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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.

  1. A group of seven U.S. Marines wearing what appears to be combat gear and carrying guns walk in two lines down a city street.
    Analysis

    Congress’s Insurrection Act Invocation To-Do List

    What Congress needs to demand if — or when — the president escalates domestic deployments.

  2. Collage of the Pentagon building, the U.S. Capitol building, a wrench, a money airplane, obscured military generals, and a hand pointing.
    Policy Letter

    POGO’s Initial Recommendations for the FY2027 NDAA

    What POGO believes should be included in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027.

  3. Collage of U.S. President Donald Trump, the DOGE logo, lined up employees holding boxes, stacks of money, and a hand holding a whistle.
    Analysis

    Trump’s First Year of Attacks On Government: What Can Be Fixed

    A year into the second Trump administration, POGO takes stock of its impacts to the federal workforce, service delivery, and public trust.

  4. An outline of a county-level map of Florida side-by-side with a photo collage in the shape of Florida state. Within the state collage are clippings of archival Census documents, a doctor treating a patient, construction workers, young students, small business owners, houses, a downtown street, and clippings of money.
    Report

    Census Matters: How Florida’s 2020 Census Undercount Affects County-Level Funding

    The census directs billions of dollars to federal programs across Florida. Here’s what census-directed spending looks like in each county.

  5. Photo collage. A shield defends against multiple hundred dollar bills, some flagged in orange. The shield, split into six sections, includes photos of a whistleblower, the GAO logo, a clipping of presidential pardons, the U.S. Capitol building, inspector general logos, and a magnifying glass hovering over data.
    Testimony

    POGO Calls on Senate for Systemic Reforms for the Systemic Problem of Fraud

    Preventing fraud and protecting taxpayer dollars requires assessing root causes and enacting systemic reforms, not focusing on sensational scandals.

  6. Collage of the Capitol building, the DHS logo, DHS agents in a cloud of tear gas, a detained immigrant, a body camera, security cameras, a judicial warrant, and a Lady Justice statue.
    Fact Sheet

    Congress Can Prevent DHS Abuses

    Congress has an opportunity to rein in abuses by immigration enforcement agents. Here’s what lawmakers should change to have the most impact.

  7. Four federal agents stand in a street holding weapons; their body language appears tense, alert, and aggressive. One agent appears to be confronting a civilian in the foreground. In the background, agents tackle a protester.
    Analysis

    The Senate Must Insist on Reining in ICE and CBP

    The public deserves real accountability for out-of-control immigration agents. Congress should vote no on the DHS appropriations bill and push for real change.

  8. Collage of U.S, President Donald Trump surround by obscured figures and clippings of the Administrative Procedure Act.
    Analysis

    Trump Administration Deregulatory Push Risks Corporate Capture

    Trump’s deregulatory agenda weakens safeguards, sidesteps public input, and could give even more power to special interest groups.

  9. Photo collage. A shield defends against multiple hundred dollar bills, some flagged in orange. The shield, split into six sections, includes photos of a whistleblower, the GAO logo, a clipping of presidential pardons, the U.S. Capitol building, inspector general logos, and a magnifying glass hovering over data.
    Testimony

    POGO Calls for Systemic Reforms for the Systemic Problem of Fraud

    Preventing fraud and protecting taxpayer dollars requires assessing root causes and enacting systemic reforms, not focusing on sensational scandals.

  10. Collage of the Capitol building, a crowd of people, a man wearing a suit, a whistle, a folder, a hand holding a pen, a microphone, and a handshake.
    Analysis

    7 Ways Congress Should Sharpen Its Oversight in 2026

    Seven practical ways Congress can strengthen bipartisan oversight, improve accountability, and deliver results in a constrained legislative year.

  11. Collage of a city map with multiple location markers in the background and a hand holding a phone in the foreground. The phone displays a police officer and stacks of money.
    Fact Sheet

    Fact Sheet: Closing the Data Broker Loophole

    What Congress Should Do to Protect our Fourth Amendment Rights

  12. Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City.
    Commentary

    Airstrikes, Maduro, and the U.S. Constitution

    A Q&A with the Director of The Constitution Project at POGO

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