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AnalysisPersistent Deficiencies in Compensation for Nuclear Workers
A recent GAO report highlights progress, but also problems, in the implementation of a program that compensates workers who became sick as a result of producing and testing nuclear weapons.
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AnalysisWill the Pentagon Ever Be Able to Be Audited?
The Department of Defense remains the only federal agency that can’t get a clean audit opinion on its Statement of Budgetary Resources
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FDA to Tighten Standards for Blood-Test Devices
Tackling a problem POGO spotlighted, the FDA plans to tighten standards for error-prone blood-testing devices linked to deaths and injuries in patients taking the blood thinner warfarin.
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Some Issues POGO Highlighted with OSC Fixed in House Bill
Issues POGO raised in a 2008 report about the Office of Special Counsel were addressed in a recent House Bill.
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AnalysisCongress Questions Air Force’s Commitment to Close Air Support
In recent hearings Senator Kelly Ayotte and Senator John McCain and Representative Martha McSally have questioned the Air Force's decision to retire the A-10 without a real replacement to provide close air support for ground troops.
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Is the Government Too Transparent?
To celebrate Sunshine Week, two noted scholars debated the question “Is Our Government Too Open?”
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DHS Took 9 Years to Reject FOIA Request for Katrina Records
After a delay of over nine years, POGO finally received a response to a 2006 FOIA request regarding a potential conflict of interest when four massive sole-sourced contracts were awarded without any objective evaluation criteria.
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A Fitting Tribute for the A-10’s Air Force Father
Colonel Avery Kay, the Air Force officer most responsible for creating the A-10, received a special flyover honor at his Arlington National Cemetery funeral.
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AnalysisBusiness as Usual Building a New Bomber
An Air Force official used contradictory statements to justify the risky contract to build the B-21, while others revealed that some of the same old tricks are being used to ensure the program’s political support.
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Drug Problems: Did Bad Blood Tests Turn a Clinical Trial into a Mistrial?
Recent studies by the European Medicines Agency and a team based at Duke University dismissed concerns that malfunctioning testing devices compromised a clinical trial of the blood thinner Xarelto, but each of those studies leaves questions.
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VA Inspector General Confronted over Feeble Investigations
In a letter to the President, Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner put the VA's Office of the Inspector General in the spotlight over how it failed to fully investigate allegations of secret wait lists for mental health patients.
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Bill May Finally Make Congressional Research Reports Public
A new bill introduced in Congress would require that Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports be posted online by the Government Printing Office so the public would finally have easy, free access to the informative materials.