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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
Groups Urge Administration Against Renewing Domestic Surveillance Program
POGO and other groups ask the President and Attorney General to not to renew the Section 215 Bulk Telephony Metadata Program when the current order expires on June 20, 2014.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners to Oppose USA FREEDOM Act If Not Amended
An early version of the USA FREEDOM Act contained a number of important reforms to surveillance programs. The current draft, however, fails to address a number of important transparency and accountability measures.
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Policy Letter
POGO Leads Bi-partisan Support for DOD Appropriations Amendments
The United States must curb wasteful and ineffective spending at the Pentagon. Doing so will save billions of valuable tax dollars as well as help to make America safer with the hard decisions our national security requires.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Amendment to End Warrantless Searches of Emails
POGO and partners support an amendment that Representatives Massie and Lofgren intend to offer on the Department of Defense Appropriations Act that would end the federal government's warrantless searches of emails and operations that insert electronic "back doors" in...
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Analysis
High-Speed Trading Cop Used to Represent Wall Street Giants
A senior regulatory official tasked with policing U.S. financial markets and high-speed trading used to represent firms with a major stake in the government’s oversight of those matters, according to an ethics disclosure form obtained by the Project On Government Oversight.
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Analysis
Senators Press Defense Secretary on KBR Litigation
Three senators are demanding answers from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel about a long-running legal battle between KBR and National Guardsmen who claim the company exposed them to toxic chemicals in Iraq.
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AnalysisTwo Relevant Pieces on the A-10 Controversy
In the last few days, David Axe’s “War Is Boring” website ran two useful and highly relevant pieces about the A-10 close air support aircraft, Capitol Hill defense-think, and the B-1B bomber—the latter touted by the Air Force as a suitable replacement for the former.
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Analysis
POGO Wins Journalism Prizes
The Project On Government Oversight won prizes Tuesday for business journalism and investigative reporting. The Dateline Awards were conferred by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Washington, D.C., chapter.
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Analysis
Government Demands Whistleblower Organization’s Encrypted Files
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) in-house watchdog has demanded that the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) turn over all information it has collected related to abuses and mismanagement at VA medical facilities, according to a subpoena delivered to POGO May 30.
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Analysis
United Technologies and the Pentagon: History Repeats
A new report by the Department of Defense Inspector General (DoD IG) paints a troubling picture of the Pentagon’s decades-long relationship with one of its top contractors, United Technologies. At best, it indicates some fine-tuning is needed in defense contract management and...
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Analysis
VA Inspector General Issues Subpoena for POGO Whistleblower Records: POGO Says No
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ in-house watchdog has demanded that the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) turn over all information it has collected related to abuses and mismanagement at VA medical facilities, according to a subpoena delivered to POGO May 30.
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Policy Letter
POGO’s Response to VA Inspector General’s Subpoena for Whistleblower Records
POGO received a subpoena for all records it has received related to the failures at the Department of Veterans Affairs. POGO will not comply with the VA's demand, arguing that it violates the Constitution and will harm the underlying mission of the organization.