Oil-financed Congress members target public-interest group

By Richard Prince and Esther Cassidy

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2000 — A saga involving Big Oil, millions of unrealized tax dollars, whistle-blowers, members of Congress and campaign

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Excerpts from this story referencing "POGO":

"… 600 coffee maker and a $1,000 pair of pliers.Sympathetic to whistle-blowersPOGO encourages and is sympathetic to whistle-blowers. One of its board members …"

"… l they had extracted from government-owned lands. A year and a half later, POGO filed its own lawsuit. In 1998, Mobil Oil settled for $45 million; collect …"

"… st the industry.The former Arco Oil employee, J. Benjamin Johnson Jr., and POGO agreed to share their information and share any financial recovery.POGO’ …"

"… nd POGO agreed to share their information and share any financial recovery.POGO’s share of the settlement in the Mobil lawsuit was $1.2 million, and the …"

New gov’t contractor integrity database will be off-limits to public

Federal contractors behaving badly are nothing new. But a government database to track their misconduct is....

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Excerpts from this story referencing "POGO":

"… hat’s not fair to taxpayers, argues the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Neil Gordon, an investigator with POGO, has been urging open access to F …"

"… Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Neil Gordon, an investigator with POGO, has been urging open access to FAPIIS since the law creating the new data …"

"… Government Oversight, for calling our attention to the FAPIIS controversy. POGO has its own database tracking contractor fraud, and ethics, environmental …"