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DOD Inspector General Report on TransDigm Group Inc Draft Homeland Security Watchdog Survey on Sexual Misconduct Pentagon Proposal to Weaken Lobbying Restrictions on Former Pentagon Officials JSFPO Deficiency Report Metrics 28 February 2020 Legislative Changes for Obtaining Cost Information Inspector General Reports Questioning Spare Part Costs F-35 Aircraft Sustainment: DoD Needs to Address Substantial Supply Chain Challenges Defense Logistics Agency IG Report, September 2018 DLA Letter to Representative Carter, January 2018 DLA Letter to Senator Cornyn, August 2017 DLA Response to State Surplus Association Letter, May 2018 Chairman Ajit Pai Response to Senator Ron Wyden re: SS7 Security Concerns Emails From CSRIC V Working Group 10 Thompson Letter to Nielsen re QHSR Weapon Systems Cybersecurity: DoD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities POGO's FOIA Complaint Against the Justice Department for Leak Investigation-Related Records “Providing for the Common Defense” Air Force Proposal for Department of the Space Force Readiness for Formal Entry into F-35 Initial Operational Test and Evaluation F 35 Affordability Strategy JSFPO Deficiency Review Board Minutes, 04 June 2018 DCMA Report of Antideficiency Act Violation 18-01

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POGO Urges Congress to Stop Contract Pricing “Whack-a-Mole” Coalition Urges President Biden to Lower Defense Topline in Budget Request Coalition Calls for Transparency in DOT&E’s Annual Weapons Testing Report Coalition Urges Congress to Close the Pentagon’s Revolving Door POGO Leads Coalition of 21 Organizations Encouraging Senate Committee to Reform Inspectors General System Coalition Urges House to Close the Pentagon’s Revolving Door 45 Organizations Urge Congress: Reject the Pentagon's Request for FOIA Secrecy (Again) Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Ensure Federal Officials Can Be Held Accountable POGO Submits Comment on Creation of New Federal Beneficial Ownership Database Congress Needs to Reassert Control Over the Nation's Wars Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Preserve Robust Afghanistan Oversight Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Investigate Pentagon’s Misuse of Relief Funds Congress: Use the NDAA To Promote Transparency Defense Policy Bill Should Enhance Accountability and Reduce Costs Law Enforcement Officers Support Military Equipment Limits Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Reject DoD’s Repeat Secrecy Proposal Coalition Urges Congress to Reject Pentagon Proposal to Weaken Lobbying Laws Additional Questions and Answers about Improvements to Whistleblower Protections POGO Joins Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen Congressional Powers POGO Joins Broad Coalition Urging House to Repeal Iraq War Authorization Election Security Coalition Opposes Weakening Encryption Broad Coalition Opposes PATRIOT Act Extension Absent Major Reforms Preserve Government’s Access to Cost and Pricing Data to Ensure Fair Prices Advocates Seek Stronger Protections and Confidentiality for Intel Community Whistleblowers POGO Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Mulvaney and Sondland in Ukraine Affair Whistleblower Advocates to Congress: Time to Reform Intel Whistleblower Laws Senate Bill Reforms Law Governing Foreign Influence on American Politics Former Intelligence Community Inspectors General: Protect the Critical Role of the Whistleblower Bipartisan Coalition: Eliminate Wasteful Spending in the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act Defense Policy Bill Should Preserve Reforms to Increase Effectiveness POGO Endorses Bill to Increase Oversight of Wartime Spending Broad Coalition Supports Ethics Amendments to the Defense Policy Bill Congress Needs to Demand More Accountability for F-35 Replacement Parts Civil Society Urges Defense Department to Release Information on Afghanistan War Left-Right Coalition: Vote “No” on Pentagon Increases In House Budget Caps Bill POGO Urges Probe into Labor Strife Endangering Kenya Embassy Broad Coalition Calls for PATRIOT Act Surveillance Reform Bipartisan Coalition: Pentagon Doesn’t Need a Budget Boost POGO Reminds New Defense Chief of Importance of Transparency Public Comment on Nuclear Safety Board’s Access to Information POGO Urges Testing Director to Maintain Annual Report Transparency POGO Letter Supporting the Arms Sale Oversight Act POGO Urges Congress to Make Future F-35 Spending Contingent on Correcting Known Design Flaws Advocates Ask Defense Secretary for Update on Required Retaliation Training POGO Urges Congress to Advance Strong Election Security and Paper Ballot Measures Civil Society Calls on Pentagon to Increase Public Access to Information POGO to Defense Bill Conferees: Increase Accountability and Strengthen Pentagon Spending Oversight POGO Urges DHS to Abandon Problematic Social Media Collection Plan Nuke Groups Call for Analysis of Justification for New Plutonium Facility Civil Society Urges Senate Not to Authorize Expanded Presidential War Powers Civil Society Urges Senators to Reject Haspel Nomination, Citing Lack of Transparency Civil Society Warns Against Pentagon’s Repeat FOIA Secrecy Exemption Ask POGO Urges House Armed Services Committee to Pursue Reforms to Increase Military Effectiveness and Reduce Costs 38 Former Elected Republicans and Former Judges and Prosecutors Call on Congress to Protect the Special Counsel Civil Society Calls for Open Hearings with Service Chiefs POGO Supports Funding Request Benefiting Election Cybersecurity POGO Calls for Removal of House Intelligence Committee Members After Vote to Release Memo Civil Society Urges Congress to Rein in Surveillance Authorization Civil Society Urges Congress to Support the Special Counsel Integrity Act Groups Urge Congress to Strengthen the Law Requiring Foreign Lobbying Disclosure POGO Joins Civil Society in Opposing Expanded Government Surveillance Whistleblower Advocates Demand Accountability for Substantiated Case of Defense Contractor Whistleblower Reprisal POGO Tells National Defense Authorization Act Conferees to Prioritize Troops and Taxpayers, Not Contractors POGO to Congress: Don't Change Testing Standards Bipartisan Coalition: Cancel the Energy Department's Most Wasteful Nuclear Project Bipartisan Coalition Demand Bomber Program Cost Transparency House Defense Acquisition Reform Bill Has Pluses, But Will Result in DoD Waste Safe and Effective Operation of Carriers Depends on Shock Trials POGO Joins Groups Urging Congress to Authorize BRAC Defense Secretary Mattis Urged to Review Whistleblower Retaliation Cases Groups Urge White House and Pentagon To Right-Size Pentagon Workforce POGO Letter to White House: Conflicted Advisors Should Be Subject to Ethics Laws POGO Asks Senate Committee to Question Potential Conflicts of Air Force Secretary Nominee Groups Send Letter to Congress on Wasteful Nuclear Fuel Production Facility POGO Asks Senate Committee to Examine Defense Secretary Nominee Conflicts POGO Comments on VA Rule Helping Some Camp Lejeune Victims POGO Asks the House to Strengthen Congressional Oversight of the Intelligence Community NDAA Conferees, Strengthen Military Whistleblower Protections POGO Joins Right-Left Coalition Urging Defense Authorization Conferees to Reject Wasteful Pentagon Spending POGO joins Right/Left Coalition Urging Senate to Reject Amendments to Increase Pentagon Spending POGO and National Taxpayers Union Urge Congress to Withhold MOX Funding POGO and Taxpayer Groups Ask Congress to Cut MOX Funding Civil Society Pushes Back to Get Answers on Surveillance 22 Organizations Ask the IC IG to Investigate Insider Threat Program POGO Joins Groups Calling for Congress To Reject Defense Authorization Bill POGO Letter to Conferees on the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act POGO Letter to GAO Concerning Navy's Potential Violation of Anti-Lobbying Restrictions POGO Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Concerning Rear Admiral Joe Tofalo's Potential Violation of Anti-Lobbying Restrictions 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 Hold Post Accountable for His Chilling Statement Watchdogs Urge the Energy Department to Slash the Award Fee for the Contractor at the Sandia National Laboratory Now is the Time to Modernize Congressional Oversight Rules Watchdogs Urge the Energy Department to Slash the Award Fee for the Contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. POGO Leads Effort in Support of A-10 to NDAA Conference Leaders Bipartisan Coalition Sends Letter to Armed Services With Final NDAA Recommendations POGO Requests Independent Study to Determine Need For Nuclear Facility Concerned Groups Highlight Problems with DOE's Treatment of Political Scientist Groups Call for Public Disclosure of the Legal Rationale for US Force Against ISIS POGO Joins Groups in Urging Quick Passage of USA FREEDOM Act POGO Leads Bi-partisan Support for DOD Appropriations Amendments POGO Supports Drone Strike Transparency in Intelligence Authorization Bill POGO Leads Bi-partisan Support for NDAA Amendments POGO Calls on Senate to Keep Pentagon Testing Office Strong in NDAA Groups Call on Holder to Follow Court Order Regarding Openness about Targeted Killing Program POGO and Partners Urge House Judiciary to Allow Inclusion of Military Whistleblower Protections in NDAA POGO and Others Call for Drone Strike Transparency Groups Call for Senate Appropriators to Restore Funding to Technology Experts Groups Call for Congress to Restore Funding to Technology Experts POGO Calls for Acting Chief of Defense Nuclear Security to be Replaced Open Government Advocates Call for Release of Report on Post-9/11 CIA An Open Letter to Appropriators in Congress: End the Budget Gimmicks and Cut the Pentagon’s Slush Fund Transpartisan Groups Tell Congress: Spending Smarter on Defense Can Make Us Stronger Over 50 Groups Oppose Bill to Legalize and Extend NSA Surveillance POGO and Other Groups Across the Ideological Spectrum Oppose Efforts to Delay Pentagon Savings POGO Calls for the Removal of Army General Unfit to Oversee Sexual Assault Prevention Groups Ask for Transparency Around Possible Trade Policy Surveillance POGO Urges Air Force to Delay F-35 Basing Decision POGO Highlights GAO Report and Documented DoD Failures in Hiring a Cost Efficient Workforce Openness Groups Ask Congress to Strengthen Intelligence Accountability Legislation POGO and Campaign Partners Thank House Members for Smart Spending Votes on Defense POGO Supports More Transparency and Accountability for Taxdollars Spent on Foreign Security in the Senate POGO and Partners Submit Recommendations on Improving Electronic Surveillance Laws Bipartisan Groups Urge House to Pass Smart Amendments on Pentagon Spending POGO Sends FOIA Request to ODNI on Whistleblower Protections POGO Submits Comments on OPM and ODNI Designation of National Security Positions Bipartisan Groups Urge House to Pass Smart Spending Amendments on NDAA POGO Asks Secretary Hagel to Stop Funding B61 Nuclear Bomb Program in Europe Groups From Right to Left Call on Congress and the President to Find Savings at the Pentagon Congress Being Misled About True Costs of Service Contracts POGO and Allies Warn Secretary of Energy of Dangerous Plutonium Plan POGO's Picks for the Best of the House and Senate NDAAs POGO Challenges DoD's Disclosure of Budgeting and Spending Service Contract Data POGO Speaks Out Against Congressional Attempts to Fund Unnecessary Nuclear Weapons Facility Groups Thank Reps. for Voting to Rein in Runaway Pentagon Spending Groups Thank Reps. for Leadership in Reining in Runaway Pentagon Spending An Open Letter to Congress in Support of Reining in Runaway Spending by the Pentagon POGO Urges House Subcommittee to Strengthen Independent Oversight of Nuke Weapons Labs POGO and Allies Tell Senate Armed Services Not to Fund Nuclear Boondoggle POGO supports Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair nominee Allison Macfarlane POGO Releases Navy Documents Showing Problems with the Littoral Combat Ship POGO Releases Defense Dept. Memo that Points to Weaknesses of Energy Dept. Labs Groups Urge Congress to Cut MOX Plutonium Fuel Program POGO to Panetta: U.S. Taxpayers Shouldn't Bear the Cost of B61 Bombs Deployed in Europe POGO urges DOE to strengthen scientific integrity policies POGO asks NRC to Release North Anna Nuclear Power Station Records POGO Joins Letter to President Obama Urging Adequate Funding for Nuclear Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation POGO Comments on DoD Prohibition of Contractor Interrogators POGO Letter: Congress Should Require That The Navy Give It More Time to Mull Littoral Combat Ship Acquisition Change Conservative Groups Call for Defense Spending Cuts POGO Joins Letter to Secretary of Defense Gates Promoting Increased Transparency in Nuclear Weapons Policy POGO Letter to NRC Recommending Additional Changes to Alternative Dispute Resolution Program POGO Letter to President Obama Regarding Systemic Safety Issues at Los Alamos National Lab POGO Comments on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) POGO asks President Obama to instruct the DOE’s NNSA to reverse its decision to withdraw contractor performance data from public view POGO Urges Pentagon To Create Strong Regulations Against Conflicts of Interest On Systems Engineering POGO letter to Energy Sec. Chu regarding LANL plutonium facility shutdown due to repeat of fire suppression system failures 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 Groups Urge Gates to Curb Congressional Earmarks POGO Opposes Nomination of William Magwood to NRC POGO letter to Senate; Combating Waste: C-17 Resources Needed for Troops in Afghanistan POGO letter supporting Tom Coburn's amendment to restore funding to troops Good Government Groups Urge Senate to Support McCain Amendment to Strip C-17 Funds from Defense Appropriations Bill POGO Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. Embassy in Kabul Coalition Thank You Letter to Senators Voting in Favor of McCain-Levin Amendment POGO Letter to Senate Leadership Expressing Serious Concern Over F-22 Solicitation Request POGO and Taxpayers for Common Sense Call on Senate to Cut F-22 from Defense Authorization Act Good government groups urge eliminating unnecessary weapons and earmarks POGO letter to DOE Secretary Steven Chu regarding an award given to an overbudget and overschedule National Ignition Facility (NIF) project Good Government Groups Urge Congress to Preserve Key Procurement Reforms in S. 454 and H.R. 2101 POGO letter to NRC's Lisamarie Jarriel regarding the revision and strengthening of the Interim Allegation Program Guidance POGO letter to Glenn Podonsky, DOE Chief Health, Safety, and Security Officer, regarding beryllium POGO Letter to Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) Director Robert Bray regarding FAMS treatment of whistleblowers POGO makes comments on the final Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Records of Decision on Complex Transformation POGO letter supporting the nomination of George Mulley from the NRC Office of Inspector General for the NRC’s Edward McGaffigan Jr. Public Service Award POGO's Public Comments on "Security Inspection and Security Performance Assessment of NRC Licensees" POGO Letter to General C. Robert Kehler, U.S. Strategic Command regarding the Air Force denials of a security breach POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding the lack of oversight of costs and quality at the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility POGO Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee regarding misleading testimony by General McNabb before the Committee POGO urges the DOD IG to investigate CIRCUITS and an apparent employee retaliation action POGO Letter to DoD Secretary Robert Gates regarding extravagant "Senior Leader In-Transit Comfort Capsules" POGO Urges Navy to Study Utility Cost Program POGO letter requesting NRC Inspector General Bell to investigate Chairman Klein's negative and misleading comments about a whistleblower POGO’s comments to Congress on Air Force policy changes and CSAR-X report POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding his Senate testimony potentially defaming a nuclear security whistleblower POGO/GAP letter to SASC Chairman Levin and Ranking McCain calling for hearings on MRAP delays, rapid acquisition problems in the Pentagon POGO’s Letter in Response to the February 26, 2008 NRC Region I Letter POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman, regarding the plutonium pit production program POGO Letter to NNSA Chief, Defense Nuclear Security William Desmond advocating federalizing the nuclear weapons facilities security force Stop No-Bid Earmarks; Support Section 828 of the Senate Defense Authorization Bill POGO letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding urgent need to implement overtime restrictions POGO letter to NRC Chairman Klein regarding security at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman regarding need for independent oversight of the nuclear weapons complex POGO's letter to Secretary Bodman regarding the security implications of the Pantex Nuclear Weapons Facility strike POGO Letter to Senators Levin and McCain regarding the Pentagon request for multiple fixed wing aircraft as part of the FY 2007 Emergency Supplemental Request for the Global War on Terror POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Dale Klein regarding the 10 CFR Part 26 Fitness-for-Duty Draft Final Rule Follow-up Letter from POGO to Energy Secretary Bodman POGO letter to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding serious safety problems at Pantex, a nuclear weapons assembly facility Letter from POGO to DOE Secretary Bodman regarding unnecessary ongoing cybersecurity weaknesses POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman concerning inadequate security at the Y-12 facility and Oak Ridge National Laboratory POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Dale Klein regarding security concerns at the Sequoyah nuclear power plant POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman raising safety concerns POGO's Letter to Congress Regarding Removal of Funding for Night Vision Goggles for the Troops POGO Supports the NRC's Proposal for Fines in Whistleblower Discrimination Cases POGO letter to Reps Hoekstra and Harman with suggestions and concerns about portions of the FY 07 House Intelligence Authorization Bill dealing with Intelligence Community oversight, whistleblowers, and CIA/NSA Police powers POGO opposes the proposed joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to form the United Launch Alliance POGO's letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Diaz on the proposed Design Basis Threat (DBT) POGO’s comments to the NRC about the guard fatigue issue POGO Discovers Security Weaknesses at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Biologist Reinforces POGO’s Letter Concerning CDC Investigations POGO letter to Congress raising concerns with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigative ability POGO letter to NRC Chairman Diaz regarding ongoing nuclear security officer fatigue POGO's comments to the Draft Request for Proposals for the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Abraham concerning Los Alamos contract POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Spencer Abraham regarding security at nuclear weapons complex POGO Letter to DOE Deputy Secretary McSlarrow, Chairman Barton and Representative DeGette concerning media-less security at Los Alamos National Laboratory POGO's letter to NRC Chairman Diaz criticizing nuclear industry lobbyists' improper influence over critical homeland security tests POGO's letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge concerning Oil Companies Cash in On Homeland Security Grants POGO letter to Members of Congress in response to Boeing's full page ad in the Washington Post POGO letter to Hon. Thomas K. Kean, Chairman, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States regarding the U.S. military's refusal to heed concerns that terrorists might try to strike domestic targets with hijacked airliners POGO letter to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the F/A-22 Raptor and Comanche Helicopter programs POGO opposed NRC's proposed regulation on fire protection at nuclear power plants POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Niles Diaz regarding NRC efforts to silence criticism Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee urging the committee to reject an Air Force proposal to lease 100 Boeing 767 aircraft Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge POGO Letter to House Armed Services Committee on 2004 Defense Authorization POGO Letter to Energy Secretary Abraham recommending immediate competition of management contract of Los Alamos POGO Letter to Senate Committee on Armed Services regarding the circumventing of operational testing and financial accountability of the nation's missile defense program POGO letter to Dr. Everet H. Beckner, Deputy Administrator for Defense Program, NNSA, DOE regarding security and safety issues at LANL POGO Letter to Sandra Gavutis of the C-10 Research and Education Foundation, Inc. Statement of John Middlemiss and James Howard, former security guards at Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant POGO Letter to Gen. John Gordon Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration concerning security at nuclear weapons facilities POGO letter urging Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to restore citizen access to the Department of Energy's web sites Organizations call on Senate to vote against the Air Force leasing Boeing 767s at a price dramatically higher than the cost of direct purchase POGO letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Sign-on letter expressing opposition to reauthorization of the Price-Anderson Act which protects nuclear power and nuclear weapons facilitiy operators from financial liability POGO letter to Senator Carl Levin commending the senator for blocking legislation that would have permitted the Air Force to purchase C-17's in a "commercial-like environment" POGO letter to Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham regarding detailed maps of nuclear sites on DOE websites POGO letter to Rep. Neil Abercrombie regarding appropriated funds to support defense industry lobby efforts to detract support from amendment to the 2002 National Defense Authorization Act POGO Letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Recommending Cancellation of the Army's Crusader Program Letter to Members of Congress on Defense Budget

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