Oct 19, 2012

We've Seen This Video Before: Drunk Security Contractors Gone Wild

There are lurid parallels between a new investigation of private security contractors drunk in Kabul and a similar POGO investigation three years ago.

Oct 19, 2012

POGO Wants Reduced DoD Contractor Employee Compensation Cap

The Project On Government Oversight and other groups are urging Congress to lower the amount of allowable compensation that contractor employees can bill to Pentagon contracts.

Oct 18, 2012

Breaking News: Pentagon Intensifies Efforts to Plug Leaks, Catch Leakers

Defense Secretary outlines plan to detect leaks of classified information and pursue leakers.

Oct 18, 2012

Don't Let Your Tax Dollars Sink With This Ship

The Pentagon once again wants to spend billions of your taxpayer funds on a new ship that is plagued with problems. We think it's time to say "no."

Oct 18, 2012

Video: U.S. Defense Contractors Drunk and Stoned on the Job

New video released by ABC shows U.S. defense contractors in Afghanistan stumbling drunk and stoned on sedatives while on the job.

October 18, 2012

Groups Urge Congress to Lower the Cap on Maximum Allowable Compensation Paid to All Pentagon Contractor Employees

We, the undersigned public interest, government accountability, research, and labor groups, strongly urge you to lower the cap on maximum allowable compensation paid by government funds to all Department of Defense contract employees from $763,029 to $230,700, as contained in section 842 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (S. 3254).

October 10, 2012

President Obama Issues Landmark Directive for National Security and Intelligence Community Whistleblowers

Today, President Obama picked up the whistleblower protections Congress had left by the wayside, finally providing intelligence community workers with specific free speech rights and some protections against retaliation when they legally report waste, fraud, and abuse.

September 28, 2012

House Passes Federal Whistleblower Bill, S. 743

We applaud today’s House passage of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S. 743 as amended (WPEA).

September 28, 2012

House’s Passage of Whistleblower Bill is Turning Point in Fight to Protect Truth-Tellers

Today, the House of Representatives did the right thing and unanimously passed a strong government accountability measure—the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA, S. 743, as amended by the House)—during a pro forma session.

September 25, 2012

Podcast: Just How Secret is the Government?

How many secrets does the government have, and where are they keeping them? POGO's Joe Newman and Suzie Dershowitz sit down with Amy Bennett from OpenTheGovernment.org, which just released its annual Secrecy Report, to discuss how secret the federal government was last year.

October 11, 2012

Obama expands whistleblower protections to cover intelligence agencies

Government Execuitve (govexec.com) | Kedar Pavgi

October 11, 2012

Obama issues whistleblower directive to security agencies

The Washington Post, Federal Eye | Joe Davidson, Columnist

October 11, 2012

Whistle-blower protection extended to federal security agency employees

Business Insurance | Judy Greenwald

October 8, 2012

Transparency Outsourced as U.S. Hires Vendors for Disclosure Aid

Bloomberg | Danielle Ivory

September 27, 2012

Order prohibits human trafficking by federal contractors

The Washington Post | Joe Davidson, Columnist