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POGO Joins Call for Hold on FAA Nominee Citing Pending Whistleblower Complaint Diverse Groups Ask Congress for the Next Round of Inspector General Reforms POGO and Bipartisan Partners Urge Congress to Reform the National Emergencies Act Bipartisan Coalition Urges Congress to Increase Funding for the Legislative Branch Bipartisan Coalition: Pentagon Doesn’t Need a Budget Boost 36 Former GOP Lawmakers: Honor Your Oath and Protect the Constitution Whistleblower Advocates Praise Creation of House Office, Cite Need for Independent Leader POGO Urges Accountability Over DOD Surplus Program POGO Joins 50 Organizations in Calling for DHS to Release Border Plan POGO Files Hatch Act Complaint Against USDA Secretary POGO Letter Supporting the Arms Sale Oversight Act POGO Urges Congress to Protect Inspector General Independence Advocates Ask Defense Secretary for Update on Required Retaliation Training Civil Society Urges Senate Judiciary to Demand Access to Documents Civil Society Defends Congressional Oversight Suggestions for Congressional Oversight after US-Russia Summit Civil Society Urges Senators to Reject Haspel Nomination, Citing Lack of Transparency POGO Urges Congress Not to Confirm Nominee Who Used Nonprofit for His Own Benefit POGO Asks Chairman Gowdy to Give the Oversight Gavel to a Member Willing to do the Job Civil Society Demands Transparency and Accountability for CIA Nominee's Role in Torture of Detainees POGO Requests Clarity on Contradicting Statements by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Whistleblower Coalition Urged Congress to Give Congressional Staff Whistleblower Protections POGO Urges Congress to Oversee Implementation of New Whistleblower Laws at the VA Letter to Office of Special Counsel Requesting Investigation Into Energy Department Anti-Leak Posters Civil Society Objects to Senate's Regression into Secrecy Suggested Ethics Reforms for 2017 Congress: Amend House Rules on Congressional Fellows POGO Asks the House to Strengthen Congressional Oversight of the Intelligence Community POGO and National Taxpayers Union Urge Congress to Withhold MOX Funding POGO and Taxpayer Groups Ask Congress to Cut MOX Funding POGO Joins Groups Urging President Obama to Include Beneficial ownership transparency in the National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct POGO Calls for New Chairperson at Chemical Safety Board POGO Joins Groups in Defending the Office of Congressional Ethics Now is the Time to Modernize Congressional Oversight Rules POGO Highlights DoD Effort to Kill Beneficial Service Contract Inventory System POGO Requests Independent Study to Determine Need For Nuclear Facility POGO Urges Department of Defense IG to Broaden Its Interpretation of Contractor Whistleblower Protection Law POGO Challenges DoD's Disclosure of Budgeting and Spending Service Contract Data POGO Calls for Hearings on Afghanistan Allegations from Whistleblower Lt. Col. Daniel Davis POGO Letter to Speaker-Elect Boehner Urging Creation of an Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations POGO Requests Information on Suspensions and Debarments POGO Supports Eshoo Amendment For Better Oversight Of The Intelligence Community POGO's Letter to Congress With A Dozen Nonpartisan Good Government Fixes To Implement in 2010 POGO Letter to Rep. Tanner Supporting Change to House Rules Requiring Periodic Hearings on Waste, Fraud, Abuse and Mismanagement

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Political Interference at DOJ Threatens the Rule of Law, and Congress Needs to Act

analysis | July 11, 2019 | Liz Hempowicz & Berin Szoka

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Whistleblower Retaliation at the Department of Veterans Affairs

testimony | June 25, 2019 | Rebecca Jones

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To Protect the Courts, Start Here

analysis | June 18, 2019 | David Janovsky
Facial Recognition Surveillance in Congress's Crosshairs

analysis | June 4, 2019 | Jake Laperruque
The Limits of Executive Privilege

report | May 15, 2019 | Mort Rosenberg
10 Ways for Congress to Respond to the Mueller Report

analysis | May 9, 2019 | Scott Amey
JASON and the Bureaucrats

analysis | May 2, 2019 | Mark Thompson
Release of Mueller Report Sets the Stage for Congress to Act

analysis | April 19, 2019 | Danielle Brian
No Excuse for Corrupt Pardons

analysis | April 11, 2019 | David Janovsky
Congress Must Strengthen National Security Oversight

testimony | April 2, 2019 | Mandy Smithberger