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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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Senate Probing Possible Reprisal Against DoD Task Force Whistleblower
The Pentagon task force responsible for the $43 million gas station in Afghanistan is in the news again, this time over claims by its former chief that he is the victim of whistleblower retaliation.
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Drug Problems: Duke Reassessing Data From Trial Led By FDA Nominee
The Duke Clinical Research Institute is reassessing data from a clinical trial of Xarelto that FDA nominee Robert Califf helped lead.
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AnalysisThe JLENS: A Soaring Beacon for Military Reform
The military balloon floating freely over rural Pennsylvania drew a great deal of attention to a flawed weapons program. A closer look demonstrates that problems with the JLENS program are systemic and hardly unique.
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AnalysisCongress Thinks Cutting Paintings and Public Affairs is “Painful”
Last week, on the same day we learned that the Department of Defense spent $43 million for a gas station that should have cost only $500,000, Congress congratulated itself on signing a budget deal to increase Pentagon spending.
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AnalysisKey Trends in POGO’s Revamped Contractor Misconduct Database
Energy companies, drug manufacturers, and military hardware suppliers dominate the list of wrongdoers profiled in POGO's upgraded Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.
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AnalysisDrug Problems: Nominee to Head FDA Led Clinical Trial FDA Faulted
Robert Califf, President Obama’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, helped lead a clinical trial that was sharply criticized by FDA reviewers and outside advisors.
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Big Pharma, Oil Dominate List of Federal Contractors Most Penalized for Misconduct
For the first time since the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) began tracking misconduct by the largest federal contractors, pharmaceutical and oil companies make up the top five highest penalized companies in POGO’s annual update.
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Retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis: Protect Military Whistleblowers
In a Veteran's Day OpEd, Center for Defense Information Military Advisory Board member Lt. Col. Daniel Davis USA (ret.) argues that we must do more to protect whistleblowers in the military.
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Energy Lab Commission Appeals for More Trust, Less Oversight
The recommendations of the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories are unlikely to improve governance of DOE's most troubled labs.
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AnalysisLegislation Aims to Fix Bad OLC Decision that Stymies IGs
POGO supports the bipartisan Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2015.
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NAP Causes Irritability Among Civil Society Groups
The White House's National Action Plan is filled with many promises, but lacks details and misses opportunities.
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DoD Pays Premium for Gas Station in Afghanistan
The Pentagon won't explain why it spent nearly $43 million to build a gas station in Afghanistan that shouldn't have cost more than $500,000.