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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 Air Force to Delay F-35 Basing Decision
As the civilian and military heads of the Air Force, you are in the process of selecting the first National Guard base at which to beddown the F-35A Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter.
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Policy Letter
POGO Endorses Mark-up of Bipartisan SUSPEND Act, Reforming the Suspension and Debarment System
The Project On Government Oversight endorses the “Stop Unworthy Spending Act” of 2013 or the SUSPEND Act. The bill would create the Board of Suspension and Debarment, providing a centralized body to manage the suspension and debarment system.
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Policy Letter
Groups Ask President Obama to Support Open Government Commitments on Secret Law
On behalf of citizens who support an open and accountable government, we are writing to urge you to pledge as part of the US’s new round of Open Government Partnership commitments to curb the secret law that enabled the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs to becom...
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Policy Letter
POGO Highlights GAO Report and Documented DoD Failures in Hiring a Cost Efficient Workforce
On September 26, 2013, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued Human Capital: Opportunities Exist to Further Improve DoD’s Methodology for Estimating the Costs of Its Workforces (GAO-13-792).
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Policy Letter
Openness Groups Ask Congress to Strengthen Intelligence Accountability Legislation
POGO and other groups ask Representative Mike Thompson to amend his intelligence oversight bill to require the government to produce information to the public about how surveillance laws are being interpreted.
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Policy Letter
Transparency Groups Ask for Greater Accountability at OFAC
POGO joins OpenTheGovernment.org and other partners in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging him to adopt policies that would increase transparency and accountability at the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC).
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Ask Senate Committee to Make NSA Surveillance Proposal Public
POGO joins more than twenty groups in asking the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to release the text of its proposed NSA surveillance legislation before committee mark-up in the interest of transparency.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Over 50 Groups in Asking Congress to Support National Security Transparency
POGO joins more than 50 companies and nonprofit groups in voicing support for legislation in the House and Senate that would address government surveillance and increase national security transparency.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Allies Urge Senate to Uphold Transparency Measures
As the Senate considers legislation to codify the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement, POGO and other member organizations of the Publish What You Pay Coalition, express their appreciation that the Senate bill only includes essential provisions. By contrast, the Ho...
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Audit Expanded to Include DoD’s Compliance with the Buy American Act
On August 13, 2013, your office issued a memorandum announcing an audit of Department of Defense compliance with the Berry Amendment (Project No. D2013-D000CG-0208.000). The Project On Government Oversight supports such an audit, and would like to see it expanded to also inclu...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Campaign Partners Thank House Members for Smart Spending Votes on Defense
Our undersigned organizations offer you our sincere gratitude for your support for curtailing wasteful and unnecessary spending at the Pentagon. We, and our many members and supporters in your district, thank you for voting in favor of amendments that the House approved on the...
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports More Transparency and Accountability for Taxdollars Spent on Foreign Security in the House
When Congress returns from its August break, members will consider a bill that improves oversight of the billions of dollars in aid that flows from the U.S. to foreign countries each year. The Obama administration wants to exempt the billions it sends to foreign security force...