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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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TestimonyTestimony of Peter Tyler on Federal Grant Management
Grant reform initiatives are clearly needed. With leadership from the executive branch, and bipartisan oversight and legislation from Congress, the coming years could see great progress.
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AnalysisExplaining Secret Surveillance
Americans are dangerously vulnerable to unchecked FISA surveillance, but the discussion of the Carter Page warrant misses the real problem.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports Grant of Testimonial Subpoena Power to Inspectors General
POGO sent a letter in support of bipartisan legislation in the House of Representatives that would grant testimonial subpoena power to federal inspectors general.
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AnalysisRacial Discrimination in the Courts: The Case of Marcus Robinson
Racial discrimination in jury selection threatens the criminal justice system and the integrity and application of the Constitution. In one case, North Carolina seeks to ignore it.
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AnalysisPaper Cuts: From Russia with Love
The Justice Department’s charging documents on Russian election interference read like a real-life spy novel.
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Analysis27 and Counting: Another Background-Check “Dumper” Pleads Guilty
Last week, a former contractor pleaded guilty to falsifying federal security clearance investigations—the twenty-seventh such conviction in 10 years.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Defends Congressional Oversight
Bipartisan group of civil society members sent a letter to Congress pushing back on an effort to allow the executive branch to unilaterally limit information sharing to members of Congress.
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Analysis“Zero Tolerance” and Border Crisis Need Congressional Oversight
POGO is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to begin an investigation into the crisis of immigration enforcement and detention along our nation’s southwest border.
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AnalysisPOGO’s Suggestions to Congress: Oversight to Counter Foreign Interference
Members of Congress expressing disapproval of President Trump’s comments in Helsinki about Russian election interference can and should also conduct oversight of eight issue areas relating to foreign interference in our democratic systems.
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AnalysisFCC Chairman Throws a Wrench in Proposed Sinclair-Tribune Merger—At Least for Now
The deal would make Sinclair an unparalleled local-television behemoth.
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Policy Letter
Suggestions for Congressional Oversight after US-Russia Summit
POGO has identified eight issues ripe for Congressional investigation and oversight in the wake of President Trump's controversial visit with President Putin of the Russian Federation.
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Policy Letter
POGO Calls for Congressional Investigation and Oversight of “Zero Tolerance” and Border Crisis
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) writes to encourage you to begin a long-overdue investigation relating to the crisis of immigration enforcement and detention along our nation’s southwest border.