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Analysis
CMRR-NF Cancelled, but Questions Linger
The Department of Energy cancelled plans to construct the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement – Nuclear Facility (CMRR-NF). DOE plans to update existing facilities and to construct modular facilities, but questions still linger.
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AnalysisPentagon Still Plans to Blow Through Its Allowance
An independent budget watchdog has analyzed the Pentagon's budget plans, and found that it is underestimating its long-term costs.
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Analysis
Audit Faults State Dept’s Kabul Embassy Security Management
An audit by the State Department’s Inspector General found lapses in the Department’s oversight of a contract with Aegis Defense Services for protection of the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Analysis
Nuclear Contractor Used Taxpayer Dollars to Lobby for Taxpayer Dollars
The Department of Energy Inspector General has confirmed allegations that the contractor managing Sandia National Laboratory illegally used taxpayer dollars to lobby Department officials and Members of Congress for a contract extension.
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AnalysisThe Fight Over the A-10 May Just Be Beginning
Despite strong provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, as passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate Armed Services Committee, Bloomberg is reporting this morning that the Chairmen and Ranking Minority Members of the House and Senate Armed Service...
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Policy Letter
POGO Leads Effort in Support of A-10 to NDAA Conference Leaders
As the House and Senate make their way to enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, we want to express our concern about equipping American military forces, now and in the future, to win decisively on the battlefield, to save America lives and t...
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Analysis
SEAL Team 6 Veterans Face Flak While Former SecDef Skates
SEAL Team 6 veterans Matt Bissonnette and the SEAL known as the “Shooter” are facing a backlash from the military over going public with their accounts about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is reportedly receiving lighter treatme...
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Analysis
Maersk Settles Alleged Contract Fraud for $8.7M
Danish shipping giant Maersk pays $8.7 million to settle claim of defrauding the U.S. government on a contract to supply the military in Afghanistan.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges the Senate to Markup S. 1809
POGO urges the Senate to restore the Merit Systems Protections Board's jurisdiction to review sensitive job determinations to make sure these employees are given the protections they deserve.
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Analysis
Acquisition Reform Seems More Like Industry Wish List
Acquisition reform is a hot buzz phrase, but the latest proposal by the New Democrat Coalition reads like a contracting lobbyist's talking points. Contracting improvements are needed, but the government shouldn't invite contractors to run the store and gut accountability measu...
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AnalysisThe Air Force Decides to Pick a Fight between the F-35 and the A-10
F-35 program manager, Lt. General Christopher Bogdan, is asserting the F-35 may not meet its December 2016 IOC date unless Congress relents on its insistence that the A-10 remain in the Air Force inventory for 2015.
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Analysis
Contractor Hired to Manage Construction of UPF
The contractor currently managing the Y-12 National Security Complex just awarded a subcontract to it's parent company, Bechtel National, for the final design and construction work on the Uranium Processing Facility.