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Analysis
22-Year-Old Arms Dealer Scandal Exposes Flaws in Federal Contracting
The news has recently been abuzz with the story of Efraim Diveroli, the 22-year-old self-described "super nice guy" from Miami Beach who was caught supplying the Afghan government with unreliable and obsolete munitions under a $300 million U.S. Army contract. Diverol...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding his Senate testimony potentially defaming a nuclear security whistleblower
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is disturbed by some of the statements in your oral testimony before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on February 28, 2008.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Groups Urge Congress to Protect Whistleblowing Scientists
In the next few weeks, House and Senate negotiators are working to reconcile bills to enhance whistleblower protections for federal employees. Your leadership on this issue will help to ensure that the final version of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act contains spec...
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Report
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Livermore Homes and Plutonium Make Bad Neighbors
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore Lab), a nuclear weapons facility located in the greater metropolis of San Francisco, CA, poses the most significant security threat of any such facility in the U.S. Roughly seven million people live within a 50 mile radius of t...
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Analysis
Mineral Royalties Hearing: Data Reliability is a Major Risk Factor
One fundamental conclusion could be drawn from Tuesday's House subcommittee hearing on federal oil and gas royalties - the Department of Interior cannot certify the reliability of information used to determine royalty payments.
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Analysis
Sen. Grassley Seeks to Plug Multibillion-Dollar Contractor Accountability Loophole
Last year, at the Justice Department's urging, a rule was proposed that would require federal contractors to report violations of federal criminal law with regard to the award or performance of contracts. The rule, however, contains many exceptions, including the exclusion of ...
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Analysis
Troubled Waters
Yesterday, in the Washington Times, David Axe reported that deployment of the Coast Guard's National Security Cutters will be delayed by six months because the ship's radios are not waterproof. That article sent the Coast Guard into a frenzy yesterday to challenge what they sa...
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Policy Letter
Letter from POGO to congressional transportation committees on FAA and manufacturer oversight of suppliers
As you are no doubt aware, the Transportation Department Inspector General (IG) released a report last week that has raised serious concerns regarding the integrity of quality control in aviation manufacturing. We at the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) believe that thi...
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Analysis
DOJ Issues Guidelines on Corporate Monitors
The Department of Justice recently issued new guidelines for the selection of corporate monitors in deferred prosecution agreements with companies accused of breaking the law.
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Testimony
Written Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian on “Getting Royalties Right: Recent Recommendations for Improving the Federal Oil & Gas Royalty System”
We applaud the Royalty Policy Committee’s report shedding light on the many problems inherent within the royalty collection systems at the Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) and encouraging reform, oversight, and transparency. However, much of what we k...
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Analysis
Congress Turns Its Attention to Royalty Collection
The Department of Interior will soon be implementing a host of new changes to its program to collect royalty revenues from companies producing oil and gas on federal lands. In a report released last December, the agency's independent Subcommittee on Royalty Management detailed...
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Analysis
“Merchant of Death” Arrested in Thailand
On March 6, 2008 Thai police arrested the notorious arms broker Viktor Bout on charges of supplying arms and explosives to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), a Colombian rebel group cited by the United States as a terrorist organization. Bout is among the ...