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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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Report
A Matter of Trust: How The Revolving Door Undermines Public Confidence In Government - And What To Do About It
A Matter of Trust: How The Revolving Door Undermines Public Confidence In Government - And What To Do About It, October 1, 2005. After exposing the revolving doors at the top 20 federal contractors in POGO’s 2004 report The Politics of Contracting, POGO assisted in forming the...
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Policy Letter
POGO Discovers Security Weaknesses at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
I want to alert you to a very serious security problem at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. On September 26, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) was invited to visit the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge to discuss security issues of concern to POGO with staff from the Department of...
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Public Comment
POGO urges the Cost Accounting Standards Board to further financial transparency in accounting for the cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) sponsored by government contractors
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on “Accounting for the Cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Sponsored by Government Contractors” (70 FR 42293, July 22, 2005). The Project On ...
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Analysis
Not Rocket Science: U.S. Defense Reform Needs Leadership, Oversight
In the Sept. 19 issue of Defense News, Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project, addresses the failure of people purporting to "reform" the Defense Department to get to the real issues. It is not inconceivable that today's so-called military re...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Senator Collins (R-ME), Chair, Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, detailing government contracting concerns and recommendations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
POGO Letter to Senator Collins (R-ME), Chair, Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, detailing government contracting concerns and recommendations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Policy Letter
Testimony before Defense Acquisition Review Panel should not be limited to defense contractors
We have attended two of your public meetings and been impressed with the vigor you and your colleagues on the DAPA panel have displayed in pursuing the very broad and challenging mission you have been given by Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England.
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Policy Letter
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has a number of concerns regarding the directive on "Safeguarding Sensitive But Unclassified (For Official Use Only) Information" (revised on January 6, 2005 – MD Number 11042.1). POGO believes that DHS's directive is overre...
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Policy Letter
POGO provides additional information to the panel reviewing the government’s buying system
In response to the Acquisition Advisory Panel's (the "Panel") request for additional information, I present the following materials for the Panel's review of federal acquisition laws and regulations. I am fully aware of the daunting task and the accelerated schedule...