Topic: Project On Government Oversight

Whistleblower bill draws lobbying

flickr user stevendepolo . A bill that critics warn weakens whistleblower protections quietly moved through a House subcommittee last month and now...
Companies involved in the Joint Strike Fighter program contributed almost double to lawmakers in the recently-formed Joint Strike Fighter Caucus as...

What's Hot On TheStreet

Posted on 09/16/11 at 2:10pm by Steven Anfield . Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet. com . What's Hot On TheStreet . . Study:...
So much for the lowest bidder. A study undertaken by the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group, looked at the going rates...
Government contractors have long enjoyed a lack of effective oversight, and taxpayers have long suffered as a result. The shift is like the one that happened after Watergate in the 1970s, when public outrage forced the government to adopt or significantly strengthen ...
Maybe Sen. Bayh would have had more fun if he and his fellow lawmakers were working on enacting at least a few of the one-dozen "Good Government Fixes" suggested by the Project On Government Oversight (POGO). Originally proposed to Congress three years ...

Bring back share in savings

The innovative approach to services contracting could help the government save money. In the most radical version, the vendor's total payment is a percentage of the savings it generates - no savings, no payment, and the greater the savings, the greater the ...

U.S. embassy in Kabul fires guards for lewd acts

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan said on Friday it had fired security guards who were photographed engaging in lewd acts at alcohol-fueled parties.In a letter this week to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a group called ...
Investigation of security at US Embassy in Afghanistan could lead to company losing contractA wide-ranging State Department inquiry into allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct among the private security contractors guarding the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan could lead to the ...

5 ways to improve procurement

These are the best ideas that nobody is talking about. Reward vendors for suggesting cost-saving ideas. The approach was the subject of a vicious defamation campaign by the Project on Government Oversight - whose officials would rather have a contract fail than see ...