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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
POGO’s Recommendations to the Senate to Improve National Security and Make the Pentagon More Accountable in the Defense Budget for FY 2012
As the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) takes up the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), POGO makes the following recommendations to decrease waste, fraud and abuse; increase transparency and accountability, including contractor accountability; and improve our eff...
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Policy Letter
Groups Oppose Measures to Repeal Dodd-Frank Financial Reform and Weaken Consumer Protection Agency
We are writing because we strongly oppose amendments to the Economic Development Revitalization Act, S. 782, to gut the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) (#391, Moran) or repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act altogether (#394, DeMint).
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Analysis
Close-to-Shore Ship: Far Off Budget
Contractor low-balling and misplaced confidence in defense procurement estimates have found another victim: the Littoral (close to shore) Combat Ship (LCS).
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Analysis
‘Stoner Arms Dealer’ Gets 14-Year Ban from Federal Contracting
The story of Efraim Diveroli took a new turn in March when the U.S. Army debarred Diveroli and his company, AEY Inc., from federal contracting for 14 years. POGO first blogged about the 22-year-old arms dealer from Miami Beach three years ago when his incredible story first ma...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to Attorney General Eric Holder Requesting an Investigation of Possible Unlawful Foreign Funding of Members of Congress
A letter filed in an ongoing civil case in U.S. District Court raises serious concerns that the Republic of Kazakhstan may have unlawfully financed sitting members of Congress. Purportedly a letter from the Kazakh ambassador in Washington, DC, to the President of Kazakhstan, t...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Urge the House to Vote No on Amash Amendment to FOIA at DHS
As organizations dedicated to openness and accountability, we have serious concerns about an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill offered by Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) that would ban the use of funds for any action by a political a...
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Analysis
Could Defense Contracting Reforms Have Prevented Procurement Messes?
New testimony from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) argues that the answer may be yes, at least to the extent that reforms gave Congress more tools to conduct oversight.
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Public Comment
POGO Joins Public Citizen to Comment On Proposed FOIA Implementation
Public Citizen and the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) submit the following comments on the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s proposed rule entitled Implementation of the Freedom of Information Act, RIN 4030-AA02.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Groups Calling for Public Access to Complaint Database at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
We the undersigned consumer, civil rights, good government, and community groups, and members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) are writing to express our firm belief that consumers need access to a public complaint database that will provide them with the tools to make ...
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Report
Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the U.S.: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage
As Japan's nuclear crisis continues, this report details the nature and extent of radioactive spent fuel stored at nuclear reactors across the United States and how it can be made less hazardous. U.S. reactors have generated about 65,000 metric tons of spent fuel, of which 75...
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Policy Letter
Groups Oppose Industry Proposals to Gut the SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs
We are writing to express our opposition to the proposals in a draft bill by Representative Michael Grimm (R-NY) to amend the whistleblower award programs at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The Grimm draft bill is a...
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Report
Revolving Regulators: SEC Faces Ethics Challenges with Revolving Door
POGO has obtained five years’ worth of statements filed by former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) employees who appeared before the SEC seeking to represent outside clients within two years after leaving government. POGO has also made these post-employment statements ...