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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 to FDA on Conflicts of Interest: Disclose Them!
Patients’ health is put at risk when outside experts advising the FDA have private financial interests that are undisclosed to the public. We propose specific ways to start correcting the problem. In short: POGO to FDA on conflicts of interest: Disclose them!
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Policy Letter
Watchdogs Urge the Energy Department to Slash the Award Fee for the Contractor at the Sandia National Laboratory
This letter urges the Energy Department not to provide any of the performance incentive award fee to the contractor managing the Sandia National Lab due to Inspector General findings of federal law violations.
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Policy Letter
Now is the Time to Modernize Congressional Oversight Rules
POGO joined more than 50 organizations and individuals from across the political spectrum to ask the House to take advantage of the opportunity to adopt new rules to improve Congressional oversight of national security.
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Policy Letter
Watchdogs Urge the Energy Department to Slash the Award Fee for the Contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
In the interests of greater contractor accountability, this letter urges that seriously reduced performance award fees be awarded to Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) for its management performance in FY 2014.
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Policy Letter
POGO Asks Senators to Support FOIA Reform in 2014
POGO's Danielle Brian sent a letter asking Senators to cosponsor the FOIA Improvement Act of 2014, S. 2520, and move it out of the Senate before the end of the year.
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Policy Letter
POGO Highlights DoD Effort to Kill Beneficial Service Contract Inventory System
There is a concerted effort by Department of Defense officials to willfully breach laws and congressional mandates to implement an improved service contract tracking system. Rather than implement an effective inventory system, as required by law, DoD is shirking its total forc...
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Policy Letter
POGO Leads Effort in Support of A-10 to NDAA Conference Leaders
As the House and Senate make their way to enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, we want to express our concern about equipping American military forces, now and in the future, to win decisively on the battlefield, to save America lives and t...
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges the Senate to Markup S. 1809
POGO urges the Senate to restore the Merit Systems Protections Board's jurisdiction to review sensitive job determinations to make sure these employees are given the protections they deserve.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Groups Seeking Executive Opinion on FOIA Reforms
POGO joined 50 organizations to ask the White House to go on record with its position on FOIA reforms before Congress now, in the FOIA Improvements Act of 2014. Among other necessary reforms, the Act would codify the President's presumption of openness.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports ARB’s Burden of Proof Standard
POGO applauds the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board decision in Fordham v. Fannie Mae. This decision is vital to sustain the legal burdens of proof that have defined modern whistleblower law.
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Policy Letter
Bipartisan Coalition Sends Letter to Armed Services With Final NDAA Recommendations
As you prepare for final, bicameral consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015, the undersigned groups appreciate your consideration of the following recommendations. Doing so will help the Department of Defense save valuable resources ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Requests Independent Study to Determine Need For Nuclear Facility
The Project On Government Oversight is concerned about the rising cost of the proposed Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex and requests an independent study to determine exactly what capacity will be required of the mutibillion-dollar facility.