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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to FDA Commissioner Hamburg Concerning the Potentially Dangerous Interaction of the Drugs Seroquel and Methodone
The Project On Government Oversight is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. We take a keen interest in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which receives around $4 billion a year in federal taxpayer dollars to regulate aspects of ...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Scott Amey on “Homeland Security Contracting: Does the Department Effectively Leverage Emerging Technologies?”
Many acquisition reforms were imposed prior to the large increase in federal contract spending (which exceeded $537 billion in fiscal year 2010), consolidation in the contractor community, the large-scale hiring of contractors to perform government services, and increased dema...
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Analysis
Self-Regulatory Group Introduces Revolving Door Rule -- But Does It Go Far Enough?
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the self-regulatory group for the securities industry, has proposed a one-year revolving door rule for senior officers who leave the organization, as reported this week by Bloomberg.
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Analysis
Is the F-22 Too Difficult to Use? Big Questions Surround Raptor’s Grounding
Many pixels have been spilled on the recent grounding of the F-22 Raptor fleet, problems with the plane's oxygen systems, and the possible role of the oxygen system in the November 2010 crash of an F-22 in Alaska and death of its pilot. Here's a quick roundup of coverage of th...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to OMB Director Jacob Lew Regarding Proposed NIH Rule on Financial Arrangements between Researchers and Industry
An intrusion by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may be about to undermine the integrity of medical research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A new rule proposed by NIH will increase transparency in the financial arrangements of NIH funded researc...
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Policy Letter
POGO’s Letter to President Obama on Bioethics Commission Chair’s Ghostwriting Practices
We write to you regarding the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues which advises you on bioethics and works to promote ethical behavior in research, healthcare, and technological innovation. On November 24, 2009, you named Dr. Amy Gutmann, President of th...
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Analysis
New Podcast: Too Big to Debar? Contractors and the Government’s Enforcement of Anti-Bribery Laws
Is the government too reluctant to crack down on contractors that bribe foreign officials? A recent law review article by Professor Drury Stevenson and Nicholas Wagoner, both of the South Texas College of Law, suggests that when it comes to enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt P...
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Analysis
SInternal Pentagon Proposals to Boost Contract Oversight Go Kaput!
Did the Pentagon ignore proposals by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) to increase oversight of federal contractors and save taxpayer dollars? The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has obtained documents outlining legislative proposals submitted by the DCAA to Pent...
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Analysis
Key Watchdog Posts Remain Unfilled Across Executive Branch
A story published Monday in Federal Times (and available only in the print edition) is the latest of a number of articles to highlight the effort to press the Obama administration to fill numerous Inspector General (IG) vacancies throughout the government.
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Analysis
Senate Committee Shuts Public Out of the Debate Over Massive Defense Bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC's) markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) came to a close earlier this month. But although the American public can now see the end result of the deliberations, we'll never quite be sure how exactly the Committee arri...
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Analysis
Toxic Secrecy: The Marine Corps’ Cover-up of Water Contamination at Camp Lejeune
It's been called one of the worst toxic contaminations in the country. It's also possibly one of the U.S. military's most shameful acts of deception and betrayal. Between 1957 and 1987, as many as one million Marines and their family members at Camp Lejeune drank, bathed in, a...
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Analysis
Frequently Asked Questions about Medical Ghostwriting
Corporate-funded medical ghostwriting continues to capture public interest and concern from physicians, patients, congress and professional organizations such as the Institute Of Medicine. The Project On Government Oversight has assembled this FAQ to provide a guide for jou...