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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 LetterBroad Coalition Applauds House Judiciary Committee for Whistleblower Protections
POGO leads civil society in ensuring whistleblower protections are a central component of Congress’s effort to crack down on misconduct in the federal judiciary.
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Policy LetterCoalition Urges President Biden to Lower Defense Topline in Budget Request
A POGO-led coalition urges President Biden to reject calls to increase the over $700 billion defense topline and instead hold the Pentagon accountable for wasted funds.
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Policy LetterPOGO Requests Investigation into Allegations of Border Patrol Involvement in Texas’s “Operation Lonestar”
DHS Needs to Investigate possible Border Patrol misconduct in Texas’s troubling migrant arrest scheme.
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Policy LetterPOGO Asks OMB To Rescind Ethics Waivers That Put a Top Official Above the Law
OMB has issued ethics waivers exempting nearly everything a top administration appointee owns from the criminal conflict of interest law – and that’s not the only problem with its management of her conflicts of interest.
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Policy LetterCoalition Calls for Transparency in DOT&E’s Annual Weapons Testing Report
A broad coalition of organizations from across the ideological spectrum urges the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation to include all unclassified information in their public annual report.
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Policy LetterPOGO Leads Broad Coalition Calling for Congressional Action on Insider Trading
After a series of reports questioning the appropriateness of congressional stock trades, a coalition of advocacy groups is urging Congress to take swift and bold action to enhance the integrity of the legislative process.
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Policy LetterPOGO Calls on IRS to Halt Planned Face Recognition Requirements
The IRS is planning to build in a face recognition system that all taxpayers will be required to use to access basic web services this summer. We explain the dangers this will cause, and call on IRS to halt its program.
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Policy LetterPOGO Calls for the Immediate Removal of SEC Inspector General Carl Hoecker
According to a government investigation, the SEC IG “abused his authority in the exercise of his official duties and engaged in conduct that undermines the independence and integrity reasonably expected of an IG”
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Policy LetterPOGO Supports the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
POGO urges Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act to protect the freedom to vote across the country.
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Policy LetterPOGO Urges the National Academies to Fix Its Conflict-of-Interest Policy
The National Academies’ credibility is on shaky ground due to its failure to disclose committee members’ potential conflicts of interest. These 11 recommendations would strengthen its current policies.
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Policy LetterPOGO Opposes Califf Nomination Due to Conflicts of Interest
Dr. Califf’s financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry raise serious questions about the decisions he would be charged with making as the FDA Administrator. POGO opposes his nomination for the role.
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Policy LetterAmicus Brief: Andrus v. Texas (2021)
In late November, POGO assisted a group of former federal prosecutors who filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to once again hear the case of Terence Andrus, who is on death row in Texas.