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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’s FOIA Request for Contractor Responsibility Database Information
I am making this request under the Freedom Of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Please provide records that are maintained by an agency or for an agency by a government contractor in any format, including an electronic format.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to DHHS on Pandemic Flu Vaccine: Answer Questions Instead of Dodging Them
I have received your letter of January 15 written in response to the October 30 letter to Secretary Sebelius from Danielle Brian and me. Unfortunately, your letter again avoids dealing with the issues we raised.
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Policy Letter
POGO Requests End of KBR’s Monopolistic LOGCAP III Contract
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) was recently informed that the Army is considering awarding KBR, Inc., additional work in Iraq under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) III contract. That action continues KBR’s monopoly on LOGCAP work in Iraq rather th...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Congress Calling for Oversight of Small Business Bailout Program
Even as the administration begins to wind down many of its programs to stabilize the financial system and stimulate the economy, it is imperative that the remaining programs—which continue to place billions, if not trillions, of taxpayer dollars at risk—be subject to extraordi...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Coalition Supporting The Faster FOIA Act
The undersigned organizations write in support of the Faster FOIA Act, which would establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays (the Commission). This advisory commission would be charged with recommending to Congress and the President steps that sh...
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Policy Letter
POGO requests clarifications to Defense regulations to ensure independent audits and timely corrections to deficiencies found in contractor business systems, including withholds
As such, one of POGO’s areas of focus is government contracting. Accordingly, we urge the DFARS Council to ensure that contractors are provided with appropriate incentives to correct deficiencies in their business systems in a timely manner including, but not limited to, withh...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Coalition Support For Public Information Being Available Online, Calls for Hearings on the Public Online Information Act
The undersigned organizations and individuals respectfully urge Congress to hold hearings on the Public Online Information Act (POIA). The Public Online Information Act requires government information that is public to be made available in the broadest, most accessible manner ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter To NIH Director: Medical Researchers Should Be Made To Publicly Disclose Possible Conflicts Of Interest
POGO has sent a letter to Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), urging him to implement an idea he recently said he supported: a public database listing any financial arrangements.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter To NIH Director Francis Collins Urges Public Disclosure of Medical Researchers’ Financial Ties To Industry
In an interview about six months ago you supported the idea of a database in which NIH grantees’ financial arrangements with outside organizations would be made public. We are writing to urge that you act forcefully on the implementation of this idea.
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Letter Calling on Congress to Investigate Whether Federal Records Act Needs Strengthening
The undersigned organizations concerned with government openness and accountability respectfully request that you hold hearings on the apparent destruction of e-mails in the Department of Justice to determine how the e-mails could be missing despite the requirements of the Fed...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Senate Committees Regarding DCAA Reforms
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) applauds the fact that your committees have conducted oversight of the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). However, POGO is concerned that some of the reforms being implemented at DCAA as a result of your investigations are only sup...
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Policy Letter
POGO joins letter to President Obama urging needed contractor reforms
We are writing to thank you for your ongoing efforts to curb waste, fraud and abuse in federal contracting -- including your recent memorandum cracking down on contractor tax scofflaws --and urge you to continue making needed contracting reforms.