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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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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Letter Calling for Private Prison Transparency
POGO joins interested organizations in again supporting increased transparency around private detention centers used by the Federal government.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Senate Bill to Improve Charge Card Spending
Federal purchase and travel cards continue to represent a significant source of improper and fraudulent payments. While some progress has been made by federal agencies in recent years, POGO supports the Senate's effort to address the long-standing problem.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Whistleblower Community in Supporting Whistleblower Appreciation Day
POGO joins members of the Make It Safe Coalition, to applaud the introduction of the Whistleblower Appreciation Day resolution for 2017 and to urge Senators to pass the resolution.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Whistleblower Appreciation Day
Senator Chuck Grassley has introduced a resolution to again mark July 30 and Whistleblower Appreciation Day. Blowing the whistle on the federal government often comes at a great personal and professional cost, POGO supports this effort to celebrate these brave individuals.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports IG Recommendation Transparency Act
Recognizing the vital role that Inspectors General play, POGO has worked for years to study and improve the IG system. This bill would ensure that Congress can more easily determine when agencies are not implementing the IG’s recommendations by requiring all IGs report to Cong...
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Objects to Senate’s Regression into Secrecy
Civil society urges Senate to reconsider closed meetings about defense appropriations bill, and at the very least, to hold a public vote so that constituents may see which of their senators want to authorize more than $600 billion in spending without any public scrutiny.
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Policy Letter
Bipartisan Coalition: Cancel the Energy Department’s Most Wasteful Nuclear Project
Project On Government Oversight (POGO) joined a bipartisan coalition to send a letter urging the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to end funding for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX), and praised the bipartisan cooperation of the Senate Appropriations c...
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Policy Letter
Bipartisan coalition: Congress should not authorize a F-35 block buy
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) joined a bipartisan coalition of organizations urging the House and Senate Armed Services committees to reject a proposal to authorize a block buy--called an economic order quantity--for the F-35. Authorizing an economic order quantit...
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Opposes DoD’s Requested FOIA Expansion, Again
For the third year in a row, civil society has banded together to oppose the inclusion of a new FOIA exemption for the Pentagon without significant involvement of the committees of jurisdiction over FOIA.
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Policy Letter
Bipartisan Coalition Demand Bomber Program Cost Transparency
The Project On Government Oversight joined groups across the political spectrum to urge Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) to continue to demand the Air Force tell the public the full contract value for the B-21 long-range strategic bomber program.
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Policy Letter
House Defense Acquisition Reform Bill Has Pluses, But Will Result in DoD Waste
Several provisions included in the Defense Acquisition Streamlining and Transparency Act (H.R. 2511) will save money and streamline operations, but other proposals such as altering DoD’s contract auditing processes and increasing the threshold for contractors to supply cost or...
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Policy Letter
Safe and Effective Operation of Carriers Depends on Shock Trials
The Project On Government Oversight sent a letter to the members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees urging them to preserve a requirement for the Ford aircraft carrier to undergo full ship shock trial testing before deployment. Waiving this requirement for the F...