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Policy Letter
POGO’s Letter in Response to the February 26, 2008 NRC Region I Letter
This letter is in response to your February 26, 2008, letter regarding the Project On Government Oversight’s (POGO) allegation that the NRC Office of Investigations (OI) conducted interviews with Peach Bottom security officers in the presence of Exelon and/or Wackenhut attorneys.
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Policy Letter
Letter to House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and related Agencies Appropriations regarding accountability for royalty collections
We are writing to urge your Committee to address the Department of Interior’s (DOI) continued failure to address accountability for royalty collections. Although we applaud the DOI’s announced increase of deepwater offshore royalty rates to 18.75 percent—particularly since the...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Senators Levin, McCaskill, and Webb regarding the President’s recent Signing Statement
The Project On Government Oversight would like to commend you for taking a stand against the President's unconstitutional grab for power through his continued use of the signing statements, which undermine the power of Congress.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen making the case that the Coast Guard should ask for more a larger refund from contractors working on the Deepwater program.
On December 28, 2006, the Coast Guard asked for $96.1 million in repayment from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for delivering patrol boats that failed to meet the contractual requirements of its $24 billion, 25-year-long Deepwater modernization program.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman, regarding the plutonium pit production program
We have a growing concern with the plutonium pit production program being conducted by NNSA. POGO has learned that the first U.S. nuclear warhead trigger, or plutonium pit, manufactured in almost 20 years required 72 waivers (7 administrative specification exception releases (...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to Daniel Riemer, chair of the Royalty Policy Committee (RPC), addressing the Subcommittee on Royalty Management’s recommendations to improve Department of Interior royalty collections
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) would like to commend the Royalty Policy Committee’s (RPC) Subcommittee on Royalty Management for its efforts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Department of Interior’s mineral revenue programs and recommendations for improve...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to DOE Under Secretary Thomas D’Agostino requesting a stop work order for the CMRR at Los Alamos due to construction concerns
On the current path, it would seem the taxpayers will end up with a poorly constructed facility of dubious value.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to NNSA Chief, Defense Nuclear Security William Desmond advocating federalizing the nuclear weapons facilities security force
Thank you for inviting the Project On Government Oversight’s (POGO) thoughts on examining the option of federalizing the security forces at U.S. nuclear weapons facilities.
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Policy Letter
Stop No-Bid Earmarks; Support Section 828 of the Senate Defense Authorization Bill
We are concerned that the House Armed Services Committee leaders are working to get rid of requirements for earmarks to face competition.
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding urgent need to implement overtime restrictions
The Peach Bottom nuclear power plant debacle should be a wake up call for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: it is past time to remedy the systemic nuclear power plant security problems.
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Policy Letter
POGO urges Department of Transportation investigation into Traffic Information Contract
Competition in contracting is essential to getting fair and reasonable costs and prices for goods and services. The Department of Transportation's "Transportation Technology Innovation and Demonstration" (TTID) program, to provide real-time traffic information to tra...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding security at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant
POGO has been closely following a series of investigative reports by WCBS in New York involving videos of sleeping security officers at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant in eastern Pennsylvania . As you know, Exelon, the power plant owner, has fired Wackenhut, the security ...