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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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Analysis
The Brooklyn Connection
CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl is featured in the accompanying website for the new PBS documentary, “The Brooklyn Connection,” airing Tuesday, July 19. From the PBS website: "The Brooklyn Connection" shows the terrifying ease with which a charming Brooklyn businessm...
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Analysis
Evolution of U.S. Policy on Small Arms
The following is a compilation of speeches, official documents, and policy notes by U.S. government officials on small arms from 1995-2005. This summary is intended to be a survey of the evolution of U.S. governmental policy, in order to give a broad history, as well as insigh...
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Analysis
First Reflections on the London Bombing: A View from Moscow
Dr. Ivan Safranchuk, director of the World Security Institute’s Moscow office, offers insight into the July 7 London bombings from the Russian perspective.
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to Congress raising concerns with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigative ability
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a politically-independent, nonprofit watchdog that promotes a government that is accountable to the citizenry. POGO is concerned about the quality of investigations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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AnalysisSaudi Nuclear Intentions and the IAEA Small Quantities Protocol
Saudi Arabia’s recent signing of the International Atomic Energy Agency Small Quantities Protocol raises larger issues of potential nuclear ambitions on the Arabian Peninsula. With the cooling off of relations between Riyadh and Washington, and the resultant retreat of U.S. se...
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Public Comment
POGO’s comments on Criminal Conflict of Interest Statutes
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) provides the following public comment to the Office of Government Ethics' (OGE) "Review of Criminal Conflict of Interest Statutes; Opportunity for Comment" notice published at 70 Federal Register 22661 (May 2, 2005).
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to NRC Chairman Diaz regarding ongoing nuclear security officer fatigue
POGO has interviewed over 200 security officers at more than 40 nuclear power plants When we issued our report in 2002, Nuclear Power Plant Security: Voices from Inside the Fences, one of our findings was that guards were working 60-72 hours a week or more.