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Analysis
INVESTIGATIVE LEAD: Is DOE Playing Red Light/Green Light at LANL?
A computer which may have contained highly classified nuclear weapons information from the Los Alamos National Laboratory was traded in exchange for drugs, according to unconfirmed sources. The computer was owned by Jessica Quintana, the former contractor employee at the Lab ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Reform of MMS and the RIK Program (S. 3543 ) - Hopes to Restore Ethical Conduct and Accountability to the Resource Management
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) strongly supports every effort to promote ethical conduct and accountability in the management of the taxpayers' natural resources, which is why we wish to express our gratitude to for your hard work on S. 3543.
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Report
Drilling the Taxpayer: Department of Interior’s Royalty-In-Kind Program
In its fifth report since 1995 about oil and gas royalties, POGO examines the mismanagement and corruption in the Department of the Interior's Royalty-In-Kind program. The report tracks how industry's influence on the RIK program has been pervasive, and can be traced from the ...
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Analysis
It’s Not Just the Bases—or the Nukes
A series of commentaries is being sponsored on the Mother Jones website about the sprawl of American military bases around the world and the implications. Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler contributed to this series with a piece entitled "It's Not Ju...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Scott Amey on “Waste, Abuse, & Mismanagement: Calculating the Cost of DHS Failed Contracts”
For years, reports have exposed specific contracting missteps in individual cases of waste, fraud, and abuse. But the findings and recommendations from the individual cases are applicable to the larger systemic problems with the Department of Homeland Security's contracting la...
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Public Comment
POGO’s Public Comments on “Security Inspection and Security Performance Assessment of NRC Licensees”
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more accountable federal government. POGO has conducted a number of investigations into nuclear security and found numerou...
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Analysis
NRC Inspector General Releases Investigative Report in Response to POGO’s Letter on Peach Bottom Incident
Officials at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are currently reviewing how they handle security-related allegations.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Acting DoD IG Heddell concerning Defense Contract Management Agency awarding an employee for helping Air Force and Lockheed Martin undermine then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld’s efforts to cancel C130-J program.
We are writing to urge you to investigate whether the Air Force and Lockheed Martin are exerting inappropriate influence over the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA).
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to General C. Robert Kehler, U.S. Strategic Command regarding the Air Force denials of a security breach
We are concerned with the Air Force’s willingness to mislead the public and the media about an investigation into a serious breach of security at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota .
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding the lack of oversight of costs and quality at the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility
In November 2006, the Project On Government Oversight received the attached anonymous letter from a number of workers at the Pantex Plant outside Amarillo, Texas.
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Analysis
DCAA Responds to GAO Report on Auditing Controversy
POGO has obtained a 19-page letter from the Western Regional Director at the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) that was submitted in response to a GAO report which concluded that DCAA management pressured auditors to alter their reports on defense contractors. Although com...
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Analysis
Court Rules Against University of California Whistleblowers
In a setback to whistleblowers, the Supreme Court of California issued an opinion last week stating that the University of California (UC) can avoid liability in whistleblower cases simply by deciding whistleblower allegations. Under the Court's ruling, if UC renders a decisi...