testimony from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) signals what might be the program's acute point...