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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Vice-President Biden Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield
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. We watched a video of your December 17, 2007, interview...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield
POGO has recently obtained hundreds of pages of documents from an NRC Inspector General investigation into then-Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield. The documents outline, among other things, how he disregarded advice from NRC's General Counsel and voted on two matters that "...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to President Obama Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield
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. We are writing to inform you of two pressing issues at ...
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Policy Letter
POGO joins letter to Attorney General Holder requesting independent review of Bradley Birkenfeld case
On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we ask that you personally review the case of Bradley Charles Birkenfeld and take swift action to prevent one of the worst setbacks in international law enforcement history.
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Analysis
SIGTARP Reports That Bailout Accomplishments Came at a Great Cost
A new report released today by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) offers compelling evidence that the government’s bailout programs helped bring the economy back from the brink of collapse.
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Analysis
GAO Gives Treasury Its One-Year TARP Checkup
Nearly one year to the day since the Treasury Department announced its first purchase of $250 billion in financial firms’ preferred stock under the Capital Purchase Program (CPP), the GAO has issued a comprehensive report on the ever-evolving Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
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Policy Letter
Groups Urge Gates to Curb Congressional Earmarks
The undersigned would like to thank you for your leadership in trying to restore discipline to weapons procurement. The Pentagon's budget signaled to defense contractors that they would be held accountable for programs that fail to meet reasonable cost, schedule, and milestone...
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Policy Letter
POGO Opposes Nomination of William Magwood to NRC
At 5:03 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2009, at the start of the three-day Columbus Day weekend, the White House announced a nomination to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). President Obama's nomination of William D. Magwood to the post of Commissioner on the NRC should not ...
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Policy Letter
POGO’s letter to Commissioner Hamburg regarding medical devices
Thank you for your thoughtful response to our letter of June 6. We have carefully considered the plans you described in your letter of September 25 for dealing with the issues we raised. Because we believe these plans are inadequate, we are writing today to urge a specific alt...
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Analysis
BlackRock to the Rescue (Again)
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that BlackRock is in the running for a new contract to help state insurance regulators perform risk analysis on insurers’ investments, prompting Agnes Crane at Reuters to ask: “Is BlackRock going to rule the world?”
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to Senate; Combating Waste: C-17 Resources Needed for Troops in Afghanistan
As you consider the FY 2010 Defense Appropriations bill, we ask that you support Senator John McCain’s Amendment 2580 to strike funding for unneeded C-17 cargo planes. Appropriating $2.5 billion for additional C-17s diverts money away from more urgent national security priorit...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter supporting Tom Coburn’s amendment to restore funding to troops
As you consider the FY 2010 Defense Appropriations bill, we ask you to support Senator Tom Coburn's (R-OK) Amendment 2566 to restore $165 million to Operations and Maintenance (O&M) accounts by prohibiting earmarking funds from these accounts.