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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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Policy Letter
POGO Joins Letter Objecting to Interior’s Proposed FOIA Rule
It is troubling that Interior’s apparent solution for handling the recent influx of FOIA requests is not to reallocate agency resources to ensure that it can better fulfill its statutory obligations.
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Policy LetterWatchdog Report on Trump Hotel Review Raises Serious Questions
A government watchdog detailed the GSA’s inadequate review of the Trump International Hotel lease, involving constitutional questions on the appropriateness of the lease. POGO has serious concerns about how the agency responded to the report.
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AnalysisUnseen Casualties of the Shutdown: Accountability and Transparency
The shutdown is exacting a significant toll on offices and programs that help keep the government honest, transparent, and accountable.
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CommentaryRemembering Judge Pat Wald
Patricia Wald was a renowned judge and represented everything that was just, principled, and decent about the law and life.
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CommentaryThose Porky Pentagon Earmarks Never Really Went Away
All this is not illegal, but according to common English, it is venal.
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AnalysisHouse of Representatives Adopts Whistleblower and Ethics Reforms for Itself
For the 116th Session of Congress, the House of Representatives agreed to a package of new rules that include key reforms to strengthen House ethics rules, promote transparency and diversity, and attempt to modernize how Congress operates.
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AnalysisAcosta-Epstein Deal Sparks Calls for Independent DOJ Misconduct Investigations
Outrage over Labor Secretary Acosta’s plea deal with billionaire Jeffrey Epstein when Acosta was a prosecutor have renewed calls for more independent and transparent Justice Department investigations.
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AnalysisThe U.S. Navy’s Titanium “Tin Can”
How the sea service transformed destroyers, its most common warship and once among the cheapest, into Frankenships
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AnalysisFederal Fraud Recovery Hits Nine-Year Low
The Justice Department announced it recovered $2.8 billion in fraud cases in fiscal year 2018—substantially less than the previous year, and the lowest annual total since 2009.
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Policy Letter
Whistleblower Advocates Concerned About Attorney General Nominee
The Project On Government Oversight joined with other whistleblower advocates to raise concerns about William Barr, Attorney General nominee, and his previously articulated opposition to the whistleblower recovery provision of the False Claims Act.
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AnalysisA Closer Look at Ethics Reforms in HR 1, the For the People Act
House Democrats kick off the new Congress with an ambitious ethics reform bill, the For the People Act, which includes many reforms POGO has been advocating in favor of for years.