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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 Letter
POGO Joins in Support of Worker Health and Safety Advisory Boards
Advisory panels are composed of experts who guide better evidence-based policies to safeguard American workers but reports show that the Labor Department is stalling their work.
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Policy Letter
POGO Response to President Trump’s Letter
POGO's Danielle Brian sent a letter to President Trump over a year ago detailing some ways he could create meaningful transparency in his administration. Last month we received a response and today we sent a letter requesting a meeting to further discuss our suggestions.
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AnalysisSenate Report Details Major Disaster Response Contracting Failures
A recent report from the staff of Senator Claire McCaskill details many shortcomings of the state of FEMA disaster response contracting. If not corrected, these problems will impact future disaster response.
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AnalysisPublic Interest Group Wins Legal Fees in Transparency Lawsuit
A California court recently ordered a contractor that tried to block the release of public records to pay the legal expenses of an organization that requested the records.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges Congress Not to Confirm Nominee Who Used Nonprofit for His Own Benefit
President Trump's nominee to head NASA used his nonprofit’s resources to benefit a company that he simultaneously co-owned, POGO therefore urges the Senate to vote against his confirmation.
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Testimony
POGO Testimony: Need for Expanded Clearances for Congressional Staffers
POGO's Mandy Smithberger testifies before the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee to call for strengthening Congress's ability to conduct oversight over classified programs and spending by providing compartmentalized clearances to personal off...
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AnalysisWhat the Senate Needs to Ask Gina Haspel
A list of questions the Senate needs to ask CIA director nominee Gina Haspel about her role in torture and rendition.
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AnalysisPOGO’s Outsized Tax-Day Impact
Over the past 37 years, the Project On Government Oversight’s investigations have saved taxpayers billions of dollars.
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AnalysisBad Actors Among Border Wall Contractors
Half of the six contractors that built border wall prototypes had questionable track records, including one contractor that the Army Corps of Engineers felt was too risky to do future business with.
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Policy Letter38 Former Elected Republicans and Former Judges and Prosecutors Call on Congress to Protect the Special Counsel
POGO gathered over three dozen former elected Republicans and Republican-appointed federal judges and prosecutors to call on Senate Republicans to support a bipartisan bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from an unjustified termination.
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Policy Letter
POGO Supports House Efforts to Preserve Special Counsel’s Work
POGO commends Representatives Doggett and Raskin for introducing legislation that would preserve Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative work in the event that he is fired before he completes his investigation.