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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 LetterPOGO Urges Congress to Stop Contract Pricing “Whack-a-Mole”
For years, federal contractor TransDigm Group has been in the headlines for excessive spare parts profits. It isn’t alone in profiting at taxpayer expense, and Congress is working on solutions to ensure fair and reasonable prices.
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CommentaryAn Inside Look Into the 14th Oversight Boot Camp
At the 14th Oversight Boot Camp, 25 congressional staffers from 14 different congressional committees learned how to successfully conduct a congressional oversight investigation.
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AnalysisThe Injustice Department
The Department of Justice systematically fails to live up to its lofty rhetoric about protecting constitutional rights and ensuring equal treatment under the law.
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Policy LetterBroad Coalition Applauds House Judiciary Committee for Whistleblower Protections
POGO leads civil society in ensuring whistleblower protections are a central component of Congress’s effort to crack down on misconduct in the federal judiciary.
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TestimonyCongress Can Earn Back Public Trust by Banning Stock Trading
Congress is poised to restrict stock trading by lawmakers, taking a first step toward creating a real ethics program for members of Congress, and must get the details right.
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Policy LetterCoalition Urges President Biden to Lower Defense Topline in Budget Request
A POGO-led coalition urges President Biden to reject calls to increase the over $700 billion defense topline and instead hold the Pentagon accountable for wasted funds.
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TestimonyPOGO Testimony on Maryland Face Recognition Legislation
POGO Applauds Important Safeguards in SB 762 But Calls For Other Critical Measures
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TestimonyPOGO Testimony on Ensuring the Extractive Industries Pay Their Fair Share
Testimony Before the House Appropriations Committee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
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AnalysisF-35 Program Stagnated in 2021 but DOD Testing Office Hiding Full Extent of Problem
More than 20 years after Lockheed Martin won the contract for the F-35 program, development has largely stalled, with little real progress having been demonstrated over the past several years. And now there’s even less transparency.
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AnalysisReform — or Repeat? Congress Fills New Pentagon Reform Panel with Revolving Door Regulars
The new defense acquisition and budgeting reform commission is full of industry hacks.
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Policy LetterPOGO Requests Investigation into Allegations of Border Patrol Involvement in Texas’s “Operation Lonestar”
DHS Needs to Investigate possible Border Patrol misconduct in Texas’s troubling migrant arrest scheme.
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AnalysisNext Steps After Stopping IRS Face Recognition
Here are three priorities for stopping overbroad surveillance