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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
Written Comments For The Public Record Regarding MMS’ Proposed Oil Royalty Rule
The oil industry has behaved during this nearly four-year process as though MMS must draft a rulemaking that the industry likes. I believe strongly that this prolonged rulemaking process is policy-making at its worst, where political power can buy more time to influence regula...
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Report
NRC Sells Environment Down the River: Radiation Flows Unchecked into the Colorado River
In 1996, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) released "Who The Hell Is Regulating Who?" The NRC's Abdication of Responsibility. This report analyzed the prolonged process by which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) identifies and addresses significant saf...
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Policy Letter
Letter from Groups to Members of Congress Regarding the Decommissioning of the Atlas Uranium Mill in Moab, Utah
The decommissioning of the Atlas uranium mill in Moab, Utah, has been of continuing concern because its radioactive wastes contaminate drinking water for 20 million people.
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Testimony
POGO’s Statement to The Cost Accounting Standards Board
As you may know, POGO testified this past June before the CAS Board Review Panel - a group that is trading on the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) good name, but which appears to be dominated by outside pro-defense industry personnel. Our testimony before that body, which i...
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Testimony
Danielle Brian’s Comments to the Supplementary Proposed Rule on Oil Royalty Valuation
I want to begin by protesting again the way this meeting was made necessary by Big Oil's ability to gain access through their campaign contributions. I am embarrassed that the interns who have come in to Washington this summer to see how their government works will see through...
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Public Comment
POGO’s Letter to Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, regarding major oil companies trying to reopen the comment period for the proposed crude oil valuation rule
I am writing to determine whether you are supporting Assistant Secretary Bob Armstrong's current back room dealings with the major oil companies to reopen the comment period for the proposed crude oil valuation Rule.
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian to the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board Review Panel
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the CAS Board Review Panel. POGO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has, for over 17 years, investigated, exposed and worked to remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience to special interests, by the federa...
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Testimony
Written Statement of POGO’s Danielle Brian, before the Senate Energy Committee Hearings on the Department of Interior’s Proposed Rule on Oil Valuation
The current discussion over the Department of Interior's rulemaking is clearly very important for all those directly affected. The oil companies have linked arms in opposition to the proposed Rule because it would require the majors to pay more in royalties than they have been...
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Report
Tripwired? Document Trail of Faulty Airplane Wiring Demonstrates Need For Comprehensive Review
POGO's investigation found that the military has been aware of serious wiring problems on its aircraft since at least the early 1980s, but failed to notify regulators. Furthermore, POGO discovered that wiring experts who tried to blow the whistle on flammable wiring problems w...
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Report
Addicted to Fraud? Health Care Industry Forced to Return Nearly $2 Billion to Taxpayers Under False Claims Act
The False Claims Act (FCA) has succeeded in returning over $4 billion owed American taxpayers to the U.S. Treasury since major improvements were introduced in 1986. The FCA forces corporations, institutions and individuals to be held accountable for the goods and services the...
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Report
Re-Establishing Institutional Integrity at the FEC: Ten Common Sense Campaign Finance Disclosure Reforms
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has undertaken a major investigation into the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) Political Action Committee (PAC) contribution disclosure system. POGO found that the current status of the FEC's data creates opportunities for unfair a...
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Testimony
Testimony of POGO’s Danielle Brian Regarding H.R. 2347 and the Pell Grant Program Before The Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
The federal aid program known as the Pell Grant Program, administered by the Department of Education, makes higher education possible for thousands of students every year. Unfortunately, abuse of the Pell Grant Program has succeeded in funneling a large portion of these funds ...