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Analysis
Regulations: America’s Unsung Heroes
President Trump should focus on making regulations better or improving the regulatory process. Regulations provide enormous benefits to all of us. For example, they ensure that prescription drugs and other products are safe for the public.
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AnalysisScathing Contractor Evaluation Should End the MOX Project
POGO and other groups send letter to policymakers recommending cancellation
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AnalysisPrivate Prisons Are Back: Here’s Why That’s a Terrible Idea
Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed the Justice Department’s decision last year to phase out its use of private prisons, despite new reports raising concerns about their use.
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AnalysisSurvivor’s Guide to Being a Successful Whistleblower in the Federal Government
The decision to blow the whistle can be immensely patriotic: It could save lives, defend our constitutional rights against government overreach, and help preserve our democracy. But how do you blow the whistle and avoid retaliation?
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AnalysisSleepwalking Into a Nuclear Arms Race with Russia
President Obama--either naively or cynically--acquiesced to demands to increase spending on nuclear weapons in order to keep the powerful nuclear laboratories and their allies in the defense industry and Congress from lobbying against his new arms limitation treaty. Now it app...
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AnalysisHow Whistleblowers Can Work With POGO
For decades, POGO has worked with government insiders to expose wrongdoing that affects the public. Learn how to work with POGO to spark change while staying anonymous.
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AnalysisTracking Obama’s Corporate Crime Crackdown Coda
Good Jobs First added to its Violation Tracker corporate misconduct database a flood of cases settled in the final weeks of the Obama administration, as well as enforcement data from nine more federal agencies.
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AnalysisLet There Be Light: The FDA’s Surprising New Policy
The Food and Drug Administration has a brand-new policy bringing greater transparency regarding the agency's advisory committee members. The increased transparency will help address concerns over these members' conflicts of interest and the advice they give on drug and medical...
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AnalysisStormy Seas Ahead for US Shipbuilding Safety
There’s an “unhealthy codependency” between the US Navy and Coast Guard and private shipbuilders, who thrive on federal contracts but neglect workplace safety. President Trump’s plan to expand the US fleet could put shipyard workers in even greater danger.
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AnalysisUnmuzzle the Ethics Watchdog
Congress should expand the law to ensure the Office of Government Ethics has clear, independent authority to investigate complaints and to issue binding corrective and disciplinary actions when there is an ethics violation.
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AnalysisBipartisan Leadership of House Oversight Committee Urges Punishment of Conway
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings asked that the Office of Government Ethics recommend disciplinary action against Kellyanne Conway after her public endorsement of the Ivanka Trump brand. Their joint lett...
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AnalysisTrump Orders Review of Wall Street Ethics Rule
A forthcoming regulation that will protect consumers from unscrupulous retirement advisers may be in jeopardy after President Trump ordered the Department of Labor to review it.