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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 Letter to Congress Raising Concerns About Bailout Private Asset Managers’ Conflicts of Interest
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is writing to you today to raise concerns about the serious potential for conflicts of interest involving firms that are being hired by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to manage and provide “independent” advice on the valu...
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Policy Letter
POGO joins sign on letter to White House calling for restoration of OA FOIA
On behalf of the undersigned organizations concerned with government transparency and accountability, we write to request that the current administration act promptly to restore treatment of the White House's Office of Administration ("OA") as an agency subject to th...
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Policy Letter
POGO joins coalition calling for Senators to allow public access of CRS reports
We the undersigned members of the OpenTheGovernment.org coalition and others, in cooperation with the Center for Democracy and Technology, are writing to urge you to hold public hearings on open government issues and to mark-up and pass Senate Resolution 118.
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Analysis
Experts Discuss F-22 Raptor in New Video
Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler, Danielle Brian of the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), and Colin Clark of DoD Buzz discuss the F-22 fighter aircraft's history and flaws on YouTube.
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Analysis
A Defense Budget Preview
When the details of the defense budget start to come out in the press on May 7, the reporting is likely to follow long- established patterns. Winslow Wheeler, director of the CDI Straus Military Reform Project, has seen it happen year after year— much of the data you will read...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to DOE Secretary Steven Chu regarding an award given to an overbudget and overschedule National Ignition Facility (NIF) project
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.
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian regarding the Accountability and Oversight of Funding Provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act)
Certain provisions of the Recovery Act provide a terrific opportunity to finally crack open the opaque world of government contracting, but some essential protections are missing including lack of funding for state and local auditors and investigators and a clear system for po...
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Policy Letter
Good Government Groups Urge Congress to Preserve Key Procurement Reforms in S. 454 and H.R. 2101
The undersigned groups applaud your commitment to reforming and improving the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) acquisition system through the Weapons Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (S. 454) and the Weapons Acquisition System Reform Through Enhancing Technical Knowledge and Over...
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Analysis
Read No Evil, See No Evil
On April 29, Military.com ran a new piece Winslow Wheeler wrote on the F-22 and the F-35. This piece argues the new justification for these aircraft—jobs—is almost as weak as the claim that they assist the national defense. This piece was offered to newspapers in three states ...
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Analysis
What “Sweeping Reforms” in DoD?
In the aftermath of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' April 6 decisions on 50 Pentagon programs and policies, business-as-usual in the Defense Department is alive and well. That is the unavoidable conclusion when you consider how Gates took some bad advice to balance his exce...
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Analysis
A Mere Five Defense Programs That Should Be Axed
The editors of The Ripon Forum of the Ripon Society, a moderate to progressive Republican-oriented group, asked CDI's Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler to address five programs in the Pentagon that should be cancelled and one that should be promo...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Congress Questioning FDIC’s Role in Legacy Loans Program
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is writing to you today to ask that your Committee review the legality of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) proposed role in the Legacy Loans Program (LLP). We are concerned that the FDIC is overstepping its authority...