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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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AnalysisWhy Congressional Inquiries Trump Federal Investigations
When the Justice Department shared former FBI Director James Comey’s Trump-related memos with Congress, executive branch defenders were outraged. They’re wrong, and here’s why.
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AnalysisWolf in Sheep’s Clothing (or a Scientist’s Lab Coat)
The EPA’s claims its new science policy will increase transparency, but it will actually severely limit the scientific information the agency can use to keep the public safe.
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AnalysisWill the New Drone Export Policy Hurt the Countries that Buy Them?
One almost wonders if the push to export unmanned aerial vehicles could be a secret plot to preserve the Pentagon’s combat edge
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AnalysisPaper Cuts: Blankenship’s Battles
There are tens of thousands of documents that could tell the storied history of rags-to-riches, up-from-the-hollow U.S. Senate candidate and lifelong coal baron Don Blankenship. But you really only need to look at one sheet of paper with a long list of names.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Warns Against Pentagon’s Repeat FOIA Secrecy Exemption Ask
Concerned organizations warn the Armed Services Committees that the Pentagon’s recent exemption request would undermine FOIA by creating an unnecessary and overbroad secrecy provision that is at odds with FOIA’s goal of transparency and accountability to the public.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges House Armed Services Committee to Pursue Reforms to Increase Military Effectiveness and Reduce Costs
The Project On Government Oversight sent a letter commenting on reforms proposed in the Comprehensive Pentagon Bureaucracy Reform and Reduction Act and the Accelerating the Pace of Acquisitions Reform Act of 2018. While some proposals could increase oversight and reduce costs,...
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AnalysisHow House Intel Committee’s Russia Investigation Turned into a Cautionary Tale
We must learn from the failings of the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation to make future oversight efforts better.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Urges Mulvaney Not to Cut Off Access to Consumer Complaint Database
Civil society urges the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau not to cut off access to a publicly accessible, user-friendly, searchable system that allows individuals to research companies and services to ensure that they are legitimate and operating legally.
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AnalysisRegulatory Foes Try to Seize the Day
A bill that would further burden the regulatory process may make it to the Senate Floor.
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Policy Letter
POGO Requests GAO Investigation into Reported Mulvaney Statements Urging Bankers to Lobby Congress
Today, POGO requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate the media report that Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the director of the Office of Management and Budget, urged industry officials at an...
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Policy Letter
Law Professors Tell Congress: Protecting the Special Counsel is Constitutional
University of Texas Law Professor Stephen Vladeck and University of Chicago Law School Professor Eric Posner express view that the S. 2644, The Special Counsel and Independence and Integrity Act," is constitutional and would be upheld by the federal courts, including the ...