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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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AnalysisPresident Trump’s Flip-Flop on the F-35
President Trump just reversed course on the F-35. Did he really cut the cost of the most costly program in history?
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AnalysisRegulatory Rhetoric Meets Regulatory Research
Despite months of the President railing against regulations, a new government report concludes that benefits of regulations vastly outweigh the costs.
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AnalysisPOGO Staff Visit Key Disaster Response Warehouse
On March 9th, POGO staff visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster response warehouse located in Frederick, Maryland. The current network of warehouses delivers supplies to disaster victims, but recent disasters show the need to greatly increase the size of the ...
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AnalysisAcquisition Insanity: USS Ford Block-Buy Proposal
Navy leaders want Congress to commit billions of taxpayer dollars for two new aircraft carriers but no one can say that the design actually works.
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AnalysisThe Space Race the Pentagon Doesn’t Want
Well, actually it wants it. Just not a new bureaucracy to run it
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AnalysisShortsighted on Oversight
The President’s tweeted criticism of the Department of Justice Inspector General’s involvement in an investigation into possible wrongdoing by agency officials, and Congressional calls for an additional special counsel, show the need for more understanding of our nation’s inde...
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AnalysisShort-Staffed: Vacancies Leave Life-Altering Oversight Work for Later
Several administrative review boards lack adequate membership to decide important questions of workers’ rights and surveillance oversight. As a result, workers can’t find relief and the American public is worse off.
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AnalysisKey Intel Whistleblower Official Fired as Spy Agencies Face Oversight Crisis
Whistleblower retaliation concerns have even infected the offices that are supposed to be a safe haven for those who report abuse in the Intelligence Community.
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AnalysisJim Mattis Just Got a Lot Lonelier
In an Administration increasingly full of bluster, the defense chief provides some needed ballast
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AnalysisHave We Kept Madison’s Republic?
Over 200 years ago, our Founding Fathers faced a question: How could they build a democracy to withstand the trials of time and survive the pressures that destroyed those that came before?
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AnalysisHomeland Security Hiring Contracts May Be More Trouble Than They’re Worth, Again
ICE and Border Patrol plan to pay private companies hundreds of millions of dollars to help the agencies hire new employees.
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AnalysisThe Depressing Heroism of a Bipartisan Congressional Inquiry
A bipartisan letter from two Senators to the White House last month deserves greater attention—and praise. While it can seem that Congressional oversight is doomed to fail in this era of hyperpartisanship, the duo’s joint questions regarding clearance processes shows it only t...