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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 Launch Letter of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Campaign
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are pleased to announce the launch of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) campaign and coalition. As the name indicates, FACT is a campaign to achieve greater financial accountability and transparenc...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Other groups in Asking Congress to Make CRS Reports Public and Online
As you know, CRS products are a valuable, non-partisan resource for informing discussion of nearly every topic of legislative activity, from agricultural subsidies to the space program. These reports play a critical role in our legislative process, and, when made available, in...
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Policy Letter
Open Letter: Congress Must Protect Transparency Programs in Budget Negotiations
We, the undersigned, are writing to express our concerns over proposed budget reductions that would effectively eliminate important government transparency programs. The budget for Data.gov, USASpending.gov, the IT Dashboard, and other data transparency and government accounta...
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Analysis
Open Government Advocates Meet with POTUS: A Firsthand Account
Yesterday afternoon, POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian—along with OMB Watch Executive Director Gary Bass, OpenTheGovernment.org Director Patrice McDermott, National Security Archive Executive Director Tom Blanton, and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Executive...
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Analysis
What’s Bothering Stan Soloway Now?
According to Stan Soloway, president and CEO of contractor trade association the Professional Services Council, due process and fairness are becoming “increasingly quaint notions” for federal contractors.
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Public Comment
POGO Urges Public Access to Contractor Past Performance and Pre-April 15th FAPIIS Data
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) provides the following public comment to FAR Case 2010-016, “Federal Acquisition Regulation; Public Access to the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System” (76 Fed. Reg. 4188, January 24, 2011). The Department of D...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Angela Canterbury on “FOIA: Crowd-Sourcing Government Oversight”
It is particularly a pleasure to be here during the 6th Annual “Sunshine Week” when we promote open government and celebrate the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which for nearly 45 years has been a cornerstone of open government and a hallmark of our democracy. Even as we e...
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Policy Letter
POGO joins groups in supporting a petition to require proliferation assessments as part of the NRC licensing process
As organizations and experts that are deeply concerned about the risks of nuclear proliferation, we strongly support the American Physical Society (APS) petition to require proliferation assessments as part of the NRC licensing process (Docket ID NRC-2010-0372).s.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro Regarding Inspector General Recommendations for Disciplinary Action
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. As such, POGO has a keen interest in ensuring that agencies are responsive to investigations conducted by their Office of Inspector General (OIG).
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Policy Letter
POGO Provides Post-hearing Supplemental Materials to the Commission on Wartime Contracting
Pursuant to the Commission on Wartime Contracting’s (Commission) request that the record for the hearing held on February 28, 2011, “Ensuring contractor accountability: Past performance and suspensions and debarments,” be supplemented within thirty days, the Project On Governm...
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Analysis
Solution: How the Government Can Stop Doing Business With Risky Contractors
It is very hard for the federal government to have a successful criminal or civil prosecution of their contractors and it is the hardest to do with the Department of Defense (DoD). In January, the DoD created a stir when it released its Report to Congress on Contracting Fraud...
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Policy Letter
POGO Uncovers Ethic Concerns at BLM
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) wants to bring to your attention our continued concerns about the state of ethics at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). POGO recently obtained two Department of the Interior Inspector General (DOI OIG) reports released under the Fre...