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VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Training Binder Part 1 (The Ravens Group) VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Training Binder Part 2 (The Ravens Group) VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Training Contract VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Training Certificate (The Ravens Group) VA Office of Accountability Review Training Slides - 2016 Defense Logistics Agency IG Report, September 2018 DLA Response to State Surplus Association Letter, May 2018 DLA Letter to Senator Cornyn, August 2017 DLA Letter to Representative Carter, January 2018 “Providing for the Common Defense” 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 Joins Groups Applauding the Inclusion of Whistleblower Protections in Beneficial Ownership Legislation Defense Policy Bill Should Enhance Accountability and Reduce Costs POGO Supports New Guidelines for Lowest-Price Procurement Process Bipartisan Coalition: Eliminate Wasteful Spending in the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act Defense Policy Bill Should Preserve Reforms to Increase Effectiveness Left-Right Coalition: Vote “No” on Pentagon Increases In House Budget Caps Bill POGO Urges Congress to Make Future F-35 Spending Contingent on Correcting Known Design Flaws Defense Department Needs Certified Contracting Information to Prevent Waste POGO Urges Council to Limit When Contractors Deny Agencies Access to Vital Cost Information POGO and Coalition of Organizations Support Curbing Improper Payments POGO to Defense Bill Conferees: Increase Accountability and Strengthen Pentagon Spending Oversight POGO Offers Recommendations to Improve USAspending.gov POGO Supports House Bill Stressing Inspector General and GAO Recommendations Senate Considers Legislation to Help Stop Improper Payments Nuke Groups Call for Analysis of Justification for New Plutonium Facility POGO Urges ICE and Border Patrol to Not Outsource Hiring Functions POGO Urges Congress to Stop Improper Payments to Deceased People POGO Supports the "Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act" POGO Supports Interim Rule Amending Process By Which IRS Determines If Contractors Have Tax Debts POGO Supports Improved FEMA Proposal Aiding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Public Comment: Transparency Needed for Federal Contract Pricing 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 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 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 Asks DHS to Pause Procurement of Private Detention Centers POGO and National Taxpayers Union Urge Congress to Withhold MOX Funding 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 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 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 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 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 Leads Bi-partisan Support for DOD Appropriations Amendments 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 Transpartisan Groups Tell Congress: Spending Smarter on Defense Can Make Us Stronger POGO Implores Government to Strengthen Zero-Tolerance Policy Against Human Trafficking in Federal Contracts POGO Urges Air Force to Delay F-35 Basing Decision POGO Highlights GAO Report and Documented DoD Failures in Hiring a Cost Efficient Workforce POGO Supports Audit Expanded to Include DoD’s Compliance with the Buy American Act POGO and Campaign Partners Thank House Members for Smart Spending Votes on Defense Bipartisan Groups Urge House to Pass Smart Amendments on Pentagon Spending POGO's FOIA Request to OPM Regarding National Security Sensitive 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 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 Groups From Right to Left Call on Congress and the President to Find Savings at the Pentagon 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 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 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 Urges OSTP to Ensure that Agency Scientific Integrity Plans Include Contractors and Grantees POGO Supports DoD Effort to Redefine Commercial Items POGO Supports NDAA Amendments in the House 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 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 Wants Improvements to Organizational Conflict of Interest Proposal POGO Urges Improved Public Access to Central Contractor Registration Database Service Contractor Inventory Proposed Rule Requires Improvements POGO Supports Disclosure of Personal Conflict of Interest Information for Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions POGO Urges Public Access to Contractor Past Performance and Pre-April 15th FAPIIS Data POGO Provides Post-hearing Supplemental Materials to the Commission on Wartime Contracting Commercial Item Exceptions Must be Eliminated From New Suspension and Debarment Rule DoD Needs to Expand Proposed Award Fee Rule POGO Supports Overseas Government Contracting Accountability Modification Conservative Groups Call for Defense Spending Cuts Enhanced Safeguards Needed For Personal Services Contracts POGO Demands Comprehensive Contract Disclosure 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 Bipartisan Coalition Urges Congress to Preserve Provision to Make FAPIIS Public 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 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 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 Senate Committees Regarding DCAA Reforms POGO joins letter to President Obama urging needed contractor reforms 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 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 raises concerns about new contractor database Groups Urge Gates to Curb Congressional Earmarks 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 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 of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. Embassy in Kabul POGO Letter to Senate Leadership Expressing Serious Concern Over F-22 Solicitation Request Good government groups urge eliminating unnecessary weapons and earmarks POGO seeks removal of oversight exemption for overseas contracts Good Government Groups Urge Congress to Preserve Key Procurement Reforms in S. 454 and H.R. 2101 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 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 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 Stronger Contractor Organizational Conflicts of Interest Regulations Needed Strong, Consistent Federal Contractor Conflict of Interest Regulations Needed POGO Letter to DoD Secretary Robert Gates regarding extravagant "Senior Leader In-Transit Comfort Capsules" POGO's 2nd public comment for improved contractor misconduct disclosure POGO Urges Navy to Study Utility Cost Program 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 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 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 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'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 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 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 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 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'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 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 Letter to House Armed Services Committee on 2004 Defense Authorization 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 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 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 Letter to Members of Congress on Defense Budget 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." 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 POGO Comments on Responsible Contractor "Anti-Scofflaw" Federal Regulations POGO Comments on Responsible Contractor "Anti-Scofflaw" Federal Regulations

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