defense: what's new
Weapons Watch read more on this topic
Spending bill funds 10 more Boeing C-17 aircraft, Associated Press, Belleville.com. read this article »
Growls About The Growler, CBS News. watch this video »
Missile Radar Idling in Hawaii, Chicago Tribune. read this article » Leaked Document: SBX-1 Operational Suitability and Viability Assessment. read this document»
POGO releases report, Preying On The Taxpayer: The F-22A Raptor. read this report » Testimony of POGO's Danielle Brian before the Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee on the F-22A Multiyear Procurement Proposal. read this testimony » To learn more read this Washington Post story. read this article »
'Incomplete' Report Used to Save Lockheed Project, Pentagon Says, The Washington Post. read this article »
Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General Report: Acquisition: Contracting and Funding for the C-130J Aircraft Program. read this report »
POGO Urges Congress to Restore Funding for Equipment Being Used in Iraq War. read this alert »
Spend more on troops, less on projects. Marine Corps Times. read this article »
Defense Contractor Scandals
POGO letter to Reps Hoekstra and Harman urging public release of an unclassified report on former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham’s earmarking activities. read this letter »
To view POGO's Defense Archives click here »
homeland security: what's new
Nuclear Weapons Complex Security read more on this topic
Leaked Docs: Los Alamos Safety Foibles Result in Largest Estimated Fine Ever. read this alert »
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman raising safety concerns. read this letter »
POGO Slams Decision Not to Investigate Recent Accident at LANL. read this alert »
How to keep nuclear sites safe: Stage mock terror attacks: Chalk River considers U.S.-style security drill, The Ottawa Citizen. read this article »
Congressional Report: "Updating Nuclear Security Standards: How Long Can The Department of Energy Afford to Wait?," House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security. read this report »
Testimony of POGO's Peter Stockton before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Regarding Future Plans on the Nuclear Weapons Complex. read this testimony »
Nuclear Power Plant Security read more on this topic
POGO Letter to NRC Chairman Dale Klein regarding security concerns at the Sequoyah nuclear power plant. read this letter »
Security shift at Pilgrim Guards’ employer agrees to change, Boston Globe. read this article »
Investigative Lead: Security Lapse at TVA’s Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant. read this alert » To learn more read this August 17th UPI story.
Testimony of POGO's Danielle Brian before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations regarding Nuclear Security: Has the NRC Strengthened Facility Standards Since 9/11? read this testimony »
To view POGO's Homeland Security Archives click here »
energy and natural resources:
what's new
Alaska Prudhoe Bay Oil Field
Documents released by whistleblower advocate and POGO Board member Chuck Hamel. read more on this topic »
Oil & Gas Royalties read more on this topic
POGO Disgusted by Reports of Retaliation Against Interior Department Auditors. read this alert »
To learn more read this New York Times story. read this article »
Department of Billion-dollar Bungling. How the Interior Department managed to lose about $2 billion of the public's money. Can this mess be cleaned up? Time. read this article »
POGO's Testimony for the House Government Reform Committee on the Interior Department: A Culture of Managerial Irresponsibility and Lack of Accountability? read this testimony »
Members of Congress question Interior Department's retaliation against state and tribal oil/gas auditors. read this letter »
Members of Congress Question Interior Department re: Royalties. read this alert »
Crude Awakening, PBS NOW Show. [Follow directions to watch or listen to the program on right side of page] watch this video »
Firms Harvesting Energy From Public Land May Owe U.S., Washington Post. read this article »
Oil Industry Tycoon Disputes Royalty Claims Made by Government. read this alert »
Tycoon Sues Oil & Gas Industry for Defrauding Government of $30 Billion, to learn more read this Denver Post article. read this article »
Drilling For the Truth: More Information Surfaces On Unpaid Oil Royalties. read this report»
Wait! There Is More Money to Collect...Unpaid Oil Royalties Across the Nation. read this report»
To view POGO's Energy and Natural Resources Archives click here »
contract oversight: what's new
POGO's Katrina Contracting Resources Page to learn more » POGO's Anniversary of Katrina report - Federal Contracting: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina. read this report »
Katrina Begat Sorrows But Also Lots of Greedy Frauds, Scripps Howard News Service. read this article »
Contractor Accountability read more on this topic
Federal Computer Week (FCW) has included POGO in its most recent list of “organizations worth watching” for their influence in the government IT market. read this article »
POGO Urges Congress to Have FFRDCs Under Federal Conflict-of-Interest Laws. read this letter »
Competition in Federal Contracting read more on this topic
POGO pushes for detailed guidance on contracting during emergency situations. read this letter »
Federal Purchase Cards read more on this topic
GAO Report Echoes POGO’s Concerns with the DHS Katrina Purchase Card Program. read this alert »
Federal Subsidies read more on this topic
‘Big Dig’ may be in Boston, but its roots are on the Hill, Roll Call read this article »
POGO Calls for Federal Investigation of the "Big Dig" read this alert » To learn more read this story »
Visit POGO's new Big Dig Resource Page read more on this topic
Cost Accounting Standards read more on this topic
POGO fights to prevent multiple industry reps from determining how contractors account for their costs. read this letter »
Revolving Door read more on this topic
Enough with the ‘one bad apple’ defense: Policies to curb violations have served as Band-Aids when the face of government is changing, oped by POGO's Scott Amey in Federal Computer Week. read this op-ed »
“Jamming the Revolving Door” by Stuart Nibley, published in The Procurement Lawyer, Volume 41, No.4. Permission granted. read this article »
To view POGO's Contract Oversight Archives click here »
open government: what's new
Government Secrecy read more on this topic
POGO Calls for TSA to Open Up Pre-9/11 Security Information; Agency Needs to Open Information that Has Been Mislabeled as “Sensitive”. read this alert»
A list of resources related to the policies and use of the Transportation Security Administration’s dubious Sensitive Security Information secrecy category. read these documents»
POGO investigator Nick Schwellenbach on the negative impact an American Official Secrets Act would have on Congressional oversight. read this article»
POGO Calls on Congress to Stop the Department of Homeland Security's "Sensitive Security Information" (SSI) secrecy category. read this alert»
Protecting Whistleblowers read more on this topic
U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch Issues Inappropriate Fashion Advice. To learn more read POGO’s Blog entry or The Washington Post.
On YouTube, Charges of Security Flaws; Ex-Lockheed Worker Takes Concerns Over Coast Guard Ships to the Web, The Washington Post. read this article» and watch this YouTube.com video »
For more, visit the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition.
Integrity In Government read more on this topic
POGO urges Congress to pass S. 2590 to create a comprehensive user-friendly federal spending database. read this statement »
POGO signs Letter to Senate Majority Leader Frist to improve public access to federal spending information. read this letter »
An Open Letter to the United States Senate: Support a Full Accounting of Federal Grants! read this letter »
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) read more on this topic
POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian and Board Member David Burnham Named to the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame. read this release»
To view POGO's Open Government Archives click here »
