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Analysis
Another Bar to Tactical Aviation Modernization
While its first love is the F-22, the Air Force (and the Navy and the Marines) is committed to the F-35 as the solution to aspirations to modernize tactical aviation. It is a proposition each of the military services should reconsider. Just as the F-22 took the Air Force a sig...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman regarding need for independent oversight of the nuclear weapons complex
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has long been concerned about security in the nuclear weapons complex. Cyber-security at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), in particular, is an embarrassment.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to OMB’s Clay Johnson regarding integrity of Inspector General system
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is concerned that there appears to be a growing pattern of unwillingness, on the part of agency heads, to enforce investigative findings concerning instances of IG misconduct.
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AnalysisCongress’ Busted September
Members of the U.S. Congress have had great fun berating the Iraqi parliament for their failure to address Iraq’s catastrophic problems. But, according to Straus Project Director Winslow Wheeler, at least the Iraqi legislature has compelling reasons for its factionalism and in...
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Policy Letter
POGO and other organizations urge Senate to pass legislation to improve Freedom of Information Act
The undersigned organizations are writing to express our gratitude to you for your commitment to strengthening the Freedom of Information Act through the OPEN Government Act (S. 849).
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Rep. Maloney’s Legislation to Study Oil/Gas Royalty Collections
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO), Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) and Friends of the Earth (FOE) wholeheartedly support your legislation to commission research that would determine whether the federal government is using best practices in the collection of oil and g...
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Accountability and Honest Provisions in Energy Bill along with Taxpayers for Common Sense and Friends of the Earth
We are writing to urge you to oppose efforts to weaken key provisions in H.R. 3221 which would restore honesty and accountability to oil and gas drilling on federal and Indian lands.
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Policy Letter
POGO’s response to the Subcommittee’s July 30, 2007 letter presenting questions to complete the record on Testimony on Federal Contracting: Why Do Risky Contractors Keep Getting Rewarded With Taxpayer Dollars?
This is the Project On Government Oversight's (POGO) response to the Subcommittee's July 30, 2007 letter presenting questions to complete the record for the hearing entitled "Federal Contracting: Do Poor Performers Keep Winning?"
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Analysis
More CRS Reporting on Wars’ Costs
The Congressional Research Service has just sent to Congress its latest update on the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, “The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11,” dated July 16, 2007. Winslow Wheeler summarizes the report an...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Scott Amey on “Federal Contracting: Why Do Risky Contractors Keep Getting Rewarded With Taxpayer Dollars?”
Testimony of Scott Amey, General Counsel, Project On Government Oversight (POGO), before the House Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, on "Federal Contracting: Why Do Risky Contractors Keep Ge...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Beth Daley on “Ensuring a Merit-Based Employment System: An Examination of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel”
Whistleblowers are the Congress' most important allies in the war against Executive Branch corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse, yet they face enormous risks. I hear from many whistleblowers who are seeking assistance and justice from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) an...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on “Strengthening the Unique Role of the Nation’s Inspectors General”
Inspector General (IG) offices play a tremendously important role in advancing good government practices, but only if they are led by independent and qualified IGs, and those IGs are allowed to do their job