Five lobbyists for each member of Congress on financial reforms

By M.B. Pell and Joe Eaton

Businesses, trade groups and other interests hired more than five lobbyists for each member of Congress to influence financial regulatory re

GSA tracks contractors’ work in database off-limits to public

By Jim Morris

Keeping a contractor performance database out of public reach is like “not allowing a parent to see their child’s report card,” a critic say

Excerpts from this story referencing "Project on Government Oversight":

"… ad it can’t be tapped by the public. Scott Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), says this is like “not allowing a parent to see their child’s …"

A most favored corporation: Enron prevailed in federal, state lobbying efforts 49 times

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2003 — Enron Corp., which ran a formidable lobbying machine in Washington and state capitals, gained favorable treatm

Excerpts from this story referencing "Internorth":

"… to power plantsThe company was formed in 1985 when Houston Natural Gas and Internorth, two regional pipeline companies, merged. Kenneth Lay, who earned a Ph.D. …"

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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

Excerpts from this story referencing "Project on Government Oversight":

"… Center for Responsive Politics.Cubin ranks number 4.In the hot seat is the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington, D.C.-based government watchdog group whose reputation was m …"

Commentary: Everything I'm telling you is entirely legal

By Charles Lewis

December 21, 2000 — Remarks at the 22nd annual conference of the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws in Tampa, Fla., December 5....

Pentagon’s contract examiners need to cooperate

By Julie Vorman

Two Pentagon agencies that share responsibility for overseeing how big contracts are carried out should stop their squabbling and work toget
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Pentagon weapons test report harder to get since 9/11

By Nick Schwellenbach

How well do the Pentagon’s costly and complex weapons work? It’s more difficult to find out now that an annual evaluation report is no long

New life for the F-22 Raptor

By Nick Schwellenbach

Faced with the potential of massive job losses and under heavy lobbying pressure earlier this year, the powerful House Armed Services Commit

Fraud cases fell while Pentagon contracts surged

By Nick Schwellenbach

The number of defense contracting fraud and corruption cases sent by government investigators to prosecutors dropped precipitously under the

Pentagon contract reform: A decades-old conversation

By Nick Schwellenbach

President Obama told us last week that "the days of giving defense contractors a blank check are over.” Well, maybe. Reforming Pentagon cont

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