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Policy Letter
POGO supports legislative fix to provide University of California employees the same whistleblower protections as other state employees
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) commends your legislative efforts through SB 1199 to provide University of California (UC) employees the same whistleblower protections as other state employees.
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AnalysisOngoing Corrupted Enterprise
The media focus in the Senator Ted Stevens, R-AK, scandal has been on one man. But there is much more to it than that; it's not just that Congress is filled to overflowing with members addicted to pork. It is that the entire system operates under rules—written and approved by ...
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Analysis
Parsons Corporation in Iraq: Another Chapter in ‘An Episodic Story of Waste’
Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction (SIGIR), told the Associated Press on Monday that his agency's 120 audits on Iraqi reconstruction projects "tell an episodic story of waste."
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Analysis
An Air Force in Freefall
The Senate Armed Services Committee today questions President George W. Bush's nominees to be secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force. Given the fundamental problems that have put the Air Force into a freefall—questions of relevance, competence and most importantly ethic...
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Analysis
Minot Misses Again. Lost Nuclear Launch Code
Sources tell POGO that the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota has been on security lockdown after discovering that a nuclear weapon launch code was lost or misplaced within the last couple of weeks. Apparently, it was later determined that an airman improperly took the code ...
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Policy Letter
DOT IG Should Conduct Comprehensive Audit of Traffic Contract
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is pleased that your office is conducting an audit of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Transportation Technology Innovation and Demonstration (TTID) program at the request of Senator Orrin Hatch and Representative Anthony Wei...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee regarding misleading testimony by General McNabb before the Committee
am concerned that statements by General Duncan McNabb during Tuesday’s Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing may have been misleading. As you know, this scrutiny takes place against a context of widespread congressional and public desire for greater accountability at the...
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Policy Letter
POGO urges the DOD IG to investigate CIRCUITS and an apparent employee retaliation action
Since 1981, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is an independent nonprofit organization that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more accountable federal government.
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Analysis
Food and Drug Safety on the Cheap: It Can’t Be Done
Hundreds have been sickened by salmonella-contaminated vegetables – victims of an under-funded Food and Drug Administration that once again has failed to ensure the safety of our food. Those recovering from their illness may be pleased to learn that the FDA is about to receive...
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Analysis
DOD IG Report on Tenenbaum Leaves Questions Unanswered
This past May POGO obtained and posted a cache of internal documents from the Pentagon's Inspector General's Office that raised a number of troubling questions about the treatment meted out to a civilian Army engineer, David Tenenbaum. POGO became interested and involved beca...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to the Boeing Company regarding Airtech International Inc.’s product substitution
My organization, the Project On Government Oversight, revealed in May that The Boeing Company, along with other aerospace manufacturers, was being supplied with bogus materials by a composite materials supplier called Airtech International, Inc.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to the U.S. Air Force’s Suspension and Debarment official on the Army’s request for action against Airtech International Inc.
My organization, the Project On Government Oversight, revealed in May that the Army Criminal Investigation Command sent your office a letter in 2006 recommending debarment or some other action against Airtech International, Inc., for the company’s substantiated and decade-long...