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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Oppose the House Cybersecurity Bill
The undersigned organizations dedicated to government openness and accountability are writing to urge you to oppose HR 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, because it constitutes a wholesale attack on public access to information under the Freedom o...
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Analysis
V-22 Morocco Crash Latest in Program Expert Says Should Have Been Stopped
A V-22 Osprey crashed during a training exercise in Morocco yesterday, killing two U.S. Marines and severely injuring two others. The cause of this particular accident is unknown, but some crashes in the past have involved a dangerous flying condition of which the V-22 is pron...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Urge DOJ to Support the FOIA Portal
On behalf of the undersigned organizations concerned with government openness and accountability, we are writing to urge you to take concrete steps to support the FOIA Portal under development by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with assistance from the Department of...
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Analysis
GAO Finds Pentagon Still Can’t Keep Track of Its Contractors
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released the second of three annual reviews of Department of Defense (DoD) service contract inventories. As you know, POGO has repeatedly called for the government to improve the quality of these annual inventories, which are cruc...
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Analysis
Senate Subcommittee Considers True Cost of Service Contractors
The government must create a model to comprehensively compare service costs between the private, public, and contracting sectors in order to effectively spend taxpayers’ money.
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Testimony
POGO’s Scott Amey testimony on “Contractors: How Much Are They Costing the Government?”
I want to thank Chairman McCaskill, Ranking Member Portman, and the Subcommittee for asking the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) to submit written testimony about the important, but often ignored, issue of service contracting costs. Although there are many initiatives in...
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Analysis
Senators Introduce Bill to Reel in Excessive Contractor Compensation
Last week, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) proposed the Commonsense Contractor Compensation Act of 2012 (S. 2198) to reduce taxpayer reimbursement of government contractor compensation. The bill would apply a $400,000 compensation cap to all contracto...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter: OMB Violates Presidents Executive Order on Transparency in Rulemaking
We are writing about the failure by senior government officials to comply with an Executive Order that requires transparency in certain operations of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). The requirements for tra...
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Analysis
Key Member of Congress Lends Support to Whistleblower Robert MacLean
Representatives Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) have submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on behalf of Robert MacLean--a whistleblower who revealed wrongdoing in the Transportation Security A...
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Analysis
Members of Congress Oppose Using Budget Gimmicks to Fund the Pentagon
Overseas contingency operations (OCO) funds, which have been used to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, should only be used to fund emergency military operations, according to a recent letter from six Republican Representatives to the House Appropriations Committee.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Open Gov Allies Support the FOIA Portal
We write to reaffirm our strong commitment to the FOIA portal developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, with the assistance of the Department of Commerce and the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Policy Letter
Groups Urge Congress to Cut MOX Plutonium Fuel Program
Costs for the Department of Energy’s MOX program are increasing at an alarming rate. The estimated cost of MOX plant construction at the Savannah River Site has increased from $1.6 billion in FY2004 to the current $4.9 billion. The DOE’s FY2013 overall request for MOX and asso...