Finance

databases

Securities and Exchange Commission Revolving Door Database

documents

Letter from CIGIE Integrity Committee Chairman Scott Dahl (10/18/2019) CIGIE Integrity Committee – Report of Investigation (4/5/19) “Everyone’s Business” Newsletter, September/October 2018

letters

POGO Submits Second Comment on Creation of New Federal Beneficial Ownership Database POGO Submits Comment on Climate Risk Disclosures POGO Urges SBA to Collect Data from Paycheck Protection Program Loan Recipients Restoring Transparency Requirements at the Federal Reserve POGO Opposes the Nomination of Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Comment on Auditing Watchdog’s Plan to Revamp Its Inspection Reports POGO Offers Recommendations to Improve USAspending.gov POGO Files SEC Complaint on Possible Insider Trading POGO Requests GAO Investigation into Reported Mulvaney Statements Urging Bankers to Lobby Congress POGO Asks SEC to Investigate Carl Icahn for Insider Trading POGO Asks President Trump To Investigate Revenue Collection Issues at CBP POGO's Letter to Homeland Security Inspector General To Address Long-standing Revenue Collection Issues at Customs and Border Protection POGO Joins Letter Supporting WARN Act POGO Calls for New Chair of Securities and Exchange Commission POGO Joins Comments Calling for Public Access to Consumer Complaint Narratives POGO and Partners Urge SEC to Strengthen Whistleblower Program 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 POGO Letter to Congress Raising Concerns About Bailout Private Asset Managers' Conflicts of Interest Good Government Groups Support Bill to Improve Bailout Transparency 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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