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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
Sign-On Letter from over 50 organizations supporting legislation to strengthen the independence of the EPA Ombudsman’s Office
We respectfully submit that reauthorization would allow the EPA National Ombudsman's Office to continue providing a vital service to the American public.
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Analysis
GAO Recommends Delay in JSF Program
In testimony before Congress last week, an official of the General Accounting Office (GAO) recommended that the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program be delayed in order to allow critical technologies to mature. The testimony by Louis Rodriques, GAO's Director for Defense Acquisi...
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Analysis
Congress Mulls JSF Program
With both the House of Representatives and the Senate Armed Services committees in the process of producing their annual legislation authorizing Pentagon spending, the fate of a number of high profile weapons programs are being carefully weighed. One such is the Joint Strike F...
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Policy Letter
Over 100 Organizations Sign Letter to House Committee on Resources in Support of POGO
The organizations write “to express deep concern over your Committee's efforts to obtain the home phone records of the Project On Government Oversight's (POGO) Executive Director as well as the organization's office phone records.”
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Policy Letter
Letter From Coalition Of 24 Organizations: to David Guzy, Chief, Rules & Regulations Staff, Royalty Management Program, MMS
The undersigned organizations urge the Minerals Management Service (MMS) to finalize the Indian and Oil Valuation Rules for implementation as soon as the Congressional moratorium is lifted on March 15, 2000.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter - to David Guzy, Chief, Rules & Regulations Staff, Royalty Management Program, Minerals Management Services
MMS is placing the burden on itself to detect underpayments through audits, rather placing the burden on industry to disclose the relevant information.
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian, with EPA National Ombudsman Bob Martin and Senator Wayne Allard at a Hearing regarding the Shattuck Superfund Site and the EPA National Ombudsman Program
I am Danielle Brian, Executive Director of the Project On Government Oversight, or POGO, a Washington based, non-partisan non-profit organization that, since 1981, has worked to investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement and subservience to special interest...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Bill Richardson, Department of Energy regarding the moving of the Moab uranium tailings pile from the Colorado River
I am writing to congratulate you on your courageous leadership in asking for the authority to move the Moab uranium tailings pile from the Colorado River. Because of your vision, four endangered species of fish and 25 million Americans will hopefully be protected from this loo...
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Public Comment
POGO Comments on Responsible Contractor “Anti-Scofflaw” Federal Regulations
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) case 1999-010. POGO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has, for almost 20 years, investigated, exposed and worked to remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience to special i...
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Testimony
Testimony of Danielle Brian, Executive Director of the Project on Government Oversight Regarding the Citigroup/Shattuck Superfund Site at the Public Hearing of the EPA National Ombudsman Robert Martin in Denver, Colorado
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a non-partisan non-profit organization that, since 1981, has worked to investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience to special interests by the federal government. POGO's goal is to improve the w...
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Report
Defense Waste & Fraud Camouflaged As Reinventing Government
Overpriced spare parts horror stories from the 1980s taught us how to prevent fraud, and led to useful reforms. By the 1990s, however, defense industry interests dovetailed with Vice President Gore's Reinventing Government campaign, and new policies bypassed some of the earlie...
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Report
Who the Hell is Regulating Who? The NRC’s Abdication of Responsibility
After a two-year investigation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), POGO's findings proved that for nearly twenty years the NRC has acquiesced to the nuclear industry by allowing significant safety problems to fester for years before they are actually, if ever, fixed. T...