Ethics

documents

CWDP Report to Congress September 2018 Court Transcript of August 2 hearing in Chen v. The Geo Group ICE’s August 1 Letter Alleging a Violation of Agency Regulations by Tracey Valerio A Former ICE Official’s Sworn Declaration on July 20 As an Expert Witness for GEO Group Brie Van Cleve Disclosure Report Ben Reinke Disclosure Report Kailee Tkacz Ethics Agreement Maggie Lyons Ethics Agreement Avenatti & Associates, APC Project Sunlight Executive Summary

letters

Congress Must Increase Judicial Accountability and Transparency POGO Urges Congressional Ethics Committees to Revise Conflict of Interest Rules POGO Asks Congress to Request DOJ Ethics Guidance to Acting Attorney General Whitaker POGO Files Hatch Act Complaint Against USDA Secretary POGO Urges Review of Ethics Reporting Omissions by President Trump Senator Warren's Bill Offers Many Reforms to Improve Government Ethics and Accountability POGO Supports Grant of Testimonial Subpoena Power to Inspectors General POGO Calls for Congressional Investigation and Oversight of “Zero Tolerance” and Border Crisis 23 Organizations Support Provision Requiring Senate Candidates to Electronically File Their Campaign Finance Reports POGO Urges President Trump to Fill Inspectors General Vacancies POGO Files SEC Complaint on Possible Insider Trading Letter to U.S. Attorneys in Border States on the Prosecutor's Duty to Ensure Justice and Protection of Constitutional Rights under new "Zero Tolerance" Policy Letter to Attorney General Sessions on Effect of Zero Tolerance Policy on Border Prosecutions on Constitutional Rights The Constitution Project at POGO Supports Reforms to Virginia’s Criminal Discovery Rules POGO Urges DHS to Abandon Problematic Social Media Collection Plan Civil Society Urges Senators to Reject Haspel Nomination, Citing Lack of Transparency Civil Society Warns Against Pentagon’s Repeat FOIA Secrecy Exemption Ask POGO Requests GAO Investigation into Reported Mulvaney Statements Urging Bankers to Lobby Congress Law Professors Tell Congress: Protecting the Special Counsel is Constitutional POGO Response to President Trump's Letter POGO Urges Congress Not to Confirm Nominee Who Used Nonprofit for His Own Benefit POGO to Attorney General Sessions: Opioid Task Force Must Examine the Revolving Door POGO Asks SEC to Investigate Carl Icahn for Insider Trading POGO Submits Hatch Act Complaint to Office of Special Counsel Alleging Violation by FCC Commissioner The Constitution Project at POGO Objects to the Department of Justice’s Proposed Closure of the Office for Access to Justice POGO Joins Ethics Watchdogs in Demanding Transparency POGO Urges OGE to Require Comprehensive Appointee Ethics Agreements 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 Suggested Ethics Reforms for 2017 POGO Works with Bipartisan Coalition to Propose Expanding Obama Ethics Executive Order Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel 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 Calls for New Chair of Securities and Exchange Commission POGO Joins Groups in Defending the Office of Congressional Ethics POGO Joins Comments Calling for Public Access to Consumer Complaint Narratives 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 Joins Over 100 Groups in Voicing Concerns Over NSA Spying POGO Letter to Associate Commissioner Warner, FDA, Questioning FDA's Handling of Conflicts of Interest on FDA Advisory Committees 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 Groups Oppose Legislation to Gut SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs POGO and Allies Oppose Bill That Would Hobble SEC 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 Groups Oppose Measures to Repeal Dodd-Frank Financial Reform and Weaken Consumer Protection Agency 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 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 Groups Support Bipartisan Senate Bill to Strike SEC FOIA Exemptions 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 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 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 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 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

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The Supreme Court Needs an Ethics Code

analysis | February 19, 2019 | Sarah Turberville

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H.R. 1 and Executive Branch Conflicts of Interest

testimony | February 6, 2019 | Scott Amey

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Pruitt's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

analysis | April 6, 2018 | Andrew Bergman
Short-Staffed: Vacancies Leave Life-Altering Oversight Work for Later

analysis | March 21, 2018 | Rebecca Jones
Defense Lobbying Ban Might Drain the Pentagon Swamp

analysis | March 12, 2018 | Scott Amey
POGO Lights Up for Sunshine Week

analysis | March 12, 2018 | Nicholas Trevino
Jeff Sessions Has a Huge Conflict of Interest in a Federal Bribery Case—and It Keeps Getting Worse

investigation | March 9, 2018 | Nick Schwellenbach
Audit Finds Pentagon Waived Requirement to Repay Taxpayers $16 Billion to Advance Foreign Military Sales

analysis | February 28, 2018 | Mandy Smithberger
Government Prison Contracts Gamble with Taxpayer Dollars

analysis | February 27, 2018 | Rebecca Jones
The President v. The Courts

analysis | February 13, 2018 | David Janovsky & Sarah Turberville