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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 LetterRecommendations for DOJ to Improve Death in Custody Reporting
A decade into DCRA, the Justice Department can take concrete steps to make sure the program works as intended: to help save lives.
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Policy LetterPOGO and NTU Call on Congress to Improve Spending Transparency
We urge Speaker Johnson to improve transparency in federal spending.
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Policy LetterPOGO and Partners Recommend More Civil Rights Oversight on Border
Coalition encourages DHS’s civil rights office to increase staffing at border to investigate reports of rights violations.
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Policy LetterPresident Biden: Remove Inspectors General Cuffari and Ennis Immediately
These bad watchdogs are failing in their missions, harming federal employees, and endangering the public.
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Policy LetterCoalition Pushes Biden to Publicly Support Eliminating Pentagon Wish Lists
The secretary of Defense supports getting rid of Pentagon wish lists, and it’s time for the president to publicly back him.
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Policy LetterWhistleblower Advocates to Congress: Overturn Navy v. Egan
Agencies abuse the security clearance process and access to classified information to retaliate against whistleblowers and discriminate against employees exercising their rights. This has a chilling effect on policy dissent and freedom of expression.
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Policy LetterRequest for Initiation of Department of Justice Enforcement Action
POGO calls on the National Archives to request that the Justice Department investigate DHS Inspector General Cuffari’s deletion of text messages for possible Federal Records Act violations.
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Policy LetterCoalition Urges Congress to Get Rid of Pentagon Wish Lists
A transpartisan group of 14 organizations asked the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to repeal the requirements for Pentagon wish lists.
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Policy LetterPOGO Calls for DOJ to Investigate Clarence Thomas, Seek Civil Penalties
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas violated a disclosure law. Circumstances support a conclusion that the violations were knowing and willful. POGO has called on DOJ to investigate and, absent any exculpatory evidence, seek civil penalties.
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Policy LetterPOGO Appropriations Requests for the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
POGO asks Congress to better support watchdogs, whistleblowers, and civil servants; help federal agencies comply with transparency laws and make it clear where federal dollars are being spent; and bolster government ethics.
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Policy LetterPOGO Appropriations Requests for Defense Subcommittee
POGO asks Congress to improve data on sexual assault in the military, better protect whistleblowers from retaliation, and study whether small businesses are getting a fair shot at Defense Department contracts.
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Policy LetterPOGO Appropriations Requests for Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
POGO asks Congress to improve tracking of law enforcement use of force and deaths in custody, and to stop police from avoiding securing warrants by buying personal information from data companies.