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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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Policy Letter
POGO Requests Review of Conclusion that President Trump Isn’t Violating His DC Hotel Lease
POGO joins bipartisan organizations and individuals requesting a General Services Administration Inspector General review that the Trump Old Post Office LLC is “in full compliance” with its ground lease for the Old Post Office Building. Despite an unambiguous provision prevent...
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Policy Letter
POGO Asks Senate Committee to Question Potential Conflicts of Air Force Secretary Nominee
The Project On Government Oversight sent a letter asking the Senate Armed Services Committee to question Trump Air Force Secretary nominee Heather Wilson's potential conflicts of interest regarding her post-government employment with Department of Energy nuclear laboratories.
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Policy Letter
Bipartisan Groups Support the McCaskill-Tester Bill to Post Contracts Online
The “Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2017” (S. 651) introduced by Senators McCaskill and Tester will enhance transparency in the area of federal contract spending. The bi'l will expand the information available on USASpending.gov, make the contract informatio...
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Policy Letter
Open Letter to the White House on Transparency Objectives
POGO's Danielle Brian sent a letter to the President detailing transparency objectives that the open government community raised to former President Obama that still need to be addressed.
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Policy Letter
Groups Send Letter to Congress on Wasteful Nuclear Fuel Production Facility
Four groups concerned with good government spending sent a letter to Congressional Members advocating a end to funding for the Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) Fabrication Facility in Aiken, South Carolina, a vastly over budget and behind schedule nuclear fuel production facility.
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Policy Letter
Suggested Ethics Reforms for 2017
POGO submitted a response to an invitation from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to share our ideas and proposals with on how to uphold and protect the independence and vital role of the Office of Government Ethics and to strengthen ethics in the executive b...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Colleagues Object to Actions of Transparency Initiative Stakeholders
The Project On Government Oversight and civil society colleagues from the U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative sent a letter to the federal government, objecting to government and industry actions that are harmful to the initiative.
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Policy Letter
DOJ Should Investigate Potential Ethics Violations by White House
POGO is requesting that the Department of Justice launch an investigation into possible ethics violations by White House staff, including the recent communications of Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway and Assistant to the President and Director of Social Media Dan Sc...
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Policy Letter
Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel
This is a draft executive order created by POGO and submitted to campaigns and transition teams in 2016.
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Policy Letter
POGO Works with Bipartisan Coalition to Propose Expanding Obama Ethics Executive Order
POGO and a coalition of bipartisan government groups and individuals has recommended to President Trump that he should strengthen President Obama's ethics pledge for executive branch employees. That means going beyond the current limitations on registered lobbyists to cover an...
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges House Oversight Committee to Support Office of Government Ethics
POGO sent a letter to Chairman Chaffetz and Ranking Member Cummings strongly supporting bipartisan oversight of the Office of Government Ethics. POGO offered its support for OGE director Walter Shaub, and his office's vetting of cabinet nominees and President-elect Trump's pla...
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Policy Letter
POGO Asks Senate Committee to Examine Defense Secretary Nominee Conflicts
The Project On Government Oversight sent a letter asking the Senate Armed Services Committee to more closely examine Trump Defense Secretary nominee General James Mattis's conflicts of interest regarding General Dynamics and Theranos.