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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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POGO Wins National Journalism Prize for Reporting on FDA
The Society of Professional Journalists has awarded the Project On Government Oversight a Sigma Delta Chi Award for POGO’s coverage of potentially deadly weaknesses in FDA oversight of prescription drugs.
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Yet Another Toxic Leak Found at Hanford Nuclear Site
The Hanford Site, a former nuclear weapons production facility and the world’s largest environmental cleanup project, experienced another high-profile failure over the weekend, drawing our attention to continuing management and oversight problems.
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Contractors Paid Billions in Environmental Penalties
The Federal Contractor Misconduct Database reports a total of $38.7 billion paid by contractors in penalties for environmental violations.
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AnalysisDon’t Blame a Weaker Military on Money
In recent weeks, there’s been a steady drumbeat in the media of calls to increase defense spending. In newspapers, TV and radio, this chorus contends that a shrinking military budget is putting U.S. national security at risk. Repeal the Budget Control Act and boost Pentagon sp...
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AnalysisF-35 Chief: Critical Logistics Software Not Really That Critical
F-35 Officials have been telling the American people how reliant the plane is on a complicated logistics software program. After numerous disappointments and plenty of criticism, now the F-35 Program Manager says it isn’t so vital after all.
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AnalysisIRS Corporate Tax Recovery Suffers After Deep Budget Cuts
The government might be losing as much as $15 billion each year in unrecovered taxes as the IRS shortens the time it spends auditing large companies, according to a nonprofit that gathers and analyzes government data.
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A Good American Asks for Transparency
Whistleblowers join forces with Austrian director in documentary to increase efforts to declassify Department of Defense Inspector General’s Report.
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Why is DOE Still Funding Fights against Whistleblowers?
Senator Ed Markey wrote to the Secretary of Energy seeking answers about the Department's practice of reimbursing legal costs incurred by contractors in cases where they committed illegal conduct such as discrimination or whistleblower retaliation.
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Analysis
Senator Questions Pentagon Watchdog’s Independence
Following pressure from the Senate Whistleblower Caucus and the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Navy rejected the promotion of Rear Admiral Brian Losey, who the Department of Defense Inspector General found to have illegally retaliated against whistleblowers. But now Sena...
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AnalysisImproprieties Found in Navy Port Service Contracts
An audit conducted in response to a massive Navy contract bribery scandal found significant weaknesses in the Navy’s management of port service contractors, as well as several improper—and potentially fraudulent—practices by the Navy and its contractors.
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AnalysisSecrecy Provisions Hidden in Military Construction Bill
The section of the Military Construction Bill that mandates public disclosure of reports to Congress may actually give agencies more excuses to withhold them.
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Analysis
B-21 Comes with a Stealth Final Price Tag
Despite requests by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, the Air Force isn't releasing the final contract value for the B-21, the new Long Range Strike Bomber, arguing that estimates are good enough.