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Policy Letter
Solidarity Letter in Support of Whistleblower Franz Gayl
This letter seeks your leadership to end retaliation against Mr. Franz Gayl, a senior United States Marine Corps’ civilian Science and Technology Advisor. Mr. Gayl blew the whistle to successfully challenge failure to deliver available mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) ve...
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Policy Letter
POGO Questions the Independence of the State Department’s Inspector General
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more effective, accountable, open and ethical federal government. As such, we have a strong interest in working to ensure ...
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Policy Letter
President Obama and Congressional Leaders, Make Whistleblowers a Priority in the Lame Duck
We have heard that you all agree on at least one issue: This country must address our growing federal debt and cannot afford to tolerate waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. With this crisis looming, you must fulfill your commitments to taxpayers and enact strong...
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Public Comment
Enhanced Safeguards Needed For Personal Services Contracts
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) provides the following public comment to DFARS Case 2009-D028, “Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Guidance on Personal Services” (75 Fed. Reg. 54524, September 8, 2010). POGO supports the Department of Defense’s inter...
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Analysis
The Case of the Missing Inspector General Reports
Inspector General (IG) investigations expose some of the most egregious examples of misconduct by federal officials—everything from whistleblower retaliation to the abuse of taxpayer dollars—and the public has every right to see the (non-classified, non-redacted) results of th...
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Analysis
Romney’s Remarkable Defense Budget
As unwarranted as President Obama's historically rather overstuffed 2013-2022 defense budget is, Mitt Romney's is simply remarkable--totally out of proportion to anything that has occurred since the end of World War Two.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to NIH Official on Possible Value of Testing Statins for Pandemic Flu
We are writing to continue our correspondence on the possible use of statins to prevent influenza deaths.
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Analysis
The Alternative to Unconvincing Defense Reform and Budget Cuts
Despite challenges from the money-heaving right, there is an emerging consensus that the Pentagon budget, now at post-World War II highs, is soon to experience reductions. The Pentagon is trying to avoid them; its device is to simulate reform with insignificant reductions in M...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Regarding Potentially Dangerous Drug Interaction Invovling Seroquel and Methadone
We would like to bring to your attention a potentially dangerous interaction of the drugs Seroquel (quetiapine) and methadone that may be putting veterans at risk. According to news accounts, these drugs are now widely used in combination to treat veterans with Post-Traumatic ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Letter Voicing Concern About Public Access to Critical Information in Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010
On behalf of the undersigned organizations concerned with government openness and accountability, we are writing to urge you to not include in the final version of the National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization (NTSB) Act of 2010 (HR 4714, S 2768) two provisions in S...
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Analysis
Stimulus Act “Lettermarking” at the Defense Department
The Center for Public Integrity unveiled a wallop of a story on Sunday afternoon—dozens of Members of Congress who decried the Recovery Act, better known as the “stimulus,” were simultaneously sending letters to government agencies asking for a piece of the action. The Center...
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Analysis
GTSI Is Back In Business: SBA Lifts Suspension of Major Contractor
Less than three weeks after tech firm GTSI Corporation was suspended from federal contracting for allegedly defrauding the small business contracting program, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has lifted the suspension. GTSI is eligible once again to win new federa...