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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
Obama Makes Commitments to Protect Whistleblowers?
POGO considers whether President Obama's commitments in this year's national action plan for openness will protect whistleblowers.
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Analysis
Big Victory for Military Whistleblowers and Victims of Sexual Assault
Congress has passed strengthened protections for military whistleblowers and victims of sexual assault against unfair retaliation which are headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
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Analysis
Three Strikes Against Waste Disposal in Afghanistan
For the third time this year, the Afghanistan reconstruction watchdog found wasteful, possibly life-threatening, waste incineration practices on U.S. bases in Afghanistan.
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Analysis
Effective Savings Requires Regulation Amendments
With the increased use of reverse auctions in federal acquisitions, specific regulations and guidelines are needed to maximize the effectiveness of reverse auctions.
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Policy Letter
POGO Implores Government to Strengthen Zero-Tolerance Policy Against Human Trafficking in Federal Contracts
POGO wants federal contracting policy office to strengthen proposed rule to truly uphold a zero-tolerance policy against human trafficking in the contractor labor supply chain.
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Analysis
U.S. Submits Transparency Plan for International Approval
The U.S. candidacy application to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has been submitted, which means the public is one step closer to understanding how the extractive industries impact their communities, the environment, and the economy.
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Analysis
EPA Inspector General Uncovers Employee’s Million-Dollar Fraud
The EPA Inspector General found one employee defrauded the government out of almost $1 million over 12 years, and identified the agency problems that allowed in to happen.
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Analysis
Office of Special Counsel Releases Report Confirming Misconduct by Then-Agency Head Scott Bloch
Nearly a decade after the infamous tenure of then-Special Counsel Scott Bloch, we finally have a public record validating the concerns the Project On Government Oversight and others had been raising since 2005.
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Policy Letter
Over 50 Groups Oppose Bill to Legalize and Extend NSA Surveillance
POGO joins 53 other groups in opposing the FISA Improvement Act, a bill that would legalize and extend NSA mass surveillance, including domestic surveillance programs revealed by Edward Snowden's disclosures.
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AnalysisAssessing One of the Primary Rationales to Retire the A-10
Winslow Wheeler starts to respond to the Air Force's rationale for retiring its fleet of A-10 close air support aircraft, thereby removing the most effective and least costly weapon for performing an essential mission.
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Analysis
‘Hedge Hogs’ Gives Inside Look at Wall Street’s Outrageous Behavior
In Hedge Hogs: The Cowboy Traders Behind Wall Street’s Largest Hedge Fund Disaster, Barbara Dreyfuss uses her investigative and analytic skills to give readers an insider look at the high-stakes, high-ego culture of Wall Street.
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Analysis
DoD’s Workforce Cost Formula Stirs Debate
The Defense Department’s methodology for comparing workforce costs has created a stir. Advocates for government workers and advocates for the contractors are fighting about necessary improvements, but facts and data should prevail, not myths.