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May 16, 2012
Key NDAA Amendments, National Security Edition: Bureaucracy, Bombers, and Flying Boondoggles
A B-2 Spirit bomber By BEN FREEMEN, Ph.D. and MIA STEINLE Yesterday, POGO called for congressional support of nine amendments to the gargantuan defense budget bill, the National Defense Authorization Act of fiscal year (FY) 2013. These amendments would result...
May 16, 2012
POGO Hires John Crewdson as Senior Investigator
By BRYAN RAHIJA Evil-doers, fraudsters, and corruption enablers beware: POGO has added yet another piston to its investigative machine. We announced today that John Crewdson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist of the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and most recently of...
May 16, 2012
Drones: Unmanned, but Inherently Governmental?
By NEIL GORDON U.S. Air Force Captain Keric D. Clanahan has written a paper on the legal and policy controversies surrounding the Air Force's use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), more commonly known as drones. Specifically, Clanahan examines the kinds...
May 16, 2012
Morning Smoke: Civil Liberties Advocates Criticize New Cybersecurity Bills
MORNING SMOKE Where there's smoke, there's fire. POGO's Morning Smoke is a collection of the freshest investigations, scoops, and opinions related to the world of government oversight. Have a story you'd like to see included? Contact POGO's blog editor Government...
May 16, 2012
Nine Amendments for More Savings, Security, and Accountability in the Defense Budget
By BRYAN RAHIJA Just yesterday, POGO sent a letter to the House of Representatives calling for support of nine amendments to the House's National Defense Authorization Act of fiscal year 2013 that would lead to more savings, security, and accountability....
May 16, 2012
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist John Crewdson Joins POGO Investigative Team
John Crewdson, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of immigration in The New York Times, and whose work in the Chicago Tribune is the reason defibrillators are now standard equipment on all U.S. airlines, is joining the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) as a senior investigator.
May 15, 2012
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) wrote members of the U.S. House of Representatives today in support of nine proposed amendments to the defense authorization bill that would cut wasteful spending, hold contractors more accountable and strengthen oversight at nuclear weapons labs. Tomorrow the House Rules Committee will decide which amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) FY 2013, H.R. 4310, will be made in order, followed by debate and votes on the Floor in the U.S. House of Representatives.
May 15, 2012
POGO Supports DoD Effort to Redefine Commercial Items
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) urges you to support the Department of Defense’s (DoD) legislative proposal for the National Defense Authorization Act that will result in improved oversight of billions of dollars’ worth of so-called “commercial” goods and services.
May 15, 2012
POGO Supports NDAA Amendments in the House
POGO recently released an update to our recommendations for national security savings with Taxpayers for Common Sense—Spending Even Less, Spending Even Smarter —which includes $700 billion in spending reductions. Some of those recommendations are being offered as amendments to the NDAA.
May 14, 2012
POGO and Partners Oppose FOIA Threats in Cybersecurity Bills
On behalf of the undersigned organizations concerned with government openness and accountability, we are writing to oppose S.2105, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, if it includes Title 7. We are also writing to oppose S. 2151, Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act (SECURE IT). Both Section 704(d) of S. 2105 and S. 2151 create unnecessary, overbroad and unwise exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
May 13, 2012
You Paid for It! Stimulus Dollars Fund Studies into Sexual History and Erectile Dysfunction
NBC Bay Area | Tony Kovaleski, Liza Meak, and Felipe Escamilla |
May 11, 2012
Military Report finds large gaps in military whistleblower protection
HRMilitary.com | Hugh Lessig
May 11, 2012
Lawmakers Call for GAO to Review $37 Billion Navy Vessel Program
The Maritime Executive |
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