Oversight in your inbox
Weekly newsletter and updates
Latest Policy Publications
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.
-
Policy Letter
Whistleblower Coalition Champions Legislation to Hold Retaliators Accountable
Members of the Make it Safe Coalition Steering Committee highlight the necessity for legislation to require punishment when supervisors are found to have retaliated against whistleblowers.
-
Policy Letter
Civil Society Objects to Broad Application of Congressional Secrecy
Concerned organizations sent a letter to members of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the House of Representatives to express concern over the broad interpretation asserted by the House on what records can be considered Congressional records not subject to the Freedom of ...
-
Policy Letter
POGO Joins Ethics Watchdogs in Demanding Transparency
POGO joins ethics watchdogs in asking the Office of Government Ethics to clarify that anonymous contributions from lobbyists to legal defense funds should be prohibited.
-
Policy Letter
POGO Urges OGE to Require Comprehensive Appointee Ethics Agreements
The Office of Government Ethics should promote a clear written record of all appointee ethics restrictions. Generally, appointee ethics agreements only cite a one-year recusal period, which ignores any extended recusal period required pursuant to the President’s ethics pledge....
-
Policy Letter
POGO Opposes Bill to Hide Border Security Information
POGO joins Cause of Action, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and OpenTheGovernment in opposing a provision in Senator Cornyn's border security bill that would shield all bill implementation from public scrutiny.
-
Policy Letter
POGO to Congress: Don’t Change Testing Standards
The Project On Government Oversight urges the Senate Armed Services committees to maintain requirements for comparative testing to determine if more expensive weapon systems provide an actual gain in capability over legacy systems, and, if so, whether that gain is worth the ex...
-
Policy Letter
POGO Joins Dozens of Organizations to Express Concern Over Dropped Broad Information Demand
Dozens of bipartisan organizations sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions today expressing deep concern over the Department of Justice's extremely broad demand for information on all visitors to a website used to organize protests on Inauguration Day. The request was ...
-
Policy Letter
POGO Urges Congress to Oversee Implementation of New Whistleblower Laws at the VA
POGO wrote a letter to the Veterans Affairs Committees in Congress to raise concerns about VA Secretary David Shulkin’s plans to use the recently passed VA Whistleblower Protection and Accountability Act to fire Brian Hawkins, the former director of the VA hospital in Washingt...
-
Policy Letter
POGO Asks President Trump To Investigate Revenue Collection Issues at CBP
POGO's letter to President Trump urging him to investigate years of lost revenue by Customs and Border Protection.
-
Policy Letter
Letter to Office of Special Counsel Requesting Investigation Into Energy Department Anti-Leak Posters
POGO requested the Office of Special Counsel investigate potential violations of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act by the Energy Department because its anti-leaking posters don’t provide information on lawful whistleblowing.
-
Policy Letter
POGO Asks Attorney General Sessions to Recuse from Birmingham Superfund Bribery Case
Jeff Sessions should recuse himself from the bribery investigation into Balch & Bingham and Drummond Company, due to his close ties with the companies, including having received approximately $300,000 from them over his Senate career.
-
Policy Letter
POGO Asks US Attorney Town to Recuse from Birmingham Superfund Bribery Case
Jay Town should recuse himself from the bribery investigation into Balch & Bingham and Drummond Company, given his political ties to those involved in the scandal.