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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
98 Groups Urge House to Pass S. 372 Now to Protect Whistleblowers and Taxpayers
For the past two Congresses, the House of Representatives has passed, with strong bipartisan support, reform legislation that protects federal employees who blow the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse. This year, bipartisan support for these reforms advanced in the Senate, and...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter: Congress Should Require That The Navy Give It More Time to Mull Littoral Combat Ship Acquisition Change
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. POGO’s investigations into corruption, misconduct, and conflicts of interest achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government. We...
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Policy Letter
POGO’s second reply to letter from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff
In response to your letters dated December 9, 2010, POGO has consistently applied the earlier modification to the NIH letter and the December 01, 2010, Ghostbusters at POGO blog posted on POGO’s website.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to FINRA Calling for Open Board Meetings
As an independent watchdog that champions good government reforms, POGO has a keen interest in ensuring that our nation’s financial regulatory watchdogs—including self-regulatory organizations (SROs) such as FINRA, which currently oversees over 4,600 brokerage firms operating ...
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Policy Letter
POGO’s first reply to letters from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff
In response to your letters and after a comprehensive internal review, the Project On Government Oversight (“POGO”) will make minor changes to the online version of its November 29, 2010, letter to National Institutes of Health (“NIH”), which expressed concerns about the integ...
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Analysis
Leaked Assessment Says Deficiencies Have Plagued the Military Whistleblower System
Leaked Assessment Says Deficiencies Have Plagued the Military Whistleblower System
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Speaker-Elect Boehner Urging Creation of an Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations
As an independent nonprofit that works for a more accountable, open, effective and ethical federal government, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) wholeheartedly supports the creation of an Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations. A number ...
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Analysis
New Report Discloses Recent Investigations by SEC Inspector General
Twice a year, Inspectors General are required to submit reports to Congress describing their recent audits and investigations, and these reports are made available to the public. In the case of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Inspector General (OIG)—whic...
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Public Comment
POGO’s Public Comment Regarding Lobbyists Serving on Federal Advisory Committees
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) provides the following public comment on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) “Proposed Guidance on Appointment of Lobbyists to Federal Boards and Commissions” (75 Fed. Reg. 67397, November 2, 2010). The proposed rule seeks inp...
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Policy Letter
Conservative Groups Call for Defense Spending Cuts
We write to urge you to institute principled spending reform that rejects the notion that spending cuts can be avoided in certain parts of the federal budget. Department of Defense spending, in particular, has been provided protected status that has isolated it from serious sc...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to NIH on Ghostwriting Academics
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. POGO’s investigations into corruption, misconduct, and conflicts of interest achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government. We...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to NIH Director Francis Collins Again Urges Public Disclosure of Medical Researchers’ Financial Ties to Industry
Extramural investigators funded by the NIH may soon have their financial arrangements with industry disclosed on a public website.