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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 before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on Misuse of Federal Funds to Promote a Political Agenda
This hearing concerns the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) use of appropriated taxpayer funds to lobby for President Bush’s proposals to reform Social Security. POGO concludes that, even strictly interpreting the laws, some of the SSA’s current actions violate the anti-l...
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Policy Letter
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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Analysis
Bogus Budget
In a new Op-Ed in Baron's magazine, CDI Visiting Senior Analyst Winslow Wheeler argues that the proposed budget cuts for the Department of Defense are virtually dead-on-arrival in Congress.
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Policy Letter
Joint POGO, PEER, GAP letter to members of Congress regarding U.S. Special Counsel, Scott Bloch’s retaliation against employees
On behalf of our organizations, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the Government Accountability Project (GAP), and the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), we are writing to alert you to the latest in a series of efforts by Special Counsel Scott Bloc...
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Public Comment
POGO’s comments to the Draft Request for Proposals for the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory
Project On Government Oversight ( POGO ) provides the following suggested additions to the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Management and Operations Contract:
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AnalysisControlling the Most Dangerous Weapons
In her recent op-ed, CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl argues that as casualties mount in Iraq, it is obvious that the greatest current threat to American soldiers comes not from exotic weapons of mass destruction, but from the vast quantities of conventional weapons – guns, mis...