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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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Public CommentPublic Comment: POGO Tells Regulatory Office to Make Processes More Inclusive and Transparent
POGO urges the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to reach more diverse stakeholders and to increase transparency in the federal rulemaking process.
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Public CommentPOGO Comment on FBI Whistleblower Protections
POGO submitted a public comment to the Department of Justice with recommendations on how to strengthen FBI whistleblower protections.
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Public CommentPOGO Submits Comment to Regulatory Agency to Broaden Public Engagement in Federal Rulemaking
POGO proposes recommendations that would help the administration fulfill its promise to better listen to the needs of historically underserved communities.
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Public CommentPOGO Comment on Potential Revision of OGE’s Public Financial Disclosure Form
POGO recommends adjustments to the Office of Government Ethics’ proposed improvements to the form that federal executive branch officials use to disclose their financial interests.
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Public CommentPOGO Submits Comment to Interior on Offshore Safety Standards
POGO highlights its multiple investigations to inform the Department of the Interior’s new rulemaking to improve safety standards for offshore drilling.
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Public CommentOffice of Government Ethics Proposes Ethics Rule With a Moon-Sized Loophole
America deserves better than optional government ethics, but the top ethics office has proposed to let officials ignore a rule clamping down on large gifts of cash to cover their legal expenses.
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Public CommentPOGO Submits Second Comment on Creation of New Federal Beneficial Ownership Database
If set up well, a beneficial ownership database will help law enforcement agencies prevent bad actors from abusing the U.S. financial system.
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Public CommentPOGO Proposes Strong Limits on Face Recognition to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
In response to an Office of Science and Technology Policy request for comment on biometrics, we explain the dangers face recognition poses and lay out a series of policies the White House should implement to protect civil rights and civil liberties.
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Public CommentPOGO Submits Comment on Climate Risk Disclosures
The Securities and Exchange Commission should shore up the auditing board that is in charge of verifying companies’ financial wellbeing and give it new responsibilities.
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Public CommentPOGO Submits Comment on Creation of New Federal Beneficial Ownership Database
A new database tracking the beneficial owners of companies—those individuals who really own and benefit financially from the companies—will make monumental progress in ending anonymous and opaque corporate ownership structures.
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Public CommentPOGO Calls on Customs and Border Protection to Halt Its Face Recognition Program
Customs and Border Protection is preparing to massively expand face recognition at airports, a system that risks misidentification, algorithmic bias, and mission creep that will lead to surveillance. We are calling on the agency to halt this plan.
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Public CommentPOGO Urges Royalties Agency to Withdraw Rule that Would Benefit Oil Industry over Taxpayers
The new rule would allow the industry to forgo tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments for resources extracted from public lands.