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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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CommentaryWe need Congress to watch pandemic spending closely. Here’s how it can do it.
These common-sense steps will help lawmakers keep an eye on trillions of dollars of public funds
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CommentaryBeware the Pentagon’s Pandemic Profiteers
Hasn’t the Military-Industrial Complex Taken Enough of Our Money?
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CommentaryThe US Needs to Rethink Nation-Building to Prevent the Next Forever War
A resource from POGO.org
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CommentaryPOGO to Launch COVID-19 Relief Spending Tracker
POGO will launch a COVID-19 relief spending tracker over the next few weeks, in order to increase the transparency and accountability of the government’s relief efforts amid the pandemic.
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CommentaryIt’s more clear now than ever: Inspectors general need stronger protections
With hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of taxpayer dollars on the line, we cannot afford to leave our federal watchdogs unprotected.
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CommentaryFormer Bailout Cop Stood Up to Senior Feds and Bonus-Hungry Insurance Execs. Now He Tells POGO How to Oversee the $2 Trillion CARES Package.
Neil Barofsky, the former special inspector general who oversaw the economic bailout of financial institutions in the late 2000s, shares his thoughts with POGO about watchdogging the COVID-19 stimulus package.
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CommentaryCan OSHA Protect Medical Whistleblowers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Former OSHA Official Says Agency is “Missing in Action”
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CommentaryHe Oversaw $787 Billion in Stimulus Spending. Here Are His Lessons on Spending Coronavirus Recovery Effectively.
Earl E. Devaney, former chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, answers our questions about the oversight needed to protect $2 trillion in COVID-19 spending.
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CommentarySimple Reforms to Improve Transparency and Public Trust in the Federal Judiciary
The public is best served when it has access to each branch of its government. The judiciary is no exception.
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CommentaryA Century of Airpower Propaganda Was Just ‘Blown Up’ by an Air Force Think Tank
A recent study reviewed 21 American crisis deployments since World War II and analyzed the type of forces sent and eventual outcome. The results are quite interesting.
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CommentarySexual harassment by judges operating with impunity shows courts need their own #MeToo
The branch of government charged with enforcing federal discrimination and harassment laws does not police its own.