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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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CommentaryNational (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget
A Post-Coronavirus Economy Can No Longer Afford to Put the Pentagon First
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Commentary19 Years After 9/11: Still At War with an Outdated Authorization
Congress must start exercising its constitutionally mandated war powers.
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CommentaryThe Postal Service and the Election: Q&A with a Former Postal Regulator
A former federal official who oversaw the U.S. Postal Service for 18 years answers POGO’s questions on mail-in voting concerns and the Postal Service’s longer-term challenges.
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CommentaryHow Bells, Whistles & Greed Blew Up The Defense Budget
The hawks say we need to spend $740B a year because our weapons systems are so much more complex now. Here's the real story.
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CommentaryCongress is losing ground on the budget; it’s time it claws that power back
As Congress begins to exercise the power of the purse again, by starting this month to produce spending measures for the coming year, it would do well to learn from the troubling weaknesses the WHO issue raises.
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CommentaryCOVID-19 Means Good Times for the Pentagon
Or How to Vaccinate the Military-Industrial Complex
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CommentaryThe Space Force’s Real Mission: Wasting Taxpayer Dollars
They're already attempting to skirt spending rules for acquisitions. That's all part of the plan.
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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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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.