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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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Testimony
Written Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian before the House Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Affairs
Today we are talking about waste, fraud, and abuse at the Department of Defense - the agency that can't account for one in four dollars it spends. I know defenders of DOD accounting procedures claim that this is an unfair criticism - that the missing $1.1 trillion is only a pa...
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Testimony
Comments on the “Draft Guidance for the National Hazardous Waste and Superfund Ombudsman and Regional Superfund Ombudsmen Program”
These comments are respectfully submitted by the Project On Government Oversight (POGO). POGO is a non-partisan non-profit organization that, since 1981, has worked to investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience to special interests by the ...
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Testimony
Written Testimony For the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing Regarding S. 1763, the Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 1999
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a non-partisan non-profit organization that, since 1981, has worked to investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience to special interests by the federal government. POGO's goal is to improve the w...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian, with EPA National Ombudsman Bob Martin and Senator Wayne Allard at a Hearing regarding the Shattuck Superfund Site and the EPA National Ombudsman Program
I am Danielle Brian, Executive Director of the Project On Government Oversight, or POGO, a Washington based, non-partisan non-profit organization that, since 1981, has worked to investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement and subservience to special interest...
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Testimony
Testimony of Danielle Brian, Executive Director of the Project on Government Oversight Regarding the Citigroup/Shattuck Superfund Site at the Public Hearing of the EPA National Ombudsman Robert Martin in Denver, Colorado
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a non-partisan non-profit organization that, since 1981, has worked to investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience to special interests by the federal government. POGO's goal is to improve the w...
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Testimony
Written Comments For The Public Record Regarding MMS’ Proposed Oil Royalty Rule
The oil industry has behaved during this nearly four-year process as though MMS must draft a rulemaking that the industry likes. I believe strongly that this prolonged rulemaking process is policy-making at its worst, where political power can buy more time to influence regula...
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Testimony
POGO’s Statement to The Cost Accounting Standards Board
As you may know, POGO testified this past June before the CAS Board Review Panel - a group that is trading on the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) good name, but which appears to be dominated by outside pro-defense industry personnel. Our testimony before that body, which i...
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Testimony
Danielle Brian’s Comments to the Supplementary Proposed Rule on Oil Royalty Valuation
I want to begin by protesting again the way this meeting was made necessary by Big Oil's ability to gain access through their campaign contributions. I am embarrassed that the interns who have come in to Washington this summer to see how their government works will see through...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian to the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board Review Panel
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the CAS Board Review Panel. POGO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has, for over 17 years, investigated, exposed and worked to remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience to special interests, by the federa...
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Testimony
Written Statement of POGO’s Danielle Brian, before the Senate Energy Committee Hearings on the Department of Interior’s Proposed Rule on Oil Valuation
The current discussion over the Department of Interior's rulemaking is clearly very important for all those directly affected. The oil companies have linked arms in opposition to the proposed Rule because it would require the majors to pay more in royalties than they have been...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian Regarding H.R. 2347 and the Pell Grant Program Before The Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
The federal aid program known as the Pell Grant Program, administered by the Department of Education, makes higher education possible for thousands of students every year. Unfortunately, abuse of the Pell Grant Program has succeeded in funneling a large portion of these funds ...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian before the Department of Interior Minerals Management Service’s Public Hearing Regarding the Proposed Oil Valuation Rule
I am Danielle Brian, Executive Director of the Project On Government Oversight. We are a non-profit, non-partisan government watchdog group which, for the past four years, has been investigating, exposing and remedying the oil industry's underpayment of royalties to the federa...