Acquisition Reform

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Legislative Changes for Obtaining Cost Information

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POGO Opposes Price Gouging and Sole Source Award Bill Provisions POGO Supports New Guidelines for Lowest-Price Procurement Process Preserve Government’s Access to Cost and Pricing Data to Ensure Fair Prices Congress Needs to Demand More Accountability for F-35 Replacement Parts POGO Urges Testing Director to Maintain Annual Report Transparency POGO Urges Council to Limit When Contractors Deny Agencies Access to Vital Cost Information POGO to Defense Bill Conferees: Increase Accountability and Strengthen Pentagon Spending Oversight POGO Offers Recommendations to Improve USAspending.gov POGO Urges ICE and Border Patrol to Not Outsource Hiring Functions POGO Supports Improved FEMA Proposal Aiding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands POGO Tells National Defense Authorization Act Conferees to Prioritize Troops and Taxpayers, Not Contractors POGO Supports Senate Bill to Improve Charge Card Spending House Defense Acquisition Reform Bill Has Pluses, But Will Result in DoD Waste Bipartisan Groups Support the McCaskill-Tester Bill to Post Contracts Online POGO Opposes Latest Commercial Item Rule that will Lead to Bad Deals Groups Urge the World Bank to Require Beneficial Ownership Information POGO Opposes GSA Prices Paid Proposal that Would Gut the Price Reduction Clause POGO Highlights DoD Effort to Kill Beneficial Service Contract Inventory System POGO Asks Justice Dept. to Investigate Use of Confidentiality Agreements by Federal Fund Recipients POGO Implores Government to Strengthen Zero-Tolerance Policy Against Human Trafficking in Federal Contracts POGO Highlights GAO Report and Documented DoD Failures in Hiring a Cost Efficient Workforce POGO Supports Audit Expanded to Include DoD’s Compliance with the Buy American Act

resources

POGO Recommendations for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

Latest

Pentagon Seeks More Money for Beleaguered F-35

analysis | November 21, 2022

Latest

Air Force Leaders Defy Congress’s A-10 Mandates

analysis | April 26, 2022

Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria Contract Spending Revisited

analysis | January 8, 2018
Dodging the Formal Acquisition Process

investigation | January 5, 2018
White House Considering Privatized Spy Networks

analysis | December 4, 2017
Defense Contractors Holding the Pentagon Hostage with Service Contracts

investigation | November 30, 2017
Whitefish Exposes Contracts Lacking Oversight Teeth

analysis | November 17, 2017
Harvey, Irma, and Maria: Hurricane Recovery Contract Spending by the Numbers

analysis | October 20, 2017
F-35 Program Office Finally Responds to Concurrency Orphan Report

analysis | October 19, 2017
$21 Billion Worth of F-35 Concurrency Orphans?

analysis | October 12, 2017