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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 Letter to Conferees on the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act
In a letter to the Senate and House Armed Services Committee, POGO outlines key acquisition reform policies, wasteful defense spending in conventional and nuclear weapons and MOX, support for close air support and the A-10, and oversight over risky weapon programs like the lit...
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Policy Letter
POGO Calls for New Chairperson at Chemical Safety Board
POGO calls on the Senate to promptly confirm a new chairperson at the Chemical Safety Board who can work to resolve the agency's challenges and restore its vigor.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Call to Restore Intelligence Contractor Whistleblower Protections
A coalition of groups sent a letter to the House and the Senate to support the restoration of whistleblower protections for intelligence contractors. This week the House Rules committee is considering a bipartisan amendment by Reps. Jackie Speier (D-CA), Justin Amash (R-MI), a...
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Policy Letter
Groups Urge the World Bank to Require Beneficial Ownership Information
Groups urge the World Bank to increase the transparency and accountability by requiring the disclosure and publication of the beneficial ownership information for all legal entity bidders.
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Policy Letter
POGO Calls for New Chair of Securities and Exchange Commission
POGO calls on President Obama to ask Mary Jo White to step down as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to designate a new head of the agency.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to GAO Concerning Navy’s Potential Violation of Anti-Lobbying Restrictions
High level Navy officials seem to have violated anti-lobbying provisions to garner support for the Navy's Ohio Replacement program.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Concerning Rear Admiral Joe Tofalo’s Potential Violation of Anti-Lobbying Restrictions
POGO sent a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) raising concerns that Rear Admiral Joe Tofalo, currently under consideration to become Vice Admiral Naval Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR); commander, Submarine Fo...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Groups in Defending the Office of Congressional Ethics
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has done much over the last seven years to increase the integrity and credibility of the House ethics process. That is why we are disturbed by the recent effort by former House Ethics Committee staff director Dan Schwager to blame, wi...
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Policy Letter
24 Groups Object to DoD’s Attempt to Amend FOIA in the NDAA
22 organizations joined POGO and Openthegovernment.org in reaching out to Senate leadership to express our opposition to the Department of Defense's request to change how they are subject to FOIA in FY16's National Defense Authorization Act.
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Policy Letter
Letter to the House in support of NDAA Amendments
A broad coalition of Pentagon spending watchdogs sent a letter to the House to a handful of amendments that have broad, bipartisan support and contribute to a stronger and more sustainable national security framework.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Expansion of Military Whistleblower Protections In National Defense Authorization Act
Following troubling Government Accountability Office findings of failures in Defense Department treatment of military whistleblowers, POGO joins other government watchdogs in urging the House to adopt Congresswoman Jackie Speier's (D-CA) amendment to expand protections.
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Policy Letter
POGO Opposes GSA Prices Paid Proposal that Would Gut the Price Reduction Clause
POGO opposes new plan to scrap pricing protection tool and rely on sales data indicating previous government prices paid. The plan would essentially lock the government into buying commercially available goods at government prices rather genuine market prices.