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Financial Disclosure Report of New CDC Director, Rochelle Walensky International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes

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POGO Urges the National Academies to Fix Its Conflict-of-Interest Policy POGO Opposes Califf Nomination Due to Conflicts of Interest Health Care Workers Need Federal Guidance on Their Whistleblowing Rights Public Comment on Nuclear Safety Board’s Access to Information EPA Lacks the Authority and Supporting Data to Propose Transparency Requirements for Science Advocates Applaud Bill Closing Whistleblower Loophole 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 Comments on VA Rule Helping Some Camp Lejeune Victims POGO Urges Senate to Vote Against Nominee to the FDA POGO Asks President to Withdraw FDA Nominee POGO Calls for New Chairperson at Chemical Safety Board POGO to FDA on Conflicts of Interest: Disclose Them! POGO's Response to VA Inspector General's Subpoena for Whistleblower Records Public Comment on the Potential Release of Medicare Physician Data POGO Letter to Associate Commissioner Warner, FDA, Questioning FDA's Handling of Conflicts of Interest on FDA Advisory Committees POGO and Partners Oppose House Bill that Allows FDA More Secrecy POGO and Groups Support Better Information on Clinical Trials POGO Letter: FDA Advisors on Yaz and Yasmin Have Industry Ties POGO Letter Urges FDA Not to Weaken Conflict of Interest Standards at Center for Drug Evaluation and Research 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 Asks DHHS Secretary Sebelius to Reinvestigate FDA's Negligent Oversight of Unsafe Medical Devices POGO's fourth reply to letters from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff 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'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 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'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 letter to NIH Director Collins: Ethics reform at NIH needs a more ethical leader POGO Letter to DHHS on Pandemic Flu Vaccine: Answer Questions Instead of Dodging Them 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 Secretary Sebelius: Use emergency powers to support study on prevention of deaths from H1N1 flu POGO asks Secretary Sebelius to disclose mistakes that led to vaccine shortage POGO's letter to Commissioner Hamburg regarding medical devices POGO Letter to Secretary Sebelius regarding H1N1 Vaccine Shortage 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 letter to FDA's Daniel Schultz MD regarding the lack of GLP inspections 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 Letter to Senator Kennedy Regarding the Production of the Pandemic Flu Vaccine Scientists Who Serve Paid Consulting and Conflicts of Interest at NIH

resources

Oversight Provisions in the CARES Act: What they are, what they do, and how to make sure they work for Americans

Latest

At Least Half of Panel Advising Congress on Drug Policy Had Undisclosed Ties to Drug Makers

investigation | October 28, 2021

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Discarded Drugs: Infrastructure Bill Leaves Cancer Patients by the Wayside

investigation | September 29, 2021

Congress is losing ground on the budget; it's time it claws that power back

analysis | June 30, 2020
Dentists Open Wide after Lobbyists Pressure CDC

investigation | June 25, 2020
Administration Continuing to Limit Transparency and Oversight of CARES Act Funds

analysis | June 18, 2020
CDC Whistleblower Identified the “Fatal Flaw” in Testing Years Ago

investigation | June 4, 2020
Questions Regarding the Government’s COVID-19 Response

analysis | May 21, 2020
It’s past time for Congress to give inspectors general and whistleblowers additional protection

analysis | May 21, 2020
Military Health Care Challenges with Dr. Robert Adams

podcast | May 21, 2020
We need Congress to watch pandemic spending closely. Here’s how it can do it.

analysis | May 13, 2020