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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Right-Left Coalition Urging Defense Authorization Conferees to Reject Wasteful Pentagon Spending
POGO joined a bipartisan coalition to urge conferees to the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act to reject the use of budget gimmicks to increase Department of Defense spending, particularly calling on conferees to restrict the use of funds in the overseas contingency op...
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Policy Letter
Broad Coalition Denounces FOIA Carve Outs In the NDAA
Like last year, DoD asked the Armed Services Committees to include carve outs to FOIA law for records that go beyond national security information and instead cover innocuous but potentially embarrassing documents.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society to House: Pass Widely Supported FOIA Bill
POGO and 27 good government, transparency, and civil liberties organizations wrote to express strong support for the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 and asked that the House of Representatives vote on and pass this bill as soon as possible. The bill is scheduled to be considered ...
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Policy Letter
POGO joins Right/Left Coalition Urging Senate to Reject Amendments to Increase Pentagon Spending
The Project On Government Oversight joined groups across the political spectrum urging Senators to reject amendments to increased spending for the Department of Defense beyond what was allowed in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015, including an amendment offered by Senate...
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Policy Letter
POGO and National Taxpayers Union Urge Congress to Withhold MOX Funding
POGO and the National Taxpayers Union sent a letter to House Members urging them to withhold funding for the construction of the Mixed oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX) in South Carolina until the Department of Energy answers questions about the project mandated in last ye...
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Policy Letter
POGO’s Letter to Homeland Security Inspector General To Address Long-standing Revenue Collection Issues at Customs and Border Protection
POGO sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General John Roth urging him to thoroughly investigate years of lost revenue by Customs and Border Protection resulting from its lack of focus on revenue collection.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Right/Left Coalition Proposing $38.6 Billion in Pentagon Savings
As you consider the Pentagon’s budget request for fiscal year 2017, the undersigned groups appreciate your consideration of the following options for savings to comply with the spending caps put in place by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Keeping the Fiscal Year 2017 budget...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Taxpayer Groups Ask Congress to Cut MOX Funding
Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight, Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and Brandon Arnold, National Taxpayers Union, urge Congress not to continue funding the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX).
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Policy Letter
DoD Tries to Amend FOIA Through NDAA Again
Bipartisan organizations oppose DoD proposal to amend FOIA through the NDAA, after failing to do so last year.
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Policy Letter
Good Government Groups Pen Open Letter to Obama
In a letter to the President, transparency organizations prescribe recommendations for the last year of Obama's administration that will have a lasting impact beyond 2016.
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Policy Letter
Letter to Pentagon Watchdog To Address Internal Misconduct Regarding Military Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations
POGO and CDI sent a letter to Acting Department of Defense Inspector General Glenn Fine urging him to address significant deficiencies in the office's military reprisal investigations, including attempts to change case files under review by the Government Accountability Office.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Letter Supporting WARN Act
POGO supports the recently introduced WARN Act, which would provide updated financial incentives and stronger anti-retaliation protections for industry insiders who blow the whistle on bank fraud.