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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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AnalysisThe Navy’s Incredible Shrinking Drone
From stealthy pilotless attack aircraft, to spy plane, to flying gas station
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AnalysisClosing the Loophole on Foreign Influence
How Reform Could Bring Clarity to Shadowy Foreign Influence Law
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Calls for Open Hearings with Service Chiefs
A broad group of organizations from across the ideological spectrum urged the House Armed Services Committee to reconsider its decision to hold closed, classified roundtables in lieu of open hearings with service chiefs. Opening those proceedings allows for citizens to see how...
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AnalysisThe Omnibus Bill: Classic Pentagon Pork Bait and Switch
Lawmakers have spent years lamenting about a military readiness crisis. The way they actually spend money suggests their interests lie not so much in improving the existing force, but in funneling money into new and often unproven weapons that will only exacerbate current prob...
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AnalysisThe Citizenship Question: A Lot Riding on a Single Change in 2020 Census
The Trump Administration wants to add an untested question about citizenship to the 2020 census, but including it could reduce the accuracy of the data—data that we use to apportion Congressional seats to the states and to direct hundreds of billions in federal funds.
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AnalysisU.S. Army Is Trying to Fix Its Afghanistan Trainers’ Career Cul-de-Sac
After 16 long years, it’s finally taking a different path
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AnalysisThree Key Reforms for Facial Recognition and Body Cameras
Police departments are moving forward with plans to incorporate real-time facial recognition in body cameras, creating serious risks to privacy and due process rights. Before adding facial recognition to body cameras, law enforcement should enact three critical safeguards.
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AnalysisPruitt’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
As ethics problems pile up, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt should go.
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AnalysisGovernment Security Clearances Continue to Drop, Backlogs Remain
A new intelligence agency report found fewer government employees and contractors holding security clearances and a worsening backlog of pending security reviews. But the report omits key data, preventing a deeper dive into the findings.
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AnalysisPresident Trump’s Flip-Flop on the F-35
President Trump just reversed course on the F-35. Did he really cut the cost of the most costly program in history?
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Policy Letter
POGO Asks Chairman Gowdy to Give the Oversight Gavel to a Member Willing to do the Job
POGO has asked the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to pass his gavel to another member after an appearance on CBS's Face the Nation where he appeared to disparage Congress' ability to conduct meaningful oversight.
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AnalysisRegulatory Rhetoric Meets Regulatory Research
Despite months of the President railing against regulations, a new government report concludes that benefits of regulations vastly outweigh the costs.