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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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Analysis
Small Business Contractors Get a ‘John Deere’ Letter
Three weeks ago, the Department of Interior Office of Inspector General (DOI-IG) released a report entitled Interior Misstated Achievement of Small Business Goals by Including Fortune 500 Companies. The report found the DOI awarded $5.7 million in small business contracts in ...
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Public Comment
Stronger Contractor Organizational Conflicts of Interest Regulations Needed
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) provides the following public comment to FAR Case 2007-018, "Organizational Conflicts of Interest" (73 Fed. Reg. 34686, June 18, 2008).
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Analysis
Oberstar Pushes Stronger FAA Whistleblower Office
Yesterday, the bipartisan leadership of the House transportation committee and its aviation subcommittee introduced legislation that would create a new independent Aviation Safety Whistleblower Investigation Office and institute a two-year cooling off period for former FAA ins...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to DoD Secretary Robert Gates regarding extravagant “Senior Leader In-Transit Comfort Capsules”
As you well know, in a time of war, it is critical for senior officials to visibly prioritize the needs of the men and women on the frontline because it is the right thing to do and for reasons of morale.
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Policy Letter
POGO’s letter to White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten urging the removal of Scott Bloch as U.S. Special Counsel
I am writing to urge you to remove the U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch from his position. Last Friday, the Office of Special Counsel’s (OSC) Deputy Jim Byrne resigned.
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Public Comment
Strong, Consistent Federal Contractor Conflict of Interest Regulations Needed
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) provides the following public comment to FAR Case 2007-017–"Service Contractor Employee Personal Conflicts of Interest" (73 Fed. Reg. 34600, June 17, 2008).
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Analysis
Senators Upset Over Pentagon’s Option for Destroying Chemical Weapons
A recent press release by the Chemical Weapons Working Group points out that the Pentagon has submitted its semiannual report to Congress on the state of its Chemical Demilitarization Program.
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Analysis
House Dems Introduce Corporate Monitor Oversight Bill
On Tuesday, Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), John Conyers (D-MI), and Linda Sanchez (D-CA) introduced the "Accountability in Deferred Prosecution Act of 2008" (H.R. 6492), a bill that would regulate the use of corporate monitors in deferred...
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Public Comment
POGO’s 2nd public comment for improved contractor misconduct disclosure
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) provides the following public comment to FAR Case 2007-006—“Contractor Compliance Program and Integrity Reporting (2nd Proposed Rule).” (73 Fed. Reg. 28407 (May 16, 2008).)
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Analysis
Lurching from Bad to Worse to...
Back in May, right around the time the FBI raided the OSC offices and executed search warrants for the head of the office, Scott Bloch, POGO obtained access to an amazing internal OSC document. Here the OSC is the office charged with protecting whistleblowers from reprisal, a...
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Analysis
Updating the Record
Our friend smintheus on Daily Kos blogged earlier this week about the changes being voted upon in the Senate to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, the law that is supposed to govern electronic surveillance in national security cases, that was ignored when the ...
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Policy Letter
POGO and others urge passage of H.R. 5811, the Electronic Message Preservation Act
We are writing to support the passage of H.R. 5811, the Electronic Message Preservation Act.