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Findings Based on 2022 Election Omnibus Survey BIA-OJS Corrections Handbook for Public Release Rep Porter 7/9/2019 letter to EPA on FOIA Rule EPA 10/23/2019 Response to Porter (FOIA Reg update) Porter 10/31/2019 Follow Up Letter to EPA FOIA Rule Office of Legal Counsel Memo List, 1998-2019 ICE Response to Sen. Wyden Inquiry about Facial Recognition Technology Emails from Amazon Employee to ICE about Rekognition OLC 9/21 FOIA Appeal Response Letter CBP FOIA Release — Email April 23, 2018 Memo on Family Separation GSA Watchdog Report on Revised Plan for FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project Avenatti & Associates, APC Project Sunlight Executive Summary

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Best Practices for Law Enforcement Data Collection and Transparency Open The Government Coalition to Congress: Fix the Presidential Records Act POGO Submits Comment to Regulatory Agency to Broaden Public Engagement in Federal Rulemaking POGO Calls on Biden to Remove Inspectors General Cuffari, Ennis Amicus Brief: Behar v. DHS (What Are Agency Records Under FOIA?) POGO Comment on Potential Revision of OGE’s Public Financial Disclosure Form Coalition to Congress: Protect National Security from Politicized Civil Service POGO Submits Comment to Interior on Offshore Safety Standards POGO Urges NDAA Conferees to Include Beneficial Ownership Provision in Final Defense Bill CDC Failing on 9/11 Health Program Contracts POGO Recommendations to NDAA Conferees POGO Statement on Agency Legal Material Review Improving Transparency and Accountability at the Office of Legal Counsel Coalition Calls for Permanent Inspectors General at the Defense and State Departments Letter Requesting Interior’s Office of Inspector General to Investigate Cruzan Group Contract Senate and House Financial Services and General Government Subcommittees - Appropriations Requests, FY 2023 Senate Legislative Branch Subcommittee - Appropriations Requests, FY 2023 Coalition Calls for Transparency in DOT&E’s Annual Weapons Testing Report POGO Submits Second Comment on Creation of New Federal Beneficial Ownership Database POGO Urges Lawmakers to Increase Onshore Oil and Gas Royalties, Establish Hardrock Mining Royalty POGO and Fix the Court Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Consider Reforming the Supreme Court Shadow Docket 87 Organizations Urge Supreme Court to Make Live Audio Streaming Permanent and Accessible POGO Urges Improvements to Justice Department Death Data Collection POGO Calls for Garland to Improve Justice Department’s Implementation of Death in Custody Reporting Act 45 Organizations Urge Congress: Reject the Pentagon's Request for FOIA Secrecy (Again) POGO Urges New SEC Chair to Reform the Audit Industry Letter to Office of Special Counsel Regarding Equity in Hatch Act Enforcement Power of the Purse Coalition Applauds House Budget Committee Hearing, Urges Follow-Up Action POGO Calls on Attorney General to Support Accountability at DOJ POGO Requests Better Data on Equity of COVID Relief POGO Endorses H.R. 1 - the For the People Act POGO Joins Groups Applauding the Inclusion of Whistleblower Protections in Beneficial Ownership Legislation POGO Urges the Incoming Administration to Pursue Good Governance Reforms POGO Opposes the Forest Service’s Proposed Rule on Oil and Gas Resources Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Preserve Robust Afghanistan Oversight Congress: Use the NDAA To Promote Transparency POGO Urges Congress to Investigate Postmaster General Louis Dejoy Bipartisan Coalition Urges Senate To Advance Power of the Purse Reforms Law Enforcement Officers Support Military Equipment Limits Restoring Transparency Requirements at the Federal Reserve Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Reject DoD’s Repeat Secrecy Proposal POGO Opposes the SEC’s Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules POGO Joins Public Comment on Proposed Rule Concerning Royalty Rate Reductions Comment on Auditing Watchdog’s Plan to Revamp Its Inspection Reports Broad Coalition Opposes PATRIOT Act Extension Absent Major Reforms Senate Bill Reforms Law Governing Foreign Influence on American Politics Public Comment on the Forest Service’s Proposal to Weaken Public Input Defense Policy Bill Should Preserve Reforms to Increase Effectiveness Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Increase Office of Legal Counsel Transparency Civil Society Urges Defense Department to Release Information on Afghanistan War POGO Tells OIRA to Expand Transparency for Meetings with Outside Parties POGO Continues to Call For Transparency in Presidential Library Donations Congress Must Increase Judicial Accountability and Transparency POGO Voices Support for Bipartisan Bill to Increase Court Record Transparency POGO Joins Letter Urging House Democratic Caucus to Publish Rules POGO Joins Letter Objecting to Interior’s Proposed FOIA Rule POGO Reminds New Defense Chief of Importance of Transparency POGO Praises Contractor Disclosure Rule, Advises Stronger Enforcement Defense Department Needs Certified Contracting Information to Prevent Waste NGOs Ask Senate to Review Record before Confirmation Hearing EPA Lacks the Authority and Supporting Data to Propose Transparency Requirements for Science POGO Urges Congress to Advance Strong Election Security and Paper Ballot Measures POGO Urges Council to Limit When Contractors Deny Agencies Access to Vital Cost Information Advocates Applaud Bill Closing Whistleblower Loophole Civil Society Urges Senate Judiciary to Demand Access to Documents Civil Society Calls on Pentagon to Increase Public Access to Information Interior Blowout Preventer Rulemaking Violates Public Access Laws POGO Supports Grant of Testimonial Subpoena Power to Inspectors General 23 Organizations Support Provision Requiring Senate Candidates to Electronically File Their Campaign Finance Reports POGO to Defense Bill Conferees: Increase Accountability and Strengthen Pentagon Spending Oversight POGO Supports House Bill Stressing Inspector General and GAO Recommendations The Constitution Project at POGO Supports Reforms to Virginia’s Criminal Discovery Rules 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 Calls on Appropriators to Support Oversight.gov 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 Civil Society Urges Mulvaney Not to Cut Off Access to Consumer Complaint Database 38 Former Elected Republicans and Former Judges and Prosecutors Call on Congress to Protect the Special Counsel POGO Supports House Efforts to Preserve Special Counsel's Work Civil Society Calls for Open Hearings with Service Chiefs Civil Society Demands Transparency and Accountability for CIA Nominee's Role in Torture of Detainees 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 Supports Bill to Increase Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports 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 POGO Joins Civil Society in Opposing Expanded Government Surveillance POGO Calls for an Investigation into Possible Violation of Whistleblower Protection Law 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 Civil Society Demands Open Surveillance Markup POGO Tells National Defense Authorization Act Conferees to Prioritize Troops and Taxpayers, Not Contractors Civil Society Objects to Broad Application of Congressional Secrecy POGO Opposes Bill to Hide Border Security Information POGO to Congress: Don't Change Testing Standards Letter to Office of Special Counsel Requesting Investigation Into Energy Department Anti-Leak Posters POGO Joins Letter Calling for Private Prison Transparency Civil Society Objects to Senate's Regression into Secrecy Bipartisan Coalition: Cancel the Energy Department's Most Wasteful Nuclear Project Civil Society Opposes DoD's Requested FOIA Expansion, Again 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 Asking Congressional Budget Office to Increase Transparency POGO Joins Groups Urging Congress to Authorize BRAC Civil Society Responds to House Attempt to Limit FOIA 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 Bipartisan Groups Support the McCaskill-Tester Bill to Post Contracts Online Open Letter to the White House on Transparency Objectives Groups Send Letter to Congress on Wasteful Nuclear Fuel Production Facility POGO and Colleagues Object to Actions of Transparency Initiative Stakeholders POGO Asks Senate Committee to Examine Defense Secretary Nominee Conflicts POGO Supports the Premise of “Release to All,” But Raises Concerns 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 the House to Strengthen Congressional Oversight of the Intelligence Community Transparency Improvements within Existing Rulemakings 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 Civil Society to House: Pass Widely Supported FOIA Bill 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 DoD Tries to Amend FOIA Through NDAA Again Good Government Groups Pen Open Letter to Obama POGO's Public Comment to GSA on Corporate Identifiers Civil Society Pushes Back to Get Answers on Surveillance 22 Organizations Ask the IC IG to Investigate Insider Threat Program POGO Joins Groups Urging President Obama to Include Beneficial ownership transparency in the National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct Civil Society to FBI: Show Us How Section 702 Affects Americans POGO Joins Groups Calling for Congress To Reject Defense Authorization Bill POGO Supports Government Access to Contractor Labor Violations to Improve Compliance, Avoid Bad Actors, and Level the Playing Field POGO Joins Group Urging for Improvements to the Controlled Unclassified Information Proposed Rule POGO Letter to Conferees on the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act POGO Calls for New Chairperson at Chemical Safety Board 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 24 Groups Object to DoD's Attempt to Amend FOIA in the NDAA Letter to the House in support of NDAA Amendments POGO Opposes GSA Prices Paid Proposal that Would Gut the Price Reduction Clause Open Letter to the House of Representatives on the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2016 POGO and Taxpayers for Common Sense Ask House to Cut MOX Open NDAA Campaign Back in Full Swing with Letter to SASC Watchdogs Ask State Dept To Force Clinton To Turn Over Emails POGO Joins in Asking White House for Open Government Action 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 Asks Senators to Support FOIA Reform in 2014 POGO Highlights DoD Effort to Kill Beneficial Service Contract Inventory System POGO Leads Effort in Support of A-10 to NDAA Conference Leaders POGO Joins Groups Seeking Executive Opinion on FOIA Reforms Bipartisan Coalition Sends Letter to Armed Services With Final NDAA Recommendations POGO Requests Independent Study to Determine Need For Nuclear Facility POGO joins Coalition of Open Government Groups Challenging Obama Administration Transparency Policy POGO Joins Comments Calling for Public Access to Consumer Complaint Narratives 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 Joins Group Letter to Voice Concerns over EO 12333 POGO and Partners Support USA FREEDOM Act in Senate POGO Supports Transparency in Presidential Library Donations POGO calls on President Obama to seek resignation of NRC Commissioner Magwood POGO Joins Group Letter Urging President Obama to be More Transparent POGO Leads Bi-partisan Support for DOD Appropriations Amendments POGO Asks Justice Dept. to Investigate Use of Confidentiality Agreements by Federal Fund Recipients POGO and Partners Call for Changes to USA Freedom Act Draft 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 Urge Congress to Restore Transparency Requirements to USA FREEDOM Act POGO Supports a Strong USA Freedom Act 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 Urge FCC to Protect Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information Online 42 Free Speech, Open Government and Public Interest Groups Urge the FCC to Protect Net Neutrality Letter to President Obama on CIA Spying on Congress Groups Call for Senate Appropriators to Restore Funding to Technology Experts Groups Call for Congress to Restore Funding to Technology Experts POGO Joins Coalition in Calling on Congress to Make Data More Accessible 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 POGO and Open Gov Advocates Support Reforms to Freedom of Information Act Groups Call for Vote on Transparency Measure Good Government Groups Encourage Accountability in Federal Grant-Making Transparency Groups Call on President Obama to Support DATA Act Transparency Groups Urge Congress to Pass Current Draft of DATA Act An Open Letter to Appropriators in Congress: End the Budget Gimmicks and Cut the Pentagon’s Slush Fund Transparency Groups Call for New Reporting on Presidential Library Fundraising Groups Call for Increased Transparency in Rulemaking Groups Thank Representatives Cummings and Waxman for Supporting Transparency in Farm Bill Transparency Groups Thank Senator Leahy for Fighting Against Unnecessary Secrecy on Farm Bill Transpartisan Groups Tell Congress: Spending Smarter on Defense Can Make Us Stronger Over 50 Groups Oppose Bill to Legalize and Extend NSA Surveillance Groups Call for Transparency in TransPacific Partnership Negotiations Broad Coalition of Companies and Nonprofits Support USA FREEDOM Act 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 Joins Over 40 Groups in urging the Farm Bill Conference Committee to Preserve FOIA Rights POGO Urges Air Force to Delay F-35 Basing Decision Groups Ask President Obama to Support Open Government Commitments on Secret Law POGO Highlights GAO Report and Documented DoD Failures in Hiring a Cost Efficient Workforce Openness Groups Ask Congress to Strengthen Intelligence Accountability Legislation Transparency Groups Ask for Greater Accountability at OFAC POGO and Partners Ask Senate Committee to Make NSA Surveillance Proposal Public POGO Joins Over 50 Groups in Asking Congress to Support National Security Transparency POGO and Allies Urge Senate to Uphold Transparency Measures Public Comment on the Potential Release of Medicare Physician Data 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 60 Groups Make Recommendations to Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding NSA Surveillance POGO and Partners Submit Recommendations to DNI on Intelligence and National Security Whistleblower Protections Bipartisan Groups Urge House to Pass Smart Amendments on Pentagon Spending We Need To Know: POGO and Partners Send Letter Asking the US Government to Be More Open About National Security-Related Mass Surveillance POGO Sends FOIA Request to ODNI on Whistleblower Protections POGO Joins Coalition of 53 Groups in Resubmitting Request to Make NSA Surveillance Information Public POGO Joins Others in Asking for DOJ IG Findings on Wiretapping POGO's FOIA Request to OPM Regarding National Security Sensitive Positions POGO Submits Comments on OPM and ODNI Designation of National Security Positions POGO and Others Urge Administration to Talk About Treatment of Suspected Terrorists POGO Joins Over 100 Groups in Voicing Concerns Over NSA Spying POGO and Partners Call for Disclosure on Secret Laws Bipartisan Groups Urge House to Pass Smart Spending Amendments on NDAA Openness Groups Urge Senate to Vote YES on Cardin, NO on Grassley-Donnelly on the Farm Bill POGO and Partners Urge Senate to Oppose Grassley's Amendments to the Farm Bill POGO and Allies Urge President Obama to Rein In Overclassification 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 Joins Over Thirty-Five Groups that Voice Concerns Over Openness in New Cyber Bill Groups From Right to Left Call on Congress and the President to Find Savings at the Pentagon POGO and Over 40 Government Transparency Organizations Thank Oversight Committee for Prioritizing FOIA POGO and Over 40 Government Transparency Organizations Write to the President about Improving FOIA POGO and Taxpayers for Common Sense Ask President to Cut MOX Congress Being Misled About True Costs of Service Contracts POGO and Allies Stand with Wyden and His Hold on Anti-Speech "Anti-Leaks" Provisions 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 Suggests Way to Improve Federal Contractor Accountability Database POGO Speaks Out Against Congressional Attempts to Fund Unnecessary Nuclear Weapons Facility POGO and Allies Tell Congress to Keep the Report on Security Clearances A 2012 Open Letter to the Senate: Oppose the Anti-Speech Policy in the Intelligence Authorization Bill Groups Thank Reps. for Voting to Rein in Runaway Pentagon Spending Groups Thank Reps. for Leadership in Reining in Runaway Pentagon Spending POGO Joins in Urging CFPB to Put More Consumer Complaints Online POGO and Allies Call for Sunlight on Contractor Campaign 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 Thank Senators Who Voted Against Closing NDAA FY13 POGO and Allies Tell Senate Armed Services Not to Fund Nuclear Boondoggle POGO supports Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair nominee Allison Macfarlane POGO and Allies Caution Congress on Anti-Leaks Legislation POGO and Partners Oppose House Bill that Allows FDA More Secrecy POGO and Groups Support Better Information on Clinical Trials POGO and Partners Oppose FDA Secrecy POGO and Allies Oppose Banning Disclosure of Contractor Political Spending POGO Supports NDAA Amendments in the House POGO and Partners Oppose FOIA Threats in Cybersecurity Bills POGO and Partners Strongly Support Passage of the DATA Act POGO Releases Navy Documents Showing Problems with the Littoral Combat Ship POGO Releases Defense Dept. Memo that Points to Weaknesses of Energy Dept. Labs POGO and Partners Oppose the House Cybersecurity Bill POGO and Partners Urge DOJ to Support the FOIA Portal POGO Letter: OMB Violates Presidents Executive Order on Transparency in Rulemaking POGO and Open Gov Allies Support the FOIA Portal Groups Urge Congress to Cut MOX Plutonium Fuel Program POGO Joins Letter Urging For More Transparency In Trade Negotiations POGO Joins Letter Challenge CIA Secrecy POGO and Partners Say Cybersecurity Bill is Flawed POGO and Partners Support STOCK Act POGO to Panetta: U.S. Taxpayers Shouldn't Bear the Cost of B61 Bombs Deployed in Europe POGO Joins Comments in Support of Public Access to Consumer Complaints Database POGO and Allies Call on Pentagon to Serve Public Interest, Not Secrecy POGO and Allies Call for Unredacted Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Report POGO urges DOE to strengthen scientific integrity policies POGO Joins Other Watchdogs in Calling on the Super Committee to Release its Secrets Public comment regarding ACUS recommendations on federal advisory committees Support Letter for NDAA Leahy Amendment to Fix FOIA Exemption Super Committee Must Post Recommendations 72 Hours Before Voting Public comment regarding Office of Government Ethics rule on gifts from lobbyists POGO and Allies Support Amending the Presidential Records Act POGO asks NRC to Release North Anna Nuclear Power Station Records POGO opposes false and misleading DOJ FOIA amendment POGO and Partners Urge House to Pass Federal Advisory Committee Legislation Proposed Contractor Compensation Data Collection Tool Will Enhance Accountability and Transparency POGO Urges Public Disclosure of Contractor Past Performance Data POGO Tells Congress Not to Weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act POGO Joins Groups Urging Deficit Reduction Super Committee to Disclose Lobbying Contacts POGO and Partners Call for a Presidential Advisory Committee on Open Government Next Steps on Government Transparency and Openness POGO Joins Groups in Support of Clean Up Government Act of 2011 Openness Floor Records management in an electronic environment POGO and Partners Ask for More Openness on Open Government Partnership Plan POGO and Partners Urge Senate to Fix the DoD Secrecy Provision POGO and Partners Say Super Committee Must Be Open POGO Recommends Holding DoD Revolving Door Regulation to Higher Standards POGO and Partners Urge Leadership to Restore Faster FOIA to Boehner POGO Urges Improved Public Access to Central Contractor Registration Database House Oversight Committee Should Commemorate the 45th Anniversary of FOIA by Passing the Faster FOIA Act POGO Joins Groups in Supporting the DATA Act Service Contractor Inventory Proposed Rule Requires Improvements Groups Urge Congess to Save Open Gov Websites POGO and Partners Urge the House to Vote No on Amash Amendment to FOIA at DHS POGO Joins Groups Calling for Public Access to Complaint Database at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau POGO Joins Groups in Supporting Transparency in Government Contracting E.O. Contractor Accountability? POGO Joins Other groups in Asking Congress to Make CRS Reports Public and Online Open Letter: Congress Must Protect Transparency Programs in Budget Negotiations 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 Uncovers Ethic Concerns at BLM 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 Joins Letter Calling For Reopening of the NARA Investigation into the CIA Destruction of Federal Records 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 POGO's Public Comment Regarding Lobbyists Serving on Federal Advisory Committees Conservative Groups Call for Defense Spending Cuts POGO Questions the Independence of the State Department's Inspector General POGO Joins Letter Voicing Concern About Public Access to Critical Information in Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010 POGO Letter to Secretary Salazar Regarding Bureau of Land Management and the Revolving Door POGO Supports Effort to Stregthen Disclosure of Lobbying Contacts Within the Executive Branch Groups Support Bipartisan Senate Bill to Strike SEC FOIA Exemptions Groups Call on Congress to Remove SEC Secrecy Measure POGO's Public Comment Regarding Conflicts of Interest in Major Defense Acquisition Programs POGO Demands Comprehensive Contract Disclosure POGO Letter of Support for Amendment to Slow Revolving Door between Industry and Interior 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 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 Supports Eshoo Amendment For Better Oversight Of The Intelligence Community POGO joins letter to President Obama urging continued public access to monitoring of Gulf oil spill Letter in Support of Grassley Amendment to Expose and Slow the Revolving Door at Financial Regulatory Agencies POGO Joins Letter to Secretary of Defense Gates Promoting Increased Transparency in Nuclear Weapons Policy POGO Letter Urging GSA to Improve Contractor Listings POGO's FAPIIS Fee Waiver Request POGO's FOIA Request for Contractor Responsibility Database Information POGO Joins Coalition Supporting The Faster FOIA Act POGO Joins Coalition Support For Public Information Being Available Online, Calls for Hearings on the Public Online Information Act POGO Joins Letter Calling on Congress to Investigate Whether Federal Records Act Needs Strengthening POGO joins letter to Committee on Homeland Security on over-classification 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 joins sign-on letter encouraging the Administration to improve its open government efforts POGO Comments on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) POGO Urges President to Enhance Oversight POGO Joins An Open Letter to the United States House of Representatives: Support the Health Care Transparency Resolution! 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 IG Council Chair Fong on Integrity and Efficiency, Clarifying POGO's Recommendation on IG Hotline POGO joins coalition letter calling for transparency of health care advisory panel 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 Public Comment on Declassification on OSTP Blog 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 joins sign on letter to White House calling for restoration of OA FOIA POGO joins coaliton calling for Senators to allow public access of CRS reports 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 Wants Public DoD Revolving Door Database POGO letter to NRC's Lisamarie Jarriel regarding the revision and strengthening of the Interim Allegation Program Guidance POGO Urges President Obama to Provide Public Access to Contracting and Ethics Databases Letter from Open Government Groups to Senate Armed Services Committee regarding the nomination of William J. Lynn III POGO Letter to Rep. Tanner Supporting Change to House Rules Requiring Periodic Hearings on Waste, Fraud, Abuse and Mismanagement 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 Supports Reform of MMS and the RIK Program (S. 3543 ) - Hopes to Restore Ethical Conduct and Accountability to the Resource Management 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 and others urge passage of H.R. 5811, the Electronic Message Preservation Act POGO Urges Navy to Study Utility Cost Program POGO letter to members of Congress regarding the DOD Inspector General POGO letter requesting NRC Inspector General Bell to investigate Chairman Klein's negative and misleading comments about a whistleblower POGO and other groups urge National Archives to preserve website records of the federal government POGO’s comments to Congress on Air Force policy changes and CSAR-X report POGO and others urge White House to allow public input on secrecy rules for Controlled Unclassified Information 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 Letter to House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and related Agencies Appropriations regarding accountability for royalty collections POGO Letter to Senators Levin, McCaskill, and Webb regarding the President’s recent Signing Statement POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman, regarding the plutonium pit production program 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 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 and other organizations urge Senate to pass legislation to improve Freedom of Information Act 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 Letter Concerning Matheson Amendment to DOD Authorization Bill Regarding Moab Uranium Tailings 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 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 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 urges Congressional Appropriators to reign in the Department of Homeland Security’s "Sensitive Security Information" (SSI) secrecy category An Open Letter to the United States Senate: Support a Full Accounting of Federal Grants! 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 and the AFSC letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding groundwater testing 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 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information 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 Letter Urging Funding for Public Interest Declassification Board POGO's public comment opposing the NRC's expansion of controls for unclassified "Safeguards Information" (SGI) POGO Urges DOE to do the "right thing" and save the Colorado River … Again POGO supports the "OPEN Government Act of 2005," a bi-partisan bill co-sponsored by Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) & Sen. Leahy (D-VT) to strengthen FOIA and public access to government information DHS Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information 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 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. Coalition Letter to Members of Congress regarding the Transportation Secrecy Provision in HR 3550 POGO Letter to DOE Deputy Secretary McSlarrow, Chairman Barton and Representative DeGette concerning media-less security at Los Alamos National Laboratory Coalition Letter to Senators Campbell and Inouye, Committee On Indian Affairs, regarding FOIA exemptions in S. 297, the Federal Acknowledgment Process Reform Act of 2003 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 Sample Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Letter 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 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 Letter to Department of Defense, Inspector General regarding expansion of inquiry into former Air Force acquisition chief Darleen Druyun's conduct with Boeing 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 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 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 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 Letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Recommending Cancellation of the Army's Crusader Program Letter to Members of Congress on Defense Budget Letter to President-Elect Bush Public Interest Groups Oppose Oil & Gas Royalties In Kind Amendment 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 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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Fact Sheet: Close a Significant Gap in the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Regime Fact Sheet: Time for Pentagon to Implement the Law Fact Sheet: Beneficial Ownership and Section 885 Reform POGO Recommendations for a Centralized Ethics Records Database Identifying Beneficial Owners is a Win-Win and a National Security Priority Fact Sheet: Reforms to the Freedom of Information Act Fact Sheet: Office of Legal Counsel Transparency Fact Sheet: Reporting Reforms for Federal Spending Resources on the U.S. Capitol Insurrection Comparing Ethics Orders: Biden’s Is on Top, But it Could be Stronger Priorities for Phase 4 COVID-19 Response Funding Bill (May 2020)

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