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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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TestimonyIn Support of Research and Reporting on the Disparate Use and Impact of FISA
Surveillance justified and conducted in secret under the auspices of national security often results in discrimination and disparate impacts—we need more transparency on whether this is occurring with FISA.
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Policy LetterLeft-Right Coalition: Vote “No” on Pentagon Increases In House Budget Caps Bill
The Project On Government Oversight joined a coalition of groups across the political spectrum urging the House to oppose increasing spending and abusing the war spending account to do so.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges Senate to Clarify Ethics Issue Before Voting on Barry Myers’ Nomination
POGO joined other good government organizations to urge the Senate to ask for documents on the sale of Barry Myers’ AccuWeather shares before voting on his nomination as Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
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CommentaryIt’s Time to End the NSA’s Metadata Collection Program
When the issues are taken together—severe costs to privacy, no evidence of security value, technical flaws—they indicate that we are better off without the NSA's metadata collection program.
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CommentaryReviewing “A New Conception of War”
John Boyd forever shaped the way we think about war. A new book details his ideas and tells the story of how a retired Air Force fighter pilot fundamentally changed the Marine Corps.
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TestimonyCongress Must Strengthen National Security Oversight
POGO and Demand Progress urged the Subcommittee to provide necessary security clearances for personal office staff for members of key national security committees & study the costs of providing a cleared personal staff member for each House Member.
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TestimonyHouse and Capitol Police Inspectors General Should Make their Reports Public
Neither have posted their work in years, to the detriment of taxpayers and lawmakers alike
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Policy Letter
POGO Tells OIRA to Expand Transparency for Meetings with Outside Parties
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs gets to review major regulations across government and outside parties often seek to influence those reviews. POGO urges the office to be more transparent about communications with such parties.
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AnalysisThe Legislative Value of the Mueller Report
Attorney General Barr’s letter to Congress summarizes the work that went into Special Counsel Mueller’s final report about Russian involvement in the 2016 election; Congress must now have access to that work to inform any necessary legislation.
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TestimonyData Quality and Access to Inspector General Work Can and Should Be Improved
POGO testified before the House Appropriations’ subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on steps needed to improve data quality on USASpending.gov, support Oversight.gov, and make inspectors general work more accessible.
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AnalysisHow the FAA Ceded Aviation Safety Oversight to Boeing
The two recent crashes of Boeing’s 737 Max have led to the question: Has the FAA given the aircraft industry too much power to oversee itself?
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Policy Letter
Bipartisan Coalition Urges Congress to Increase Funding for the Legislative Branch
To fulfill its constitutional role, Congress needs to increase funding to meet its obligations to lead in federal policymaking, providing services for constituents, and conducting oversight that roots out waste, fraud, abuse, and malfeasance.