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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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Fact SheetFact Sheet: Increase Federal Spending Transparency
Congress can enact reforms that help prevent fraud and better track where taxpayer dollars are going.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: Reforming the National Emergencies Act
Congress must check the president’s massive emergency powers.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: How Congress can Strengthen its Oversight Capacity
Too often, Congress struggles to conduct essential oversight. It has the tools to change that.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: Reclaiming Congress’s War Power
Congress can’t give up this key power — or responsibility.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: How Congress Can Improve Oversight of Weapons Programs Acquisition
Congress can improve its oversight of defense spending. We recommend four measures Congress could take now.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: Auditing the Department of Defense
The DOD has an enormous budget, but has never passed a financial audit. Congress needs to step in and hold DOD accountable.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: Amend the Federal Vacancies Reform Act
Congress must strengthen rules for temporarily filling vacant executive branch positions requiring presidential nomination and Senate confirmation.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: The Problem with Unfunded Priorities Lists
Promoting Responsible Defense Spending by Streamlining Budgeting and Focusing on Strategic Priorities
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: POGO Supports Modernizing Subaward Reporting System
A bipartisan subaward reporting bill by Representative Nick Langworthy will improve federal spending tracking and accountability.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: Reporting Reforms for Federal Spending
Tracking federal spending is far more difficult than it should be because the reporting system for federal awards suffers from significant flaws.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: Close a Significant Gap in the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Regime
It’s too easy for malign foreign influence campaigns to target and corrupt U.S. officials who have high-level access. Legislation to include certain domestic politically exposed persons under the U.S. anti-money laundering regime would change that.
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Fact SheetFact Sheet: Time for Pentagon to Implement the Law
Congress passed a law to protect our national security. Its time for the Department of Defense to implement it.