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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
Base Closings Meant To Bypass Politics
CDI Senior Advisor Lawrence Korb argues that because the base realignment and closure process was created to take the politics out of the process, lobbying efforts to save military bases are a waste of time and money.
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Analysis
Summary of North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal
It is difficult to accurately gauge North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. Based on intelligence reports of the quantity of plutonium they possess, it is reasonable to estimate they have as many as eight to 11 weapons.
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Policy Letter
Letter from POGO to Senate Disputing Office of Special Counsel Testimony
The Project On Government Oversight would like to thank you for holding oversight hearings on the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) last week. We have become increasingly concerned about the handling of whistleblower cases by that office.
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AnalysisPork Invades War Funding: U.S. Senators Pad Supplementals
CDI Visiting Senior Fellow Winslow Wheeler argues in his Defense News Op-Ed that the Senate has sunk to new depths in adding pork projects to the emergency supplemental. Worse, some of these irrelevant items actually were included at the expense of legitimate military operatio...
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Public Comment
POGO comments on a government attempt to restrict outsourcing jobs associated with purchasing goods and services
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) appreciates the opportunity to comment on 70 Federal Register 14572 (March 23, 2005) – "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Contractor Performance of Acquisition Functions Closely Associated With Inherently Governm...
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Report
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Homeland Security Opportunities
As internal tests and analyses have shown, the Department of Energy cannot adequately protect America's voluminous stockpile of weapons grade nuclear material, which is housed at 13 locations throughout the country. In the post-9/11 era, we know that suicidal terrorists are ca...
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Public Comment
POGO opposes industry-driven effort to further remove contract oversight and provisions that protect taxpayers
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) provides the following public comment to GSAR ANPR 2005-N01: "Waiver of Consequential Damages and 'Post Award' Audit Provisions" published at 70 Federal Register 12167 (March 11, 2005 ) (subsequent corrections published at 7...
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Analysis
State Department Reports on the Use of Child Soldiers
Excerpts from the 2004 State Department Human Rights Reports relating to the use of children in armed conflict.
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Policy Letter
Letter Urging Funding for Public Interest Declassification Board
It has come to our attention that, as first reported by Secrecy News, Congress has not appropriated funds for the Public Interest Declassification Board (the "Board") this year, and no money requested for the coming year.