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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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Analysis
Amid Pentagon Spending Frenzy, House Passes a Few Sensible Amendments to NDAA
Today, the House of Representatives set aside partisan politics and adopted 10 sensible amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015 that will enhance the national security of the United States.
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Analysis
Energy Secretary Announces Commission to Study National Labs
The Secretary of Energy has announced nine scientific experts who will spend the next year reviewing the effectiveness of Department of Energy laboratories.
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AnalysisThe Pentagon Is Playing Games With Its $570-Billion Budget
The debate, such as it has been, on funding the nuclear refueling and overhaul ("RCOH") for the USS George Washington seems to have avoided the more important issues we need to face regarding aircraft carriers and the Navy, and the debate on the A-10, which has been ...
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Analysis
FOUO? Phooey!
The Pentagon's Inspector General is using the "for official use only" information label to bury findings of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement in defense programs.
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Analysis
DoD IG Narrowing Whistleblower Protections
The DoD IG must reconsider its ruling that restricts who can receive a protected disclosure from contractor employees. The IG is ignoring the law and making it more difficult for whistleblowers to expose waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Policy Letter
POGO Leads Bi-partisan Support for NDAA Amendments
The undersigned organizations may not agree on many things, but we all agree on this: 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 decision...
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges Department of Defense IG to Broaden Its Interpretation of Contractor Whistleblower Protection Law
POGO requests that the DoD IG reconsider its narrow ruling restricting who can receive a protected disclosure from contractor employees. Despite congressional efforts to broaden the law prohibiting whistleblower reprisals, the IG is ignoring the law and making it more difficul...
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Analysis
DynCorp, Northrop Overcharge for Anti-Terrorism Program
POGO obtained a Pentagon Inspector General report not released to the public that found Northrop Grumman and DynCorp International overcharged the government more than $91 million on a counter-terrorism contract, including $3 million for labor hours that exceeded 24 hours in a...
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Policy Letter
POGO Calls on Senate to Keep Pentagon Testing Office Strong in NDAA
On May 7, the House Armed Services Committee released its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015.
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Analysis
POGO, IAVA Urge VA Whistleblowers to Report Problems at VAOversight.org
To help hold the VA accountable and find solutions to the systemic problems, the Project On Government Oversight has partnered with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) to launch VAOversight.org.
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Analysis
DoD Finalizes Counterfeit Part Rule at Last…Only to Backtrack
After getting bogged down by contractors' complaints, the DoD finally put an anti-counterfeit electronic parts rule into effect on May 6. Within three days, however, yet another public meeting was announced, giving contractors the opportunity to slow things down again.
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Policy Letter
Groups Urge Congress to Restore Transparency Requirements to USA FREEDOM Act
POGO and other transparency advocates call for Congress to restore the original USA FREEDOM Act’s transparency requirements, which were omitted from the current draft.