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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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AnalysisOf Guns At Home, And Guns Abroad
Why do we go to the ends of the Earth to kill terrorists while letting homegrown mass murderers fire freely?
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AnalysisRuling Limits Government’s Power to Police Offshore Drilling
An appeals court has ruled that the government cannot use a major set of safety and environmental regulations to prosecute offshore drilling contractors.
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AnalysisContractors and the True Size of Government
Political scientist Paul Light issued an updated headcount of the federal workforce. Of Uncle Sam’s 9.1 million employees, Light estimates more than 40 percent are contract workers.
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AnalysisICE Puts Detainees with Mental Illnesses “At Risk” in Solitary Confinement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents may be putting immigrant detainees with mental illnesses at risk of harm by not reporting when they place these detainees in solitary confinement.
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AnalysisFlashes of Accountability
Representative Walter Jones (R-NC) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ) are standing up for Congress’s constitutional oversight powers and its right to know about the operations of the Department of Defense.
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Policy Letter
Whistleblower Coalition Champions Legislation to Hold Retaliators Accountable
Members of the Make it Safe Coalition Steering Committee highlight the necessity for legislation to require punishment when supervisors are found to have retaliated against whistleblowers.
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AnalysisInspectors General Community Launches Oversight.gov
Today, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) launched Oversight.gov, a database of Inspectors General reports. This database consolidates over 5,800 reports from over 60 federal watchdogs in one place.
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AnalysisLawmakers Exploit Tragedy to Demand Defense Dollars
Every time a tragedy strikes and a servicemember is killed, a virtual stampede of politicians rush to the microphones to blame the tragedy on a lack of funding.
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AnalysisSenators Press FBI for Updates on Whistleblower Reforms
FBI whistleblowers are vulnerable because of the agency’s insufficient whistleblower protections, and Senators Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy are urging the Justice Department to enhance regulations protecting those whistleblowers.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Objects to Broad Application of Congressional Secrecy
Concerned organizations sent a letter to members of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the House of Representatives to express concern over the broad interpretation asserted by the House on what records can be considered Congressional records not subject to the Freedom of ...
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AnalysisU.S. Troops ‘Can Do,’ But Their Leaders ‘Won’t Do’
The recent rash of accidents stem from leaders’ refusal to make tough choices