Corruption

databases

Foreign Influence Database Securities and Exchange Commission Revolving Door Database

documents

Findings Based on Focus Groups and an Online Survey Among Voters in Michigan and Ohio Pentagon Proposal to Weaken Lobbying Restrictions on Former Pentagon Officials Congressional Letter to GEO Group Questions Spending at Trump Hotel KK Will Be Coming Out to Look Closely KK By Taking That Action KK American Lives at Risk KK A Very Real Al Shabaab Threat KK A Real Threat of Terrorism Brie Van Cleve Disclosure Report List of Deceased and Injured Miners

letters

POGO Urges NDAA Conferees to Include Beneficial Ownership Provision in Final Defense Bill POGO Submits Second Comment on Creation of New Federal Beneficial Ownership Database POGO Leads Broad Coalition Calling for Congressional Action on Insider Trading POGO Calls for the Immediate Removal of SEC Inspector General Carl Hoecker Coalition Urges Congress to Close the Pentagon’s Revolving Door Coalition Urges House to Close the Pentagon’s Revolving Door Civil Society Urges Congress to Empower Our Independent Watchdogs POGO Calls for Inspector General Investigation of Potential Justice Department Lies POGO Endorses IG Independence and Empowerment Act POGO Submits Comment on Creation of New Federal Beneficial Ownership Database Power of the Purse Coalition Applauds House Budget Committee Hearing, Urges Follow-Up Action POGO Joins Civil Society Partners in Endorsing the Protecting Our Democracy Act Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Investigate Pentagon’s Misuse of Relief Funds Civil Society Urges the House to Prioritize Oversight over Emergency Funds POGO Opposes the SEC’s Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules POGO Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Mulvaney and Sondland in Ukraine Affair Senate Bill Reforms Law Governing Foreign Influence on American Politics Broad Coalition Supports Ethics Amendments to the Defense Policy Bill POGO Files SEC Complaint on Possible Insider Trading Civil Society Urges Senators to Reject Haspel Nomination, Citing Lack of Transparency POGO Requests GAO Investigation into Reported Mulvaney Statements Urging Bankers to Lobby Congress POGO Response to President Trump's Letter POGO Urges the President to Look at the Revolving Door as Part of Opioid Crisis Work POGO to Attorney General Sessions: Opioid Task Force Must Examine the Revolving Door POGO Asks SEC to Investigate Carl Icahn for Insider Trading POGO Tells National Defense Authorization Act Conferees to Prioritize Troops and Taxpayers, Not Contractors POGO Asks Attorney General Sessions to Recuse from Birmingham Superfund Bribery Case POGO Asks US Attorney Town to Recuse from Birmingham Superfund Bribery Case POGO Requests that the White House Publicly Release Ethics Records POGO Supports Bill to Codify Appointee Ethics Pledges Groups Call on Deputy AG to Promptly Appoint a Special Counsel to Handle Russia Investigation POGO Pushes Ethics Office to Reconsider Guidance on Discretionary Trusts POGO Letter to White House: Conflicted Advisors Should Be Subject to Ethics Laws POGO Requests Review of Conclusion that President Trump Isn't Violating His DC Hotel Lease POGO Asks Senate Committee to Question Potential Conflicts of Air Force Secretary Nominee DOJ Should Investigate Potential Ethics Violations by White House Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel POGO Works with Bipartisan Coalition to Propose Expanding Obama Ethics Executive Order POGO Urges House Oversight Committee to Support Office of Government Ethics POGO and Bipartisan Ethics Experts in New Letter to Trump: Divest Now to Prevent Ongoing Conflicts Groups Urge President-Elect Trump to Place his Business Assets and Investments into a Genuine Blind Trust POGO Joins Letter Supporting WARN Act POGO Joins Groups Urging President Obama to Include Beneficial ownership transparency in the National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct POGO Calls for New Chair of Securities and Exchange Commission POGO to FDA on Conflicts of Interest: Disclose Them! POGO Joins Comments Calling for Public Access to Consumer Complaint Narratives POGO Supports Transparency in Presidential Library Donations POGO and Partners Urge SEC to Strengthen Whistleblower Program POGO calls on President Obama to seek resignation of NRC Commissioner Magwood POGO Supports Proposed Rule to Extend Conflict of Interest Requirements for Contractors POGO Opposes Self-Regulation for Swaps and Futures Markets POGO Joins in Urging CFPB to Put More Consumer Complaints Online POGO Opposes Self-Regulation of Investment Advisers POGO and Allies Urge Congress to Provide Full Funding to CFTC POGO and Partners Support STOCK Act POGO Letter: FDA Advisors on Yaz and Yasmin Have Industry Ties Groups Oppose Legislation to Gut SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs Public comment regarding ACUS recommendations on federal advisory committees POGO and Allies Oppose Bill That Would Hobble SEC Public comment regarding Office of Government Ethics rule on gifts from lobbyists POGO and Partners Urge House to Pass Federal Advisory Committee Legislation POGO Tells Congress Not to Weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act POGO Letter Regarding Legislative Proposals to Reform the Securities and Exchange Commission POGO Letter Opposing Legislative Proposal to Create a Self-Regulatory Organization for Investment Advisers POGO Joins Groups in Support of Clean Up Government Act of 2011 POGO Recommends Holding DoD Revolving Door Regulation to Higher Standards POGO Wants Improvements to Organizational Conflict of Interest Proposal POGO Supports Disclosure of Personal Conflict of Interest Information for Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions Groups Oppose Measures to Repeal Dodd-Frank Financial Reform and Weaken Consumer Protection Agency POGO letter to Attorney General Eric Holder Requesting an Investigation of Possible Unlawful Foreign Funding of Members of Congress POGO Joins Public Citizen to Comment On Proposed FOIA Implementation POGO Joins Groups Calling for Public Access to Complaint Database at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Groups Oppose Industry Proposals to Gut the SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs POGO's letter regarding the draft bill proposed by Representative Grimm to amend the whistleblower incentives and protections programs at the SEC and CFTC Pentagon Watchdog Should Investigate DARPA Conflicts POGO Joins Launch Letter of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Campaign POGO Letter to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro Regarding Inspector General Recommendations for Disciplinary Action POGO's Public Comment Regarding the CFTC's Whistleblower Award Program POGO's Public Comment Regarding the SEC's Whistleblower Award Program POGO Letter to FINRA Calling for Open Board Meetings POGO's Public Comment Regarding Lobbyists Serving on Federal Advisory Committees POGO Letter to Secretary Salazar Regarding Bureau of Land Management and the Revolving Door POGO Supports Effort to Stregthen Disclosure of Lobbying Contacts Within the Executive Branch Groups Support Bipartisan Senate Bill to Strike SEC FOIA Exemptions POGO's Public Comment Regarding Conflicts of Interest in Major Defense Acquisition Programs POGO Letter of Support for Amendment to Slow Revolving Door between Industry and Interior POGO Letter to Congressional Conferees Calling for Accountability and Transparency in Financial Regulatory Reform Legislation Groups Urge Financial Regulatory Conferees to Ensure Public Access to Disclosures on Financial Fraud POGO Letter in Support of McCaskill Amendment to Improve Coordination Between Financial Agency Inspectors General Letter in Support of Grassley Amendment to Expose and Slow the Revolving Door at Financial Regulatory Agencies POGO Letter in Support of Grassley Amendment to Strengthen Inspector General Indpendence POGO Letter to Congress Calling for Oversight of Small Business Bailout Program POGO Letter to Congress Calling For Increased Oversight of Financial Self-Regulators Contractor Conflict of Interest Rule Needs Improvement POGO Letter to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro Regarding Loopholes in Proposed Rule to Increase Transparency for Troubled Assets POGO Letter to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro Regarding the SEC's Failure to Act on Hundreds of Inspector General Recommendations POGO OpposesLloophole in Derivatives Overhaul Legislation POGO Letter to Vice-President Biden Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield POGO Letter to President Obama Regarding IG Investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield Good Government Groups Support Bill to Improve Bailout Transparency POGO Letter to Congress Raising Concerns About Bailout Private Asset Managers' Conflicts of Interest POGO Letter to Congress Questioning FDIC's Role in Legacy Loans Program POGO Raises Concerns About FDIC's Legacy Loans Program POGO Wants Public DoD Revolving Door Database POGO letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner raising concerns about conflicts of interest and lack of transparency in AIG bailout Letter from Open Government Groups to Senate Armed Services Committee regarding the nomination of William J. Lynn III POGO Letter to Congressional Oversight Committee Leaders Concerning Certain Financial Companies Seeking Backdoor Access to TARP Funds POGO and 77 other open-government groups call for bailout transparency POGO Letter to Congress Urging Immediate Oversight on the Bailout Stronger Contractor Organizational Conflicts of Interest Regulations Needed Strong, Consistent Federal Contractor Conflict of Interest Regulations Needed POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Klein concerning former NRC Commissioner Merrifield departure through the revolving door Letter supporting Congressman Jeff Flake's (R-AZ) legislation to close the government lobbyist gift ban loophole POGO letter to Reps Hoekstra and Harman urging public release of an unclassified report on former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's earmarking activities POGO Urges Congress to Have FFRDCs Under Federal Conflict-of-Interest Laws POGO warns of risky federal buying method Testimony before Defense Acquisition Review Panel should not be limited to defense contractors POGO's comments on Criminal Conflict of Interest Statutes POGO letter to Senators regarding SA 3286 to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 Citizens Against Government Waste and POGO ask the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate alleged conflicts of interest by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Letter to Department of Defense, Inspector General regarding expansion of inquiry into former Air Force acquisition chief Darleen Druyun's conduct with Boeing

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