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Analysis
Federal Contractors Beware
The lack of effective government oversight over the years has been a boon to contractors and corporations, and a bane to taxpayers. Waste, fraud, and abuse in the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina recovery, and the Wall Street meltdown have finally become so burdensome that the...
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Analysis
New Hampshire Gets It Right on Stimulus Website
State governments are not required by the federal government to post information regarding American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) spending on their own procurement websites. A POGO review of the procurement websites from all 50 states (plus DC) found that one st...
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Policy Letter
U.S. and Swiss groups protest sentencing of UBS whistleblower
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) and the Government Accountability Project (GAP) are writing today to raise serious concerns about the implications of the forthcoming sentencing of prominent UBS whistleblower, Brad Birkenfeld.
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Analysis
Bailout Watchdog Issues Recommendations for Limiting Outside Influence Over TARP Decisions
The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) has just come out with a new audit with recommendations for limiting outside influence over the TARP decision-making process.
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Analysis
PIMCO Puts On Another Hat
Reuters reported yesterday that the New York Fed has hired PIMCO as a collateral monitor for the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF).
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Analysis
The Porkers Fight Back
Congressional "porkers" are still loading up the Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and appropriations bills with ad-ons and earmarks in both the House and Senate, explains Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler in a Podcast interview with Mil...
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AnalysisOut of Step
The National Journal has been sponsoring a weekly blog on defense issues. This week's question for debate was "After the F-22 Vote, What's Next?" The director of the CDI Straus Military Reform Project, Winslow Wheeler, was asked to help kick off the blogging...
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Policy Letter
Coalition Thank You Letter to Senators Voting in Favor of McCain-Levin Amendment
The undersigned groups would like to thank you for voting to support the best interest of the troops and taxpayers by supporting the Levin-McCain amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010.
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Analysis
Experts, Contractors, and the F-35 Alternate Engine
After voting 58-40 to remove funding for additional F-22 fighter jets from the annual defense authorization bill, the Senate is turning its attention to the nation's other jet fighter program, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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Analysis
Highlights from the SIGTARP Hearing
The media's coverage of the new quarterly report by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) has largely focused on one shocking number: $23.7 trillion.
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AnalysisFlu Vaccine Shortage? The Whole Truth, Please.
As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic spreads, Americans who are counting on swine flu vaccine this fall are likely to be disappointed.
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Analysis
Flu Vaccine Shortage? The Whole Truth, Please.
As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic spreads, Americans who are counting on swine flu vaccine this fall are likely to be disappointed.