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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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AnalysisPoisoning Our Police: How the Militarization Mindset Threatens Constitutional Rights and Public Safety
The militarization of police departments across the United States begins to resemble a primary mechanism to threaten and menace the public rather than a tool to protect public safety in exceptional circumstances.
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ReportDemilitarizing America’s Police: A Constitutional Analysis
An over-militarized police culture threatens our constitutional guarantees of free speech and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure.
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Analysis“Insecurity”: How the Trump Administration is Placing Border Wall Speed before the Law
As border wall construction is ramping up, the Trump administration continues to waive vital laws that protect taxpayers, the environment, and wildlife.
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Policy Letter
Diverse Coalition Urges Action to Bring Accountability to Justice Department
As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to consider the Inspector General Access Act, two dozen bipartisan civil society groups call for the passage of the bill in order to reign in abuses by DOJ attorneys.
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CommentaryStatement on the Recent Police Violence against Black People and Peaceful Protesters
The Project On Government Oversight commits to increasing our focus on breaking down the barriers to accountability that allow institutional racism to fester.
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AnalysisInspectors General Wanted: Swamp Creatures Need Not Apply
Senator Grassley recently called inspectors general “the ultimate swamp drainers.” But if senators send a politician to do an auditor’s job, they probably won’t like the results.
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AnalysisBrother, Can You Spare a Missile?
Trying to keep the unneeded, and unnecessarily dangerous, nuclear triad alive
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CommentaryThe Justice Department’s Unconvincing Explanation for Its Reversal on FISA
The Justice Department’s explanation for its flip-flop on this bill doesn’t pass the smell test—and it distorts an important FISA reform contained in the bill.
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CommentaryQuestions Regarding the Government’s COVID-19 Response
POGO’s timeline of the first 100 days of the U.S. federal government’s response to coronavirus leads to many questions.
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CommentaryIt’s past time for Congress to give inspectors general and whistleblowers additional protection
This is a moment when oversight should be encouraged, not undermined. With the federal government spending trillions to deal with the fallout from the pandemic, there is an accompanying urgency to ensure rigorous oversight of this spending.
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CommentaryIf Shareholders Demand Accountability, the Pentagon Will Listen
Shareholder activism is a proven tool to influence corporate giants.