National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

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Congress: Use the NDAA To Promote Transparency Defense Policy Bill Should Enhance Accountability and Reduce Costs Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Reject DoD’s Repeat Secrecy Proposal POGO Supports New Guidelines for Lowest-Price Procurement Process Bipartisan Coalition: Eliminate Wasteful Spending in the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act Defense Policy Bill Should Preserve Reforms to Increase Effectiveness Advocates Ask Defense Secretary for Update on Required Retaliation Training POGO to Defense Bill Conferees: Increase Accountability and Strengthen Pentagon Spending Oversight Civil Society Warns Against Pentagon’s Repeat FOIA Secrecy Exemption Ask POGO Tells National Defense Authorization Act Conferees to Prioritize Troops and Taxpayers, Not Contractors Civil Society Objects to Senate's Regression into Secrecy Civil Society Opposes DoD's Requested FOIA Expansion, Again Safe and Effective Operation of Carriers Depends on Shock Trials Congress: Protect FOIA from the Pentagon NDAA Conferees, Strengthen Military Whistleblower Protections POGO Joins Right-Left Coalition Urging Defense Authorization Conferees to Reject Wasteful Pentagon Spending Broad Coalition Denounces FOIA Carve Outs In the NDAA DoD Tries to Amend FOIA Through NDAA Again POGO Joins Groups Calling for Congress To Reject Defense Authorization Bill Civil Society to Congress: Keep Whistleblower Protections in the NDAA Letter to the House in support of NDAA Amendments Open Letter to the House of Representatives on the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2016 Open NDAA Campaign Back in Full Swing with Letter to SASC POGO Leads Effort in Support of A-10 to NDAA Conference Leaders Bipartisan Coalition Sends Letter to Armed Services With Final NDAA Recommendations POGO Leads Bi-partisan Support for NDAA Amendments POGO Calls on Senate to Keep Pentagon Testing Office Strong in NDAA POGO and Partners Urge House Judiciary to Allow Inclusion of Military Whistleblower Protections in NDAA An Open Letter to Appropriators in Congress: End the Budget Gimmicks and Cut the Pentagon’s Slush Fund POGO and Other Groups Across the Ideological Spectrum Oppose Efforts to Delay Pentagon Savings POGO and Coalition of Whistleblowers and Organizations Support Enhanced Military Whistleblower Protections in the NDAA Bipartisan Groups Urge House to Pass Smart Spending Amendments on NDAA An Open Letter to the Senate in Support of More Protections for Whistleblowers and Taxpayer Dollars POGO's Picks for the Best of the House and Senate NDAAs

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Defense Bill Includes Two Landmark Transparency Provisions

analysis | January 21, 2021

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The Bunker: Crash Course

analysis | December 9, 2020

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Panel of Defense Lobbyists and Revolving Door Doyens Calls for More Defense Spending

analysis | December 10, 2018
POGO Applauds New White House Policy Statement

analysis | July 13, 2017
Letting Contractors Pick Their Own Auditors is a Bad Idea

analysis | June 20, 2017
2017 Baker’s Dozen of Suggested Congressional Oversight Priorities and Legislative Reforms

report | March 28, 2017
Busting the Myth of Whistleblower Protections for IC Contractors

analysis | September 20, 2016
NDAA Markups Continue Under a Veil of Secrecy

analysis | June 9, 2016
DoD Proposes Increasing Employee Spending Limits

analysis | April 27, 2016
Why the NDAA is Much Bigger than Just the Defense Budget

analysis | July 13, 2015