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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
Coalition Letter to Senators Campbell and Inouye, Committee On Indian Affairs, regarding FOIA exemptions in S. 297, the Federal Acknowledgment Process Reform Act of 2003
The undersigned organizations and individuals are extremely troubled by a portion of S. 297, the Federal Acknowledgment Process Reform Act of 2003.
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Policy Letter
POGO’s letter to NRC Chairman Diaz criticizing nuclear industry lobbyists’ improper influence over critical homeland security tests
We have been encouraged by and supportive of the NRC's recent efforts to develop a credible force-on-force program to test the effectiveness of guard forces and defensive strategies at nuclear power plants. We were led to believe that the NRC would develop its own adversary te...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to Senators regarding SA 3286 to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) supports Senator Byrd's amendment (SA 3286, Con. Rec. S6508 (June 7, 2004)) to the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005." The amendment prohibits former senior government officials from accepting compensa...
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Policy Letter
POGO’s letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge concerning Oil Companies Cash in On Homeland Security Grants
As CBS News reported last night ("Taxpayers Footing Oil Safety Bill"), big oil companies, such as Citgo, ConocoPhillips and ChevronTexaco, have received a combined $37.5 million in security grants from your department.
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to Members of Congress in response to Boeing’s full page ad in the Washington Post
We were appalled to read a misleading and inaccurate full-page Boeing Company ad in Tuesday's Washington Post touting the merits of a proposal for the Air Force to acquire tanker aircraft from Boeing. We wanted you to know the true story of the plan to lease and purchase up to...
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Policy Letter
Sample Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Letter
Sample Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Letter
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Policy Letter
Joint POGO, PEER & GAP Letter to Office of Special Counsel, Scott Bloch, regarding gag order on career staff of the OSC
On behalf of the Government Accountability Project, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and the Project on Government Oversight, we are writing to express our profound concern about your recent decision to impose a gag order on the career staff of the Office of ...
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to Hon. Thomas K. Kean, Chairman, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States regarding the U.S. military’s refusal to heed concerns that terrorists might try to strike domestic targets with hijacked airliners
Yesterday the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) made public the attached internal email from staff assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
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Policy Letter
Citizens Against Government Waste and POGO ask the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate alleged conflicts of interest by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste and The Project On Government Oversight respectfully asks for a Senate Select Committee on Ethics investigation of Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).
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Policy Letter
POGO letter to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the F/A-22 Raptor and Comanche Helicopter programs
We commend you for your recent directive requiring formal Pentagon review of the F/A-22 Raptor and Comanche helicopter programs with an eye toward cutting or eliminating these overpriced and unneeded weapons systems.
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Policy Letter
POGO opposed NRC’s proposed regulation on fire protection at nuclear power plants
This comment is in response to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) "Draft Criteria for Determining Feasibility of Manual Actions To Achieve Post-Fire Safe Shutdown" that was published in 68 Federal Register 66501 (November 26, 2003). Subsequently, the NRC ext...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Niles Diaz regarding NRC efforts to silence criticism
As you recall, in September I wrote to you to respond to your letter to the New York Congressional delegation and local politicians claiming that this summer’s force-on-force test at Indian Point had shown a “strong defensive strategy and capability.”