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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 Joins Coalition Opposing Surveillance of Activists, Lawyers, and Journalists
POGO joins a broad coalition of over 100 organizations expressing deep legal and constitutional concerns regarding reported government surveillance of activists, lawyers, and journalists.
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Policy Letter
Congress Must Ensure that All Officials Respect Court Orders
Following media reports that the President has asked immigration officials to disobey court rulings and violate the law, POGO urges Congress to ensure that federal employees are not asked to disobey court orders.
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Policy LetterLeft-Right Coalition: Vote “No” on Pentagon Increases In House Budget Caps Bill
The Project On Government Oversight joined a coalition of groups across the political spectrum urging the House to oppose increasing spending and abusing the war spending account to do so.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges Senate to Clarify Ethics Issue Before Voting on Barry Myers’ Nomination
POGO joined other good government organizations to urge the Senate to ask for documents on the sale of Barry Myers’ AccuWeather shares before voting on his nomination as Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
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Policy Letter
POGO Tells OIRA to Expand Transparency for Meetings with Outside Parties
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs gets to review major regulations across government and outside parties often seek to influence those reviews. POGO urges the office to be more transparent about communications with such parties.
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Policy Letter
Bipartisan Coalition Urges Congress to Increase Funding for the Legislative Branch
To fulfill its constitutional role, Congress needs to increase funding to meet its obligations to lead in federal policymaking, providing services for constituents, and conducting oversight that roots out waste, fraud, abuse, and malfeasance.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges Probe into Labor Strife Endangering Kenya Embassy
POGO asked the State Department Inspector General to investigate a long-running wage dispute involving the contractor guard force at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, that is putting diplomatic personnel lives at risk.
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Policy Letter
Broad Coalition Calls for PATRIOT Act Surveillance Reform
POGO & a coalition of 35+ civil society groups from across the political spectrum call on Congress to enact a series of strong reforms before it considers reauthorizing three controversial sections of the PATRIOT Act set to expire this December
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Policy Letter
Bipartisan Coalition: Pentagon Doesn’t Need a Budget Boost
The Project On Government Oversight joined groups across the political spectrum to strongly oppose an increase in the Pentagon’s budget, particularly the reported decision to abuse the war spending account.
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Policy Letter
POGO Praises Contractor-Whistleblower Protection Proposal
POGO supports a proposal to codify enhanced protections for federal contractor employee whistleblowers.
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Policy Letter
POGO Continues to Call For Transparency in Presidential Library Donations
POGO joins advocates in supporting a bipartisan bill that would increase transparency around funding for presidential libraries.
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Policy Letter36 Former GOP Lawmakers: Honor Your Oath and Protect the Constitution
Former GOP lawmakers urge current GOP Members of Congress and Senators to support a joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared by the President on February 15.