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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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Analysis
FDA Nominee Califf Gave Questionable Answers to Senate
Robert Califf, a former Duke University researcher who is awaiting Senate confirmation as FDA commissioner, gave questionable answers to the Senate about the independence of clinical trials conducted for drug companies.
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Analysis
New Rule Increases Scrutiny of Deadbeat and Felon Contractors
POGO supports a new rule requiring federal agencies to more rigorously screen felon and tax-delinquent companies that bid on contracts.
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Analysis
Whistleblowers Call for Inquiry into LANL Employee’s Death
Nuclear Watch New Mexico and former investigators at a U.S. nuclear weapons lab seek to reopen the case of the death of former Deputy Director for Operations Richard Burick before competition begins on a new lab contract.
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Analysis
New Cloud over Clinical Trial Led by FDA Nominee
A court filing in litigation over the blood thinner Xarelto casts a new cloud over a clinical trial co-chaired by Robert Califf, who President Obama has nominated to be FDA commissioner.
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Analysis
More Troubles for Whistleblower Thomas Tamm
The federal government hounded Thomas Tamm for years after he exposed the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping. Now, the District of Columbia wants to take his law license away for blowing the whistle.
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Analysis
Are Taxpayers Being Shortchanged from Natural Resources Revenue?
At a roundtable public discussion sponsored by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) and Taxpayers for Common Sense, Ali Zaidi, Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, and Science Programs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said, “If you care are about...
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AnalysisThe Pentagon’s Pricey Culture of Mediocrity
A revolving door keeps military brass beholden to contractors.
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AnalysisNew York Times: Sticking Points Bedevil F-35 Jet
A recent video from The New York Times and Retro Report features POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian explaining how the Pentagon's largest procurement program went wrong.
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Analysis
Senate Examines Controversial DoD Afghanistan Task Force
There were plenty of fireworks at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on a Pentagon task force that spent $638 million to revive Afghanistan's economy.
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Analysis
Government Ending Contractor ID Monopoly
To track the recipients of taxpayer dollars, the government has been paying millions each year to rent a system from the private sector. But that monopoly may soon be ending.
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Analysis
Nuke Year Resolutions
This year POGO has a resolution for the Department of Energy: stop wasting money on flawed nuclear construction projects at the Hanford Site and the Savannah River Site.
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Analysis
Millions of Dollars Wasted in Afghan Extractives Program
The Pentagon Task Force that spent $43 million on a gas station and $150 million on luxury villas might have wasted up to $54 million on efforts to revive Afghanistan's oil, gas, and minerals industries.