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Policy Letter
Suspension and debarment: The record shows that the system is broken
Not surprisingly, many federal suspension and debarment officials have claimed the system is working. It's not.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges DOE to do the “right thing” and save the Colorado River … Again
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) investigates, exposes, and seeks to remedy systemic abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience by the federal government to powerful special interests. Founded in 1981, POGO is a politically-independent, nonprofit watchdog that...
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Policy Letter
POGO supports the “OPEN Government Act of 2005,” a bi-partisan bill co-sponsored by Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) & Sen. Leahy (D-VT) to strengthen FOIA and public access to government information
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) endorses your legislation entitled the "Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2005," also known as the "OPEN Government Act of 2005."
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Policy Letter
DHS Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has a number of concerns regarding the directive on "Safeguarding Sensitive But Unclassified (For Official Use Only) Information" (revised on January 6, 2005 – MD Number 11042.1). POGO believes that DHS's directive is overre...
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Policy Letter
Joint POGO, PEER, GAP letter to members of Congress regarding U.S. Special Counsel, Scott Bloch’s retaliation against employees
On behalf of our organizations, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the Government Accountability Project (GAP), and the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), we are writing to alert you to the latest in a series of efforts by Special Counsel Scott Bloc...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Abraham concerning Los Alamos contract
I was saddened to hear of your decision to resign from your post at the Department of Energy (DOE). It has been a privilege to work with you to raise security standards in the nuclear weapons complex to their appropriate level.
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Policy Letter
Share-in-Savings Contracts Circumvent Congress’ Appropriations Authority and Hide Behind Contractor Proclaimed “Savings” to the government
The Project On Government Oversight ("POGO") provides the following public comment to proposed rule "Federal Acquisition Regulation; Share-in-Savings Contracting" published in 69 Federal Register 40514 (July 2, 2004). The proposed rule would amend the Feder...
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Policy Letter
Pentagon Auditor Calls for Halliburton to be Financially Penalized until it Accounts for Taxpayer Dollars
Click here to read the letter.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Spencer Abraham regarding security at nuclear weapons complex
We are writing to draw your attention to the fact that officials at the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have recently made decisions that undermine the spirit, if not the letter, of your May announcement to improve security at the nation'...
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Policy Letter
Letter to David Drabkin, GSA’ Deputy Assoc. Administrator -- Office of Acquisition Policy, requesting transparency and access to federal contract data, which is now controlled by a private contractor, Global Computer Enterprises, Inc.
We are writing to express our concerns regarding the current situation with the redesign, management and operation of the FPDS-NG system by Global Computer Enterprises, Inc. (GCE) under a contract agreement with your agency.
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Policy Letter
Coalition Letter to Members of Congress regarding the Transportation Secrecy Provision in HR 3550
On behalf of our millions of members, we are writing to express our serious concerns with language in the Senate-passed version of HR 3550, the 2004 transportation bill, which grants the Department of Transportation additional authority to withhold information that is deemed &...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to DOE Deputy Secretary McSlarrow, Chairman Barton and Representative DeGette concerning media-less security at Los Alamos National Laboratory
As you prepare for your trip to Los Alamos, we wanted to provide you with some relevant background. Attached is the section of POGO's 2001 report that deals with the dangers of theft of nuclear secrets caused by loss of computer media.