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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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AnalysisPOGO Staff Visit Key Disaster Response Warehouse
On March 9th, POGO staff visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster response warehouse located in Frederick, Maryland. The current network of warehouses delivers supplies to disaster victims, but recent disasters show the need to greatly increase the size of the ...
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AnalysisAcquisition Insanity: USS Ford Block-Buy Proposal
Navy leaders want Congress to commit billions of taxpayer dollars for two new aircraft carriers but no one can say that the design actually works.
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AnalysisThe Space Race the Pentagon Doesn’t Want
Well, actually it wants it. Just not a new bureaucracy to run it
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AnalysisShortsighted on Oversight
The President’s tweeted criticism of the Department of Justice Inspector General’s involvement in an investigation into possible wrongdoing by agency officials, and Congressional calls for an additional special counsel, show the need for more understanding of our nation’s inde...
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Policy Letter
POGO Asks Pentagon Agency to Reveal Foreign Military Sale Reimbursement Waivers
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) review found the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) waived a requirement for foreign governments to repay taxpayers for research and development for weapon systems sold overseas. Now POGO wants the agency respons...
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges the President to Look at the Revolving Door as Part of Opioid Crisis Work
POGO sends an open letter to President Trump saying that any steps his Administration takes to combat the opioid crisis must address this revolving door between government and pharmaceutical companies if it is to successfully stop this growing crisis.
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AnalysisShort-Staffed: Vacancies Leave Life-Altering Oversight Work for Later
Several administrative review boards lack adequate membership to decide important questions of workers’ rights and surveillance oversight. As a result, workers can’t find relief and the American public is worse off.
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AnalysisKey Intel Whistleblower Official Fired as Spy Agencies Face Oversight Crisis
Whistleblower retaliation concerns have even infected the offices that are supposed to be a safe haven for those who report abuse in the Intelligence Community.
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AnalysisJim Mattis Just Got a Lot Lonelier
In an Administration increasingly full of bluster, the defense chief provides some needed ballast
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AnalysisHave We Kept Madison’s Republic?
Over 200 years ago, our Founding Fathers faced a question: How could they build a democracy to withstand the trials of time and survive the pressures that destroyed those that came before?
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Demands Transparency and Accountability for CIA Nominee’s Role in Torture of Detainees
Today POGO joined 28 other concerned civil society organizations in demanding that the Senate refuse to consder the Nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the CIA until they are able to conduct legitimate oversight over her reported role overseeing the torture of detainees at a sec...
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Policy Letter
POGO to Attorney General Sessions: Opioid Task Force Must Examine the Revolving Door
The opioid crisis has been fueled for decades by the legalized corruption created by the revolving door between the government and drug companies, that is why POGO asked Attorney General Jess Sessions to instruct the new opioid crisis task force.