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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. Collage of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the White House, clippings of the Joint Targeting Cycle document, and the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps logos.
    Analysis

    Questions Congress Should Ask About Caribbean Boat Strikes

    Did DOD leaders follow the department’s processes for identifying targets and approving strikes? Congress should find out.

  2. Multiple Republican and Democratic Party stickers cover the Hatch Act.
    Fact Sheet

    Fact Sheet: Why and How the Hatch Act Must Be Strengthened

    Congress must bolster the law limiting federal employees’ on-the-job political activity to enable better accountability when political appointees don’t comply.

  3. Up shot of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda ceiling on a bright day
    Report

    When Congress Comes Calling: The Limits of Executive Privilege

    A new edition of our popular guide to congressional oversight, updated in 2025.

  4. Collage of the Capitol building, the GAO logo, silhouettes of people, a magnifying glass, and money.
    Testimony

    Strong Oversight and Commonsense Reforms to Improve Government Integrity

    In our decades as a government watchdog, we’ve identified a number of commonsense steps Congress can take today to reduce waste and fraud.

  5. Collage of a line of soldiers in uniform standing at attention, the silhouette of the U.S. Capitol building, and clippings from the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Defense Department's Law of War Manual on unlawful orders.
    Fact Sheet

    Fact Sheet: Refusing Unlawful Orders

    Congress should understand, protect, and improve service members’ duty to refuse unlawful orders.

  6. Collage of the Capitol building, the silhouette of military senior officers, and scribbles.
    Analysis

    Increasing Oversight of the Relief of Military Leaders

    Congress can stop the politicization of the armed services and reverse the defense secretary’s abuse of power.

  7. National Guard members standing outside of Union Station in Washington, DC.
    Analysis

    Military Oaths and Unlawful Orders

    A few important questions and answers from our senior defense policy analyst 

  8. Collage of U.S. President Donald Trump, smoke coming off a boat in the middle of the ocean, and the Capitol building inside of the smoke.
    Analysis

    Guilt by Association: Trump’s Illegal Boat Strikes

    U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats are a new level of lawlessness — but Congress has the power to intervene.

  9. Collage of paper clippings covering the U.S. map. The clippings contain imagery of houses, a bridge, a doctor and patient, money, workers, students, a bus, a grandparent and grandkid, and census related documents.
    Report

    Census Matters: Why an Accurate Count Is Essential to Funding Our Communities

    The Census directs trillions of dollars to federal programs across the country. Here's what Census-directed spending looks like in your state.

  10. Collage of family staring at a moldy house, a person with a suit, and money.
    Fact Sheet

    Fact Sheet: How Housing Conditions are Failing Military Families

    Service members and their families endure dire housing conditions, while negligent landlords continue to dodge accountability.

  11. Collage of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and shapes containing images of the Pentagon, the Constitution, and microphones.
    Analysis

    Pentagon Press Restrictions – Experts Weigh In

    A Pulitzer Prize-winning Pentagon reporter and a former USMC press officer reflect on the latest restrictions from Hegseth’s DOD.

  12. Collage of big hand placing an object in the shape of a person into a line up of other people.
    Policy Letter

    Coalition Urges Senate: Close U.S. Attorney Vacancy Loopholes

    The administration is making an end run around the Senate’s constitutional power to fill U.S. attorney vacancies.

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