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

New Rule Cracks Down on Corporate Muzzling of Whistleblowers

analysis | January 19, 2017
Court Blocks Peek Into Small Biz Contracting Program

analysis | January 17, 2017
Whistleblower Alleges Culture of Intimidation at DCAA

analysis | October 21, 2016
GSA Learns Lessons from Lost Recovery Board Data

analysis | October 5, 2016
Government Watchdog Identifies Lessons from Afghanistan Reconstruction

analysis | September 14, 2016
Walk the Talk: Acknowledging Whistleblower Retaliation at the VA

analysis | August 26, 2016
The Unconsidered Option

investigation | August 22, 2016
DOT Turns to POGO Data for Contractor Cost Corroboration

analysis | August 12, 2016