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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 Supports More Transparency and Accountability for Taxdollars Spent on Foreign Security in the Senate
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...
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Policy Letter
60 Groups Make Recommendations to Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding NSA Surveillance
POGO joins a coalition of 60 companies, privacy organizations, and civil liberties organizations in expressing concerns about the recently revealed NSA surveillance. The letter makes recommendations to the Senate Judiciary Committee on how to reform these programs.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Submit Recommendations to DNI on Intelligence and National Security Whistleblower Protections
POGO and partners submitted comments to the Director of National Intelligence on the implementation of whistleblower protections across the agencies urging key reforms.
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Policy Letter
Bipartisan Groups Urge House to Pass Smart Amendments on Pentagon Spending
POGO and partners from across the ideological spectrum ask Members of Congress to support smart spending amendments to the Defense Appropriations Act of FY2014 (H.R. 2397) and to oppose wasteful spending.
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Policy Letter
We Need To Know: POGO and Partners Send Letter Asking the US Government to Be More Open About National Security-Related Mass Surveillance
A group of transparency organizations writes the United States Government to urge greater transparency around national security-related requests to Internet, telephone, and web-based service providers for information about their users and subscribers.
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Policy Letter
POGO Sends FOIA Request to ODNI on Whistleblower Protections
I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. Section 552. Please provide records that have been provided to or maintained by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) or for ODNI by a government contractor in any format, inclu...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Coalition of 53 Groups in Resubmitting Request to Make NSA Surveillance Information Public
In June, POGO and partners submitted a letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board asking the Board to urge the administration to make public additional information regarding bulk NSA surveillance programs of Americans' communication metadata. The coalition is no...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Others in Asking for DOJ IG Findings on Wiretapping
A group of organizations dedicated to government transparency ask that the Department of Justice make public any findings by the Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) regarding the collection of Americans’ telephone records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
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Policy Letter
POGO’s FOIA Request to OPM Regarding National Security Sensitive Positions
I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. Section 552. Please provide records that are maintained by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) or for OPM by a government contractor in any format, including an electronic format, which is pref...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Others Urge Administration to Talk About Treatment of Suspected Terrorists
As advocates for a more open government, we write to urge you to declassify the CIA’s post 9/11 detention and interrogation program, and to support a Senate Intelligence Committee vote to release to the public its comprehensive report based on a nearly four year investigation ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Over 100 Groups in Voicing Concerns Over NSA Spying
We write to express our concern about recent reports published in the Guardian and the Washington Post, and acknowledged by the Obama Administration, which reveal secret spying by the National Security Agency (NSA) on phone records and Internet activity of people in the United...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Call for Disclosure on Secret Laws
We are very glad that the Board has been fully constituted, and we greatly appreciate your immediate attention and work in response to the recent disclosures concerning NSA surveillance. We understand that you are meeting to consider the impact of these NSA programs on pri...