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Policy Letter
Groups Oppose Industry Proposals to Gut the SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs
We are writing to express our opposition to the proposals in a draft bill by Representative Michael Grimm (R-NY) to amend the whistleblower award programs at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The Grimm draft bill is a...
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Policy Letter
POGO’s letter regarding the draft bill proposed by Representative Grimm to amend the whistleblower incentives and protections programs at the SEC and CFTC
We are writing to express our deep concerns with the draft bill proposed by Representative Michael Grimm (R-NY) to amend the whistleblower award programs at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) before the programs have be...
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Policy Letter
Pentagon Watchdog Should Investigate DARPA Conflicts
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is writing to express our concerns about the award and administration of contracts, grants, and other transactions, as well as about the effectiveness of avoiding or preventing conflicts-of-interest, at the Defense Advanced Research P...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Groups in Supporting Transparency in Government Contracting E.O. Contractor Accountability?
The undersigned organizations, on behalf of our members and supporters, write today to express our strong support for the April 13th draft executive order that would require full disclosure of campaign spending and contributions by business entities that seek federal governmen...
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Policy Letter
An Open Letter to United States Senate: Oppose the Anti-Speech Policy in the Intelligence Authorization Bill
Our undersigned groups are writing to oppose a troubling provision in the Intelligence Authorization bill, S. 719, Section 403, which threatens free speech rights of current and former federal employees in the intelligence community.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Launch Letter of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Campaign
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are pleased to announce the launch of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) campaign and coalition. As the name indicates, FACT is a campaign to achieve greater financial accountability and transparenc...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Other groups in Asking Congress to Make CRS Reports Public and Online
As you know, CRS products are a valuable, non-partisan resource for informing discussion of nearly every topic of legislative activity, from agricultural subsidies to the space program. These reports play a critical role in our legislative process, and, when made available, in...
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Policy Letter
Open Letter: Congress Must Protect Transparency Programs in Budget Negotiations
We, the undersigned, are writing to express our concerns over proposed budget reductions that would effectively eliminate important government transparency programs. The budget for Data.gov, USASpending.gov, the IT Dashboard, and other data transparency and government accounta...
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Policy Letter
POGO joins groups in supporting a petition to require proliferation assessments as part of the NRC licensing process
As organizations and experts that are deeply concerned about the risks of nuclear proliferation, we strongly support the American Physical Society (APS) petition to require proliferation assessments as part of the NRC licensing process (Docket ID NRC-2010-0372).s.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro Regarding Inspector General Recommendations for Disciplinary Action
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. As such, POGO has a keen interest in ensuring that agencies are responsive to investigations conducted by their Office of Inspector General (OIG).
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Policy Letter
POGO Provides Post-hearing Supplemental Materials to the Commission on Wartime Contracting
Pursuant to the Commission on Wartime Contracting’s (Commission) request that the record for the hearing held on February 28, 2011, “Ensuring contractor accountability: Past performance and suspensions and debarments,” be supplemented within thirty days, the Project On Governm...
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Policy Letter
POGO Uncovers Ethic Concerns at BLM
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) wants to bring to your attention our continued concerns about the state of ethics at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). POGO recently obtained two Department of the Interior Inspector General (DOI OIG) reports released under the Fre...