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ReportPandemic Flu: Lack of Leadership and Disclosure Plague Vaccine Program
The U.S. is in a race to prepare for the mass production of a vaccine before the next influenza pandemic strikes. In a pandemic, there could be deaths in the hundreds of thousands in the U.S. and in the tens of millions worldwide. A vaccine will limit the harm caused by the ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Senator Kennedy Regarding the Production of the Pandemic Flu Vaccine
Today, the Project On Government Oversight released its report, Pandemic Flu: Lack of Leadership and Disclosure Plague Vaccine Program, which highlights serious flaws in the current government plan for the production of a pandemic flu vaccine
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Analysis
A $ Trillion Here, a $ Trillion There
Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project, engaged with Michael O’Hanlon of the Brookings Institution, Linda Bilmes of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Robert Hormats of Goldman Sachs to discuss the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghani...
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Analysis
Exchange Between Senator McCaskill and Marine Commandant Conway on Franz Gayl
Read this exchange closely from yesterday between Senator Claire McCaskill and Marine Corps Commandant James Conway regarding Marine Corps science advisor Franz Gayl, who has disclosed problems with the Marine Corps' ability to rapidly procure equipment requested by marines in...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Scott Amey on the Status of Contracting Reform
POGO has been asked to present its views on the recommendations made by the Acquisition Advisory Panel, as well as on the proposals made in H.R. 3033 (the “Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2007”), H.R. 4881 (the “Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of ...
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Policy Letter
POGO/GAP letter to SASC Chairman Levin and Ranking McCain calling for hearings on MRAP delays, rapid acquisition problems in the Pentagon
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) and the Government Accountability Project (GAP) routinely work with whistleblowers and Congress to expose government mismanagement and corruption, commonly within the Department of Defense.
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Report
Inspectors General: Many Lack Essential Tools for Independence
As the 30th anniversary of the law creating the Inspector General system approaches, POGO has seized the moment to closely examine how effective this critical component of our government actually functions. POGO distributed a questionnaire to all 64 statutory IGs, receiving re...
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Policy Letter
POGO’s Letter in Response to the February 26, 2008 NRC Region I Letter
This letter is in response to your February 26, 2008, letter regarding the Project On Government Oversight’s (POGO) allegation that the NRC Office of Investigations (OI) conducted interviews with Peach Bottom security officers in the presence of Exelon and/or Wackenhut attorneys.
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Analysis
Fighter Mafia Alums on the Defense Budget
A recent piece on the F-22 and how it explains the current bloat of the U.S. defense budget appeared at Military.com. The piece, by Pierre Sprey, James Stevenson and Winslow Wheeler, stirred up a hornet's nest of F-22 defenders. Interspaced among those were a few—a very few—th...
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Policy Letter
Letter to House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and related Agencies Appropriations regarding accountability for royalty collections
We are writing to urge your Committee to address the Department of Interior’s (DOI) continued failure to address accountability for royalty collections. Although we applaud the DOI’s announced increase of deepwater offshore royalty rates to 18.75 percent—particularly since the...
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Analysis
What Do the Pentagon’s Numbers Really Mean?
Beware of the numbers the Pentagon, the White House and the media release today to address the 2009 defense budget. Most of the numbers you see will be inaccurate or incomplete, or both explains Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Senators Levin, McCaskill, and Webb regarding the President’s recent Signing Statement
The Project On Government Oversight would like to commend you for taking a stand against the President's unconstitutional grab for power through his continued use of the signing statements, which undermine the power of Congress.