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Policy Letter
POGO letter to Reps Hoekstra and Harman with suggestions and concerns about portions of the FY 07 House Intelligence Authorization Bill dealing with Intelligence Community oversight, whistleblowers, and CIA/NSA Police powers
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more accountable federal government. It is POGO's understanding that the FY 2007 House Intelligence Authorization Bill wil...
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Policy Letter
POGO and the AFSC letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding groundwater testing
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker-relation social action organization and 1947 Nobel Peace Prize recipient; and the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to International Boundary and Water Commission Commissioner Carlos Marin regarding POGO’s findings concerning a no-bid contract.
As you may be aware, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) released a report last week detailing the questionable history of one company’s attempts to receive a contract from your agency, the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), for a ...
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Policy Letter
POGO opposes the proposed joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to form the United Launch Alliance
The Project On Government Oversight (“POGO”) opposes the proposed joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to form the United Launch Alliance (“ULA”). POGO believes that the joint venture will reduce competition, repress innovation, create a space launch monopoly, and ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Homeland Security Committee Regarding TSA Baggage Screeners
We are writing to urge your subcommittee to adopt an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Management and Operations Act of 2006 which will improve whistleblower protections for employees who expose corruption, incompetence, fraud, and abuse of power.
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Policy Letter
POGO’s letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Diaz on the proposed Design Basis Threat (DBT)
I understand you intend to leave the Chairmanship of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) this year. I also understand that you would like to leave behind a lasting legacy. I am taking advantage of the current rulemaking process to write to you about what is, without except...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to Commissioner Marin with the US Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission regarding a sole-source contract
My organization, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), has serious concerns that your agency, the US section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), has bypassed the reasonable and prudent processes that exist to protect the taxpayer in the awarding ...
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Policy Letter
POGO & Others Urge Public Access to Katrina Contracting Information
Congress has put $62.3 billion into Hurricane Katrina relief, with billions more expected in help for Gulf Coast recovery efforts. With the federal government spending so much so quickly, opportunities for waste and fraud abound
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Policy Letter
POGO provides third set of recommendations and materials to the panel reviewing service contracting policies
I wanted to provide additional comments and materials to the Acquisition Advisory Panel ("Panel") regarding some issues that were discussed during its November 29, 2005 meeting. First, I was surprised to learn that the Performance-Based Services Acquisition Working ...
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Policy Letter
POGO recently learned of another government attempt to sit down with private contracting officials, which could violate open government laws
The Project On Government Oversight ( POGO ) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that has, for almost a quarter of a century, investigated, exposed and worked to remedy abuses of power, mismanagement and subservience to special interests by the federal government.
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Policy Letter
POGO Discovers Security Weaknesses at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
I want to alert you to a very serious security problem at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. On September 26, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) was invited to visit the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge to discuss security issues of concern to POGO with staff from the Department of...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Senator Collins (R-ME), Chair, Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, detailing government contracting concerns and recommendations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
POGO Letter to Senator Collins (R-ME), Chair, Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, detailing government contracting concerns and recommendations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.