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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 Letter Regarding Legislative Proposals to Reform the Securities and Exchange Commission
In light of the widespread regulatory failures exposed by the recent financial crisis, we appreciate your ongoing leadership in ensuring that regulatory agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are addressing long-term structural problems that appear to ha...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Other Groups Urge G20 to Protect Whistleblowers
Several international conventions recognise whistleblowing as an effective tool for detecting and fighting corruption, fraud and mismanagement, and commit the signatory countries to implement appropriate legislation1. However, existing national and international legal provisio...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter Opposing Legislative Proposal to Create a Self-Regulatory Organization for Investment Advisers
We appreciate your leadership in considering possible reforms to the existing regulatory regime for investment advisers, especially in the aftermath of a financial crisis that continues to wreak havoc on retail investors across the nation. However, we are writing today to rais...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Call for a Presidential Advisory Committee on Open Government
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, appreciate your commitment to engage with the public on developing the United States government’s action plan for the Open Government Partnership (OGP). We are pleased to participate in this exciting initiative and applaud Presi...
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Policy Letter
Next Steps on Government Transparency and Openness
Notwithstanding putting significant energy into the openness agenda, the president is still not able to say his administration is the most open in history. Many in the openness community want to help the president achieve his objective on openness. Accordingly, we have ident...
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Policy Letter
Openness Floor
We believe there are core items that all agencies should disclose to ensure consistent transparency, accountability, and informed participation across the government. The Open Government Plans should serve as agency tools for going beyond these core items to build transparency...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Groups in Support of Clean Up Government Act of 2011
Today our organizations write to strongly endorse and call for swift committee consideration and passage of the “Clean Up Government Act of 2011” (H.R. 2572), legislation that would provide critically needed amendments to the federal criminal statutes.
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Policy Letter
Records management in an electronic environment
What issues should the government take into consideration as it contemplates a records management system in an electronic environment? What would be the appropriate next steps?
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Ask for More Openness on Open Government Partnership Plan
We are writing to thank you for opening up the consultation process for the development of the U.S. Government’s action plan as part of its participation in the Open Government Partnership. We are concerned, however, with your stated intent to “post a summary of your submissio...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Urge Senate to Fix the DoD Secrecy Provision
On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we are writing to urge you to oppose an over-broad and ill-defined provision relating to “critical infrastructure information,” in Section 1044 of the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 1254, that could prevent the public from ha...
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Policy Letter
POGO and Partners Say Super Committee Must Be Open
Our organizations strongly urge the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to operate openly to the greatest extent possible in order to earn the confidence of the American people. Despite its unprecedented role in remaking the economy, the Joint Committee as currently co...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter Urges FDA Not to Weaken Conflict of Interest Standards at Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
We are writing with concerns about Dr. Janet Woodcock, Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the FDA.