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Emails From CSRIC V Working Group 10 Chairman Ajit Pai Response to Senator Ron Wyden re: SS7 Security Concerns 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 Checking Blowout Preventers Race Addington Memorandum of Interview Cheating on The Pressure Test Brie Van Cleve Disclosure Report Ben Reinke Disclosure Report List of Federal Lawsuits Filed Against Correct Care Solutions and Companies It Has Acquired Correct Care Solutions Proposal to Lancaster County, Nebraska, March 2018 ICE Detainee Death Review - Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba - Died March 2017 ICE Detainee Death Review - Sergio Alonso Lopez - Died April 2017 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report on the Adelanto Immigrant Detention Center, September 2018 Email from Ben Carson to HUD Staff on Interior Department Acting Inspector General DCMA Report of Antideficiency Act Violation 18-01

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Diverse Groups Ask Congress for the Next Round of Inspector General Reforms Bipartisan Coalition Urges Congress to Increase Funding for the Legislative Branch POGO Urges Probe into Labor Strife Endangering Kenya Embassy POGO Reminds New Defense Chief of Importance of Transparency POGO Sends Letter to OSC Seeking Revision of Hatch Act Guidance Public Comment on Nuclear Safety Board’s Access to Information Strengthening Congressional Committee Rules: Recommendations for Improved Oversight and Transparency POGO Submits Comment Opposing Child Detention Regulation POGO Urges Testing Director to Maintain Annual Report Transparency POGO Letter Supporting the Arms Sale Oversight Act POGO Urges Congress to Protect Inspector General Independence Letter to Senators Regarding Secretary Nielsen’s Inaccurate Testimony POGO Urges Congress to Make Future F-35 Spending Contingent on Correcting Known Design Flaws Senator Warren's Bill Offers Many Reforms to Improve Government Ethics and Accountability EPA Lacks the Authority and Supporting Data to Propose Transparency Requirements for Science POGO Urges Council to Limit When Contractors Deny Agencies Access to Vital Cost Information Advocates Applaud Bill Closing Whistleblower Loophole Civil Society Calls on Pentagon to Increase Public Access to Information Interior Blowout Preventer Rulemaking Violates Public Access Laws POGO to Defense Bill Conferees: Increase Accountability and Strengthen Pentagon Spending Oversight POGO Offers Recommendations to Improve USAspending.gov POGO Files SEC Complaint on Possible Insider Trading Nuke Groups Call for Analysis of Justification for New Plutonium Facility POGO Requests GAO Investigation into Reported Mulvaney Statements Urging Bankers to Lobby Congress POGO Joins in Support of Worker Health and Safety Advisory Boards POGO Urges Congress Not to Confirm Nominee Who Used Nonprofit for His Own Benefit 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 Urges ICE and Border Patrol to Not Outsource Hiring Functions POGO Asks SEC to Investigate Carl Icahn for Insider Trading POGO Supports Interim Rule Amending Process By Which IRS Determines If Contractors Have Tax Debts POGO Strongly Opposes House Bill to Protect Secrecy Around Oil and Gas Payments POGO Supports Improved FEMA Proposal Aiding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Public Comment: Transparency Needed for Federal Contract Pricing USEITI Civil Society Members Urge Government, Industry to Resume Work on Transparency Initiative 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 Asks President Trump To Investigate Revenue Collection Issues at CBP POGO Joins Letter Calling for Private Prison Transparency POGO Supports Senate Bill to Improve Charge Card Spending House Defense Acquisition Reform Bill Has Pluses, But Will Result in DoD Waste 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 Bipartisan Groups Support the McCaskill-Tester Bill to Post Contracts Online POGO and Colleagues Object to Actions of Transparency Initiative Stakeholders POGO Opposes Latest Commercial Item Rule that will Lead to Bad Deals POGO Joins 24 Groups in Urging House to Promote New System to Identify Contractors and Publish Beneficial Ownership Information POGO Comments on VA Rule Helping Some Camp Lejeune Victims POGO Asks DHS to Pause Procurement of Private Detention Centers Transparency Improvements within Existing Rulemakings POGO and National Taxpayers Union Urge Congress to Withhold MOX Funding POGO's Letter to Homeland Security Inspector General To Address Long-standing Revenue Collection Issues at Customs and Border Protection POGO and Taxpayer Groups Ask Congress to Cut MOX Funding POGO Supports Federal Rule Denying Funds to Companies That Restrict Employees' Whistleblower Rights Through Confidentiality Agreements POGO Asks President to Withdraw FDA Nominee POGO Urges Senate to Vote Against Nominee to the FDA POGO Supports Federal Rule Requiring Suspension/Debarment Review Before Awarding Contracts to Companies With Unpaid Taxes or a Felony Conviction POGO's Public Comment to GSA on Corporate Identifiers POGO Joins Groups Urging President Obama to Include Beneficial ownership transparency in the National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct POGO Supports Government Access to Contractor Labor Violations to Improve Compliance, Avoid Bad Actors, and Level the Playing Field POGO Letter to Conferees on the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act POGO Calls for New Chairperson at Chemical Safety Board Groups Urge the World Bank to Require Beneficial Ownership Information POGO Opposes GSA Prices Paid Proposal that Would Gut the Price Reduction Clause POGO and Taxpayers for Common Sense Ask House to Cut MOX POGO and GAP Support Allowing Contractor and Grantee Disclosures to Office of Special Counsel POGO to FDA on Conflicts of Interest: Disclose Them! Watchdogs Urge the Energy Department to Slash the Award Fee for the Contractor at the Sandia National Laboratory Watchdogs Urge the Energy Department to Slash the Award Fee for the Contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. POGO Highlights DoD Effort to Kill Beneficial Service Contract Inventory System POGO Requests Independent Study to Determine Need For Nuclear Facility POGO calls on President Obama to seek resignation of NRC Commissioner Magwood POGO Asks Justice Dept. to Investigate Use of Confidentiality Agreements by Federal Fund Recipients POGO Supports Proposed Rule to Extend Conflict of Interest Requirements for Contractors POGO Urges Department of Defense IG to Broaden Its Interpretation of Contractor Whistleblower Protection Law POGO Calls for Acting Chief of Defense Nuclear Security to be Replaced POGO Implores Government to Strengthen Zero-Tolerance Policy Against Human Trafficking in Federal Contracts POGO Highlights GAO Report and Documented DoD Failures in Hiring a Cost Efficient Workforce POGO and Allies Urge Senate to Uphold Transparency Measures POGO Supports Audit Expanded to Include DoD’s Compliance with the Buy American Act Public Comment on the Potential Release of Medicare Physician Data POGO's FOIA Request to OPM Regarding National Security Sensitive Positions POGO Asks Secretary Hagel to Stop Funding B61 Nuclear Bomb Program in Europe Feds vs. Contractors: Federal Employees Often Save Money, But an Advisory Panel is Needed to Create a Cost Comparison Model POGO Implores FAR Council to Toughen Anti-Trafficking Contracting Regulations POGO and Taxpayers for Common Sense Ask President to Cut MOX POGO Opposes Blanket Cost Accounting Standards Exemption for Commercial Item Acquisitions Congress Being Misled About True Costs of Service Contracts An Open Letter to the Senate in Support of More Protections for Whistleblowers and Taxpayer Dollars POGO Letter to Associate Commissioner Warner, FDA, Questioning FDA's Handling of Conflicts of Interest on FDA Advisory Committees POGO and Allies Warn Secretary of Energy of Dangerous Plutonium Plan POGO Challenges DoD's Disclosure of Budgeting and Spending Service Contract Data Groups Urge Congress to Lower the Cap on Maximum Allowable Compensation Paid to All Pentagon Contractor Employees POGO Supports Proposal To Enhance Oversight of Private Security Contractors POGO Suggests Way to Improve Federal Contractor Accountability Database POGO Speaks Out Against Congressional Attempts to Fund Unnecessary Nuclear Weapons Facility POGO and Allies Call for Sunlight on Contractor Campaign Spending 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 Urges OSTP to Ensure that Agency Scientific Integrity Plans Include Contractors and Grantees POGO and Partners Oppose House Bill that Allows FDA More Secrecy POGO and Groups Support Better Information on Clinical Trials POGO Supports DoD Effort to Redefine Commercial Items POGO and Allies Oppose Banning Disclosure of Contractor Political Spending POGO Supports Proposed Defense Contractor Crime Reporting Rule POGO's Response to Professional Services Council Letter Regarding Reducing Civilian Workforce POGO and Partners Strongly Support Passage of the DATA Act POGO Releases Defense Dept. Memo that Points to Weaknesses of Energy Dept. Labs Groups Urge Congress to Cut MOX Plutonium Fuel Program POGO Letter: FDA Advisors on Yaz and Yasmin Have Industry Ties POGO urges DOE to strengthen scientific integrity policies CAS Board cedes authority -- once again. POGO asks NRC to Release North Anna Nuclear Power Station Records Proposed Contractor Compensation Data Collection Tool Will Enhance Accountability and Transparency POGO Urges Public Disclosure of Contractor Past Performance Data POGO Wants More Safeguards in DoD's One Offer Proposed Rule POGO Argues Public Deserves to Know Whether Contractor Misconduct Reporting Rule Has Been Effective POGO Letter Urges FDA Not to Weaken Conflict of Interest Standards at Center for Drug Evaluation and Research POGO Wants Improvements to Organizational Conflict of Interest Proposal POGO Letter to FDA Commissioner Hamburg Concerning the Potentially Dangerous Interaction of the Drugs Seroquel and Methodone POGO Letter to OMB Director Jacob Lew Regarding Proposed NIH Rule on Financial Arrangements between Researchers and Industry POGO's Letter to President Obama on Bioethics Commission Chair's Ghostwriting Practices POGO Urges Improved Public Access to Central Contractor Registration Database POGO Joins Groups in Supporting the DATA Act Service Contractor Inventory Proposed Rule Requires Improvements POGO Supports Disclosure of Personal Conflict of Interest Information for Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions POGO Joins Groups in Supporting Transparency in Government Contracting E.O. Contractor Accountability? POGO Urges Public Access to Contractor Past Performance and Pre-April 15th FAPIIS Data POGO joins groups in supporting a petition to require proliferation assessments as part of the NRC licensing process POGO Provides Post-hearing Supplemental Materials to the Commission on Wartime Contracting POGO Uncovers Ethic Concerns at BLM Commercial Item Exceptions Must be Eliminated From New Suspension and Debarment Rule POGO Joins Letter to President Obama Urging Adequate Funding for Nuclear Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation POGO Letter to White House Regarding Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Size POGO Asks DHHS Secretary Sebelius to Reinvestigate FDA's Negligent Oversight of Unsafe Medical Devices DoD Needs to Expand Proposed Award Fee Rule POGO's fourth reply to letters from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff POGO Supports Overseas Government Contracting Accountability Modification POGO's third reply to letters from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff POGO's second reply to letter from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff POGO Letter to FINRA Calling for Open Board Meetings POGO's first reply to letters from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff POGO Letter to NIH on Ghostwriting Academics POGO Letter to NIH Director Francis Collins Again Urges Public Disclosure of Medical Researchers' Financial Ties to Industry Enhanced Safeguards Needed For Personal Services Contracts POGO Letter to NIH Official on Possible Value of Testing Statins for Pandemic Flu POGO Letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Regarding Potentially Dangerous Drug Interaction Invovling Seroquel and Methadone POGO Letter to Secretary Salazar Regarding Bureau of Land Management and the Revolving Door POGO's letter to Deputy HHS IG on FDA's CDRH's low standard of medical devices approval The Finances Of FDA Advisory Committee Members: If Information Must Be Withheld, Let It Be Done Openly POGO Demands Comprehensive Contract Disclosure POGO Letter Expressing Strong Support for the Stop Cozy Relationships with Big Oil Act of 2010 Sign-on Letter in Support of H.R. 5258 the Earmark Transparency Act Sign-on Letter in Support of S. 3335 the Earmark Transparency Act POGO Supports Proposal to Make Certain Labor Relations Costs Unallowable POGO letter to NIH Director Collins: Ethics reform at NIH needs a more ethical leader Bipartisan Coalition Urges Congress to Preserve Provision to Make FAPIIS Public Groups Urge Financial Regulatory Conferees to Ensure Public Access to Disclosures on Financial Fraud POGO Advocates for Additional Protections When Considering Work Performed by Government or Contractor Employees POGO Requests Information on Suspensions and Debarments POGO joins letter to President Obama urging continued public access to monitoring of Gulf oil spill POGO Joins Letter to Secretary of Defense Gates Promoting Increased Transparency in Nuclear Weapons Policy POGO's letter to OMB about Taxpayer Funded Executive Compensation POGO Letter Urging GSA to Improve Contractor Listings POGO's FAPIIS Fee Waiver Request POGO's FOIA Request for Contractor Responsibility Database Information POGO Letter to DHHS on Pandemic Flu Vaccine: Answer Questions Instead of Dodging Them POGO Condemns Increase of Contracting Thresholds That Will Further Reduce Oversight POGO Requests End of KBR's Monopolistic LOGCAP III Contract POGO requests clarifications to Defense regulations to ensure independent audits and timely corrections to deficiencies found in contractor business systems, including withholds POGO Letter To NIH Director: Medical Researchers Should Be Made To Publicly Disclose Possible Conflicts Of Interest POGO Letter To NIH Director Francis Collins Urges Public Disclosure of Medical Researchers' Financial Ties To Industry POGO Letter to Senate Committees Regarding DCAA Reforms POGO joins letter to President Obama urging needed contractor reforms POGO Letter to Congress Calling For Increased Oversight of Financial Self-Regulators 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) Contractor Conflict of Interest Rule Needs Improvement POGO asks President Obama to instruct the DOE’s NNSA to reverse its decision to withdraw contractor performance data from public view POGO letter to Energy Sec. Chu regarding LANL plutonium facility shutdown due to repeat of fire suppression system failures POGO letter to Secretary Sebelius: Use emergency powers to support study on prevention of deaths from H1N1 flu POGO raises concerns about new contractor database POGO asks Secretary Sebelius to disclose mistakes that led to vaccine shortage POGO's letter to Commissioner Hamburg regarding medical devices POGO letter to HUD IG regarding concerns about HUD's The Road Home program POGO letter to members of Congress regarding concerns about HUD's The Road Home program POGO Letter to Secretary Sebelius regarding H1N1 Vaccine Shortage POGO Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. Embassy in Kabul POGO letter to DHHS Secretary Sebelius: Greater transparency in the flu vaccine program is urgently needed POGO Letter to Secretary Sebelius Regarding Production of Vaccine for H1N1 Swine Flu POGO adds Public Comment regarding conflicts of interest among NIH grantees POGO Letter to FDA's Daniel Schultz MD regarding a policy decision by CDRH to discontinue inspections of nonclinical laboratories POGO Asks FDA Head to Have Deadly Syringe Incident Investigated POGO seeks removal of oversight exemption for overseas contracts POGO letter to DOE Secretary Steven Chu regarding an award given to an overbudget and overschedule National Ignition Facility (NIF) project POGO letter to FDA's Daniel Schultz MD regarding the lack of GLP inspections Non-Competitive Contract Documents Need Contract Database Home POGO Stumbles on Possible Revenue Sharing Violations in Traffic Data Contract POGO Urges President Obama to Provide Public Access to Contracting and Ethics Databases POGO letter to Glenn Podonsky, DOE Chief Health, Safety, and Security Officer, regarding beryllium 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 Supports Reform of MMS and the RIK Program (S. 3543 ) - Hopes to Restore Ethical Conduct and Accountability to the Resource Management POGO Letter to Acting DoD IG Heddell concerning Defense Contract Management Agency awarding an employee for helping Air Force and Lockheed Martin undermine then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld's efforts to cancel C130-J program. POGO Letter to General C. Robert Kehler, U.S. Strategic Command regarding the Air Force denials of a security breach DOT IG Should Conduct Comprehensive Audit of Traffic Contract Stronger Contractor Organizational Conflicts of Interest Regulations Needed Strong, Consistent Federal Contractor Conflict of Interest Regulations Needed POGO's 2nd public comment for improved contractor misconduct disclosure POGO Proposes Additional Improvements To Ensure That Contractors Have A Satisfactory Performance Record POGO and Good Government and Openness Coalition Support Public Access to Government-Wide Contractor Responsibility Database POGO Follow-up letter to CDRH Director Daniel Schultz POGO Letter to CDRH Director Daniel Schultz regarding a series of questions about the apparent decision not to enforce the GLP regulation POGO Supports Movement of Contractor Responsibility Database (H.R. 3033) in the House hope to Give Government Officials a Tool to Decide Between Responsible and Risky Contractors POGO supports limiting length of noncompetitive contracts in “unusual and compelling urgency” circumstances POGO Letter to Senator Kennedy Regarding the Production of the Pandemic Flu Vaccine Letter to House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and related Agencies Appropriations regarding accountability for royalty collections POGO comments concerning the proposed third-party private financing for the new NNSA Weapons Project, otherwise known as the Kansas City Project POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman, regarding the plutonium pit production program POGO makes comment on Contractor Compliance Program and Integrity Reporting POGO letter to Daniel Riemer, chair of the Royalty Policy Committee (RPC), addressing the Subcommittee on Royalty Management's recommendations to improve Department of Interior royalty collections POGO Letter to NNSA Chief, Defense Nuclear Security William Desmond advocating federalizing the nuclear weapons facilities security force POGO urges Department of Transportation investigation into Traffic Information Contract POGO letter to Senators Webb and McCaskill supporting "The Commission on Wartime Contracting Act" (S.1825) POGO Supports Rep. Maloney's Legislation to Study Oil/Gas Royalty Collections POGO Supports Accountability and Honest Provisions in Energy Bill along with Taxpayers for Common Sense and Friends of the Earth POGO's response to the Subcommittee's July 30, 2007 letter presenting questions to complete the record on Testimony on Federal Contracting: Why Do Risky Contractors Keep Getting Rewarded With Taxpayer Dollars? POGO's letter to Senators Levin and McCain regarding protecting the integrity of earmark reform POGO Letter Concerning Matheson Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill Regarding Moab Uranium Tailings POGO urges DoD to strengthen and clarify its anti-human trafficking interim 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 POGO urges Congress to review Hamilton Sundstrand's 9-year no-bid commercial item spare parts contract Scientists Who Serve Written Statement of POGO's Beth Daley to the Royalty Policy Committee 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 Government limits public access to contracting meeting by charging a fee POGO signs Letter to Senate Majority Leader Frist to improve public access to federal spending information POGO pushes for detailed guidance on contracting 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 letter to Reps Hoekstra and Harman urging public release of an unclassified report on former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's earmarking activities POGO fights to prevent multiple industry reps from determining how contractors account for their costs POGO Letter to Congress urging true competition in federal contracting An Open Letter to the United States Senate: Support a Full Accounting of Federal Grants! POGO Supports the NRC's Proposal for Fines in Whistleblower Discrimination Cases POGO and the AFSC letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding groundwater testing POGO letter to International Boundary and Water Commission Commissioner Carlos Marin regarding POGO’s findings concerning a no-bid contract. POGO warns of risky federal buying method POGO's letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Diaz on the proposed Design Basis Threat (DBT) POGO Opposes Proposed Reductions in Oversight of Government Contracts POGO letter to Commissioner Marin with the US Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission regarding a sole-source contract POGO’s comments to the NRC about the guard fatigue issue POGO & Others Urge Public Access to Katrina Contracting Information POGO provides third set of recommendations and materials to the panel reviewing service contracting policies POGO recently learned of another government attempt to sit down with private contracting officials, which could violate open government laws POGO Discovers Security Weaknesses at Oak Ridge National Laboratory POGO urges the Cost Accounting Standards Board to further financial transparency in accounting for the cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) sponsored by government contractors POGO Letter to Senator Collins (R-ME), Chair, Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, detailing government contracting concerns and recommendations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Testimony before Defense Acquisition Review Panel should not be limited to defense contractors POGO provides additional information to the panel reviewing the government's buying system Acquisition Panel cuts off testimony about problems with the government’s buying system POGO questions IBWC decision to award a contract to build a sewage treatment plant in Mexico without full and open competition POGO outlines its concerns with the International Boundary and Water Commission's Sensitive Information Protection Manual in a letter to the IBWC Commissioner Paid Consulting and Conflicts of Interest at NIH POGO letter to NRC Chairman Diaz regarding ongoing nuclear security officer fatigue POGO comments on a government attempt to restrict outsourcing jobs associated with purchasing goods and services POGO opposes industry-driven effort to further remove contract oversight and provisions that protect taxpayers Suspension and debarment: The record shows that the system is broken POGO Urges DOE to do the "right thing" and save the Colorado River … Again 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's public comment supporting DoD's rule prohibiting contract bundling Share-in-Savings Contracts Circumvent Congress' Appropriations Authority and Hide Behind Contractor Proclaimed "Savings" to the government Pentagon Auditor Calls for Halliburton to be Financially Penalized until it Accounts for Taxpayer Dollars POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Spencer Abraham regarding security at nuclear weapons complex Letter to David Drabkin, GSA' Deputy Assoc. Administrator -- Office of Acquisition Policy, requesting transparency and access to federal contract data, which is now controlled by a private contractor, Global Computer Enterprises, Inc. 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 comment on the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Councils proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation "Applicability of the Cost Principles and Penalties for Unallowable Costs" 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 POGO Letter to Cost Accounting Standards Board, Dr. Rein Abel Regarding Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Accounting for the Cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) POGO’s public comment opposing the Department of Interior’s proposed amendments to the oil valuation rule for being a giveaway to the oil industry POGO to Congress: Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) Would Fleece Taxpayer POGO Letter to Energy Secretary Abraham recommending immediate competition of management contract of Los Alamos POGO Letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on briefing attended by POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian 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 Sign on letter from over 70 organizations supporting H.R. 1431 in the House and S. 606 in the Senate to ensure the independence of the EPA National Ombudsman POGO letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld POGO letter to Senators of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee 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 Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham regarding detailed maps of nuclear sites on DOE websites POGO Public Comment on NRC Proposal to Limit Public Oversight in Nuclear Reactor Licensing Hearings Taxpayer, Environmental and Union Groups Support Amendment to Ensure Oil Companies Pay Fair Share POGO Supplementing Letter to Eric Shipley, Cost Accounting Standards Board Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on "Accounting for the Costs of Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (PRBs) Sponsored by Government Contractors." Letter to President-Elect Bush POGO Letter to Eric Shipley, Project Director, Cost Accounting Standards Board Regarding Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on "Accounting for the Costs of Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (PRBs) Sponsored by Government Contractors" Cost Accounting Standards Board, Dr. Rein Abel, Regarding Accounting for the Cost of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) POGO Letter to Rudolph Schuhbauer, CAS Board Regarding Proposed "Review" of CAS and its Role in the Government Contracting Process Public Interest Groups Oppose Oil & Gas Royalties In Kind Amendment POGO Comments on Responsible Contractor "Anti-Scofflaw" Federal Regulations Letter From Coalition Of 24 Organizations: to David Guzy, Chief, Rules & Regulations Staff, Royalty Management Program, MMS POGO Letter to Bill Richardson, Department of Energy regarding the moving of the Moab uranium tailings pile from the Colorado River POGO Comments on Responsible Contractor "Anti-Scofflaw" Federal Regulations Letter from Groups to Members of Congress Regarding the Decommissioning of the Atlas Uranium Mill in Moab, Utah POGO's Letter to Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, regarding major oil companies trying to reopen the comment period for the proposed crude oil valuation rule

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