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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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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian on a Review of Security Initiatives at DOE Nuclear Weapons Facilities before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
The Department of Energy does not need new offices such as the NNSA’s new Office of Performance Assurance, new commissions, or new studies. The DOE needs to follow through on its existing commitments.
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Report
Taxpayers Carry the Load: The C-130J Cargo Plane Does Not
Attempts to reinstate funding for the C-130J program are nothing more than another scheme to keep on the table a plate of federal pork cooked up by a defense contractor and force-fed to the Pentagon by Congress.
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Testimony
Written Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian on DoD’s Use of “Commercial” Acquisition and “Other Transaction Authority” before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Airland Subcommittee
This testimony combines our unique position in the defense and contract oversight program areas. In the recent past POGO has exposed problems with Department of Defense (DoD) weapons systems, problems with the revolving door between the federal government and its top contract...
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges DOE to do the “right thing” and save the Colorado River … Again
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) investigates, exposes, and seeks to remedy systemic abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience by the federal government to powerful special interests. Founded in 1981, POGO is a politically-independent, nonprofit watchdog that...
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Analysis
Justice Department Caves In: Allows Publication of Retroactively Classified Information; Lawsuit Challenged Classification of Public Information
A hearing scheduled for this morning before U.S. District Judge John D. Bates was abruptly cancelled after the Justice Department gave up and admitted that the information it had retroactively classified could be released to the public.
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Policy Letter
POGO supports the “OPEN Government Act of 2005,” a bi-partisan bill co-sponsored by Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) & Sen. Leahy (D-VT) to strengthen FOIA and public access to government information
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) endorses your legislation entitled the "Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2005," also known as the "OPEN Government Act of 2005."
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Analysis
“Independent” Test of F/A-22 is misleading
Here's a surprise: The Air Force has issued a press release boasting that the F/A-22 Raptor has just passed its "independent" testing by the Air Force. The fighter has demonstrated "overwhelmingly effective" war-fighting capability, according to the Initial...
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Analysis
Air Force’s F/A-22 is a Relic and a Loser
The lingering misery of the F/A-22 should end now.