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AnalysisWhatever You Do, Don’t Read This Book
I recently finish reading my friend and colleague Mike Lofgren's book, "The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy.."
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Analysis
Pentagon Contractor CEO Compensation is Second to None
A POGO analysis of executive compensation at the top five Pentagon contractors found that the average compensation package of a CEO at one of these firms was approximately $21.5 million last year, hundreds of times what the average U.S. worker, soldier or defense industry empl...
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Analysis
Off Course: Did Navy Underplay Steering Problem Before Awarding Ship Contract?
In late 2010, the future of one of the U.S. Navy’s prized new weapons systems hung in the balance. Instead of choosing between competing versions of a warship designed to operate in shallow coastal waters, the Navy wanted Congress’s blessing to buy both of them – one by Lock...
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Analysis
Sequester: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Correctly anticipating in May all the noise and hysteria about the "sequester" of $55 billion out of the $620+ billion Pentagon budget for 2013, Government Executive magazine asked me to write about it all for their August issue.
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Analysis
New SIGAR Chief Promises Bold Measures to Fight Afghanistan Corruption
For nearly four years, POGO has been closely following the operations of Afghanistan’s reconstruction watchdog, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
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Analysis
Healthcare Bill for Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Victims Signed Into Law
For thousands of former Marines and their families, Monday marked a milestone in an ongoing fight for truth and justice. In an Oval Office ceremony, President Obama signed into law the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act (H.R. 1627), which will...
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Analysis
Air Force Still Not Opening Up About F-22 Safety Problems
After years of looking into the F-22’s pilot disorientation problems—alleged to be just “oxygen” problems—the Air Force has announced that it has everything under control. According to some defense experts, however, the Air Force still has a long way to go in proving its inves...
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Analysis
More Gaffs in the Lockheed et al. Jobs Scare
While Buck McKeon and Lindsey Graham continue to join with Lockheed-Martin in their jobs scare campaign, Ben Freeman at POGO did some fascinating research.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Allies Tell Congress to Keep the Report on Security Clearances
A letter to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees urging them to preserve the existing statutory requirement for the Intelligence Community to prepare an annual report to Congress regarding security clearances.
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Analysis
Defense Contractor Time Machine: Less Spending, More Jobs, Analysis Reveals
For nearly a year, defense contractors have been arguing that potential cuts in Pentagon spending could have a devastating effect on jobs.
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Analysis
House Votes to Stop Future Funding of Rosoboronexport
The House of Representatives voted to cut off future government deals with a Russian government-owned arms contractor that has provided more than $1 billion in arms to the Syrian government. The contractor, Rosoboronexport, has supplied weapons to a brutal Syrian regime led by...
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Analysis
Mission Impossible? Not for 82-year-old Anti-Nuclear Weapons Activist
When a nuclear weapons facility can't stop infiltration by an octogenarian nun, it's time to reassess its security standards. The 82-year-old nun, accompanied by two other anti-nuclear activists, broke into Tennessee's Y-12 National Security Complex early Saturday morning.