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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 a Strong USA Freedom Act
POGO joins a coalition of groups in calling for the end of bulk data collection. The letter urges House leadership to oppose efforts to weaken the USA Freedom Act and suggests technical corrections to the bill.
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Policy Letter
Groups Call on Holder to Follow Court Order Regarding Openness about Targeted Killing Program
POGO joined more than twenty organizations in urging Attorney General Holder to decline to appeal a recent federal court ruling that would provide the public with critical information about the legal analysis underpinning the targeted killing program.
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Analysis
Defense Contract Competition Rate Stands Pat
After several years of steady decline, a new report finds that the rate of competition in defense contracting stayed the same in the last year. This might be a sign that acquisition reform at the Pentagon is succeeding.
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AnalysisBuck McKeon’s A-10 Sell-Out
Supporters of the A-10 "Warthog" close air support aircraft in Washington and US combat Soldiers and Marines who have seen, and are seeing, combat in Afghanistan were stunned Monday to read about a decision of the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Congr...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Urge House Judiciary to Allow Inclusion of Military Whistleblower Protections in NDAA
Good government groups urge House Judiciary Committee leadership to issue a waiver to allow inclusion of the Military Whistleblower Protection Act Amendment in the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2015.
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Analysis
Navy Should Shrink Its Carrier Fleet
As Congress and the Pentagon work toward achieving the deficit reduction targets set out in law by the Budget Control Act, they should forgo the refueling of the USS George Washington and allow the carrier fleet to shrink permanently to ten vessels.
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Analysis
Senate Subcommittee Slams Former Acting Homeland Security IG
A Senate Subcommittee recently released a report on their investigation into allegations of misconduct against Charles Edwards, the former Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security. The report illustrates the importance of IG independence.
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Analysis
Snowden, Poitras Awarded Truth-Telling Prize for Exposing Illegal NSA Surveillance
Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who exposed, arguably, the biggest government overreach into Americans’ privacy in the nation’s history, and Laura Poitras, the journalist who helped bring the story to the public, were honored Wednesday with the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-...
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Analysis
DoD Commits to American-Made Shoes
The Department of Defense will enforce the Buy American Act and Berry Amendment by ensuring recruits only buy 100% American-made shoes with government money.
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Analysis
“Flagrant 5” Firm Among Top USAID Afghan Relief Recipients
A top recipient of USAID Afghanistan reconstruction funding is the Louis Berger Group, one of the infamous "Flagrant Five" Wartime Contracting Commissioner Charles Tiefer called out for poor performance and questionable ethics.
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Analysis
Court Orders Release of DOJ Drone-Strike Justifications
The Court of Appeals ordered the release of a memo justifying the drone strike that killed Anwar Al-Awlaki.
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Analysis
How the Clinton Team Thwarted Effort to Regulate Derivatives
In April 1998, a decade before a historic crisis wreaked havoc on global financial markets, an obscure regulator saw a potential gap in the government’s oversight of Wall Street and tried to do something about it.