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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
POGO Asks President to Withdraw FDA Nominee
POGO urged President Obama to withdraw his nominee to head the FDA, Dr. Robert Califf, from Senate consideration.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges Senate to Vote Against Nominee to the FDA
POGO's Executive Director, Danielle Brian, sent a letter to the Senate urging Senators to vote against Dr. Robert Califf's nomination to head the FDA. Based on our in-depth investigation into one of the clinical trials he chaired, POGO concluded he is not fit to be the FDA Adm...
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Pushes Back to Get Answers on Surveillance
Thirty civil society organizations push back on lack of clear answers about surveillance activities from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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Policy Letter
22 Organizations Ask the IC IG to Investigate Insider Threat Program
POGO is joined by 21 organizations in sending a letter to the Intelligence Community Inspector General, Charles McCullough. The letter asks Inspector General McCullough to investigate the Insider Threat Program to determine whether it has been improperly used to target or iden...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Groups Urging President Obama to Include Beneficial ownership transparency in the National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct
POGO joins groups urging President Obama to include beneficial ownership transparency in the National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct. The proposals will help prevent the ability to incorporate a company anonymously, which will curb corruption and protect against h...
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Policy Letter
Civil Society to FBI: Show Us How Section 702 Affects Americans
POGO joins letter requesting the FBI to provide certain basic information about how Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) affects Americans and other U.S. residents
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Defense Department Proposal to Buy Items that have a Genuine Commercial Market.
POGO support DoD's proposal to standardize commercial item buying. The proposals will assist contracting officers in obtaining needed cost or pricing data that will ensure that the government receives fair and reasonable prices.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Groups Calling for Congress To Reject Defense Authorization Bill
POGO urges Congress to vote no on the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, which reduces Pentagon oversight and increases wasteful defense spending.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society to the White House: Don’t Mischaracterize Whistleblower Protections
Members of civil society organizations pen a reply to the “official White House response" to a petition through the We the People platform calling on them to pardon Edward Snowden.
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Policy Letter
Employees of the VA Deseve Robust Whistleblower Protections
More than 35 organizations and whistleblowers joined on to a letter asking Senate leadership to support VA whistleblower protection legislation.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to VA Inspector General Regarding Subpoena Enforcement
We are writing in response to your letter received by the Project On Government Oversight (“POGO”) on August 11, 2015.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society to Congress: Keep Whistleblower Protections in the NDAA
Organizations concerned with openness and accountability in all parts of government wrote to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees urging them to maintain the integrity of certain whistleblower provisions from the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Auth...