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Policy Letter
POGO and Allies Caution Congress on Anti-Leaks Legislation
The undersigned organizations, concerned with government openness and accountability, write to urge you to protect the interests of an open government and informed public in any legislation to address the leaks of highly classified information. Congress’ goal of protecting the...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins in Urging Congress to Fund Whistleblower Protection Programs
This letter is to urge you to provide $20.379 million that was requested by the Department of Labor for the Office of Whistleblower Protection Programs (OWPP), which is currently housed within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Since 2000, Congress has p...
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges OSTP to Ensure that Agency Scientific Integrity Plans Include Contractors and Grantees
POGO is pleased to see that most federal departments and agencies have finally made public their draft or final scientific integrity plans in response to President Obama’s March 2009 Memorandum on Scientific Integrity. However, POGO is concerned that several agencies have not ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Opposes Self-Regulation of Investment Advisers
POGO has joined others in raising serious concerns about the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the largest self-regulatory organization (SRO) for the securities industry. FINRA’s regulatory effectiveness is undermined by its inherent conflicts of interest, its l...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Oppose House Bill that Allows FDA More Secrecy
The undersigned organizations concerned with openness and accountability are writing to urge you to remove or substantially narrow a provision of H.R. 5651, the Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012, that needlessly prevents the public from having access to potential...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Groups Support Better Information on Clinical Trials
Our undersigned groups strongly support the Grassley Amendment 2129 to S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act. Complete and timely reporting of clinical trial results is crucial not only to patients and their doctors, but also to the future of dru...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Oppose FDA Secrecy
The undersigned organizations concerned with openness and accountability are writing to urge you to remove or substantially narrow a provision of S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, that needlessly prevents the public from having access to pote...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Groups Calling on Congress to Support Incorporation Transparency, Ban Anonymous U.S. Shell Companies
We, the 41 undersigned organizations, associations and investors are writing to express our strong support for the bipartisan Senate Bill 1483, the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, which would require companies to disclose information about the re...
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports DoD Effort to Redefine Commercial Items
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) urges you to support the Department of Defense’s (DoD) legislative proposal for the National Defense Authorization Act that will result in improved oversight of billions of dollars’ worth of so-called “commercial” goods and services.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Allies Oppose Banning Disclosure of Contractor Political Spending
Our 14 civic organizations write to you in solid opposition to S. 1100, the so-called “Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act,” and urge the Senate to reject this legislation that would block public disclosure of campaign contributions and spending by government contr...
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports NDAA Amendments in the House
POGO recently released an update to our recommendations for national security savings with Taxpayers for Common Sense—Spending Even Less, Spending Even Smarter —which includes $700 billion in spending reductions. Some of those recommendations are being offered as amendments to...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Oppose FOIA Threats in Cybersecurity Bills
On behalf of the undersigned organizations concerned with government openness and accountability, we are writing to oppose S.2105, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, if it includes Title 7. We are also writing to oppose S. 2151, Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using R...