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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 Urges Department of Defense IG to Broaden Its Interpretation of Contractor Whistleblower Protection Law
POGO requests that the DoD IG reconsider its narrow ruling restricting who can receive a protected disclosure from contractor employees. Despite congressional efforts to broaden the law prohibiting whistleblower reprisals, the IG is ignoring the law and making it more difficul...
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Policy Letter
POGO Calls on Senate to Keep Pentagon Testing Office Strong in NDAA
On May 7, the House Armed Services Committee released its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015.
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Policy Letter
Groups Urge Congress to Restore Transparency Requirements to USA FREEDOM Act
POGO and other transparency advocates call for Congress to restore the original USA FREEDOM Act’s transparency requirements, which were omitted from the current draft.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports a Strong USA Freedom Act
POGO joins a coalition of groups in calling for the end of bulk data collection. The letter urges House leadership to oppose efforts to weaken the USA Freedom Act and suggests technical corrections to the bill.
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Policy Letter
Groups Call on Holder to Follow Court Order Regarding Openness about Targeted Killing Program
POGO joined more than twenty organizations in urging Attorney General Holder to decline to appeal a recent federal court ruling that would provide the public with critical information about the legal analysis underpinning the targeted killing program.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Urge House Judiciary to Allow Inclusion of Military Whistleblower Protections in NDAA
Good government groups urge House Judiciary Committee leadership to issue a waiver to allow inclusion of the Military Whistleblower Protection Act Amendment in the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2015.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Others Call for Drone Strike Transparency
POGO joins other good government groups in voicing support for H.R. 4372, the Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act, a bill that will require the Administration to publish the number of combatant and civilian casualties from drone strikes annually.
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Policy Letter
Groups Urge FCC to Protect Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information Online
POGO joins over 40 groups in signing a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler asking him to reclassify broadband access services to protect freedom of expression online.
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Policy Letter
42 Free Speech, Open Government and Public Interest Groups Urge the FCC to Protect Net Neutrality
POGO joined a large coalition of groups in sending a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to reclassify broadband access services to protect freedom of expression online.
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Policy Letter
Letter to President Obama on CIA Spying on Congress
Diverse organizations are deeply concerned with alleged CIA spying on Congress and threats to constitutional separation of powers. The groups urge President Obama to take three initial steps to help restore public confidence: Declassify the SSCI report; end any obstruction of ...
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Policy Letter
Groups Call for Senate Appropriators to Restore Funding to Technology Experts
POGO joins government accountability groups in urging Senate appropriators to restore funding to the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). OTA's expertise will be useful as Congress considers national security and telecommunications policy.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Coalition in Calling on Congress to Make Data More Accessible
The Congressional Data Coalition and other transparency groups ask House appropriators to increase bulk access to legislative data.