Early warning

By Alan Green

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2004 — One year before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, then-Secretary of the Army Thomas E. White informed a trio of top-level

Corporations aim to narrow SEC’s proposed whistleblower protections

By Amy Biegelsen

Midnight is the deadline to weigh in on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s plan to offer whistleblowers a bounty of up to 30 percent o

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

"… er advertised, says Michael Smallberg, an investigator with the non-profit Project on Government Oversight. The current SEC program has only paid out five times, totaling $160,000, …"

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....

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

"… rmation posted on their profile.That’s not fair to taxpayers, argues the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Neil Gordon, an investigator with POGO, has been urging open acces …"

"… t see. We don’t know.”Data Mine thanks Neil Gordon, investigator with Project on Government Oversight, for calling our attention to the FAPIIS controversy. POGO has its own dat …"

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Re-named offshore energy agency urged to publish production data

By Linsey Isaacs

The scandal-wracked Minerals Management Services changed its name to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)

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

"… e collected accurately,” said Mandy Smithberger, an investigator for the Project on Government Oversight (POGO).“They’re taking some good steps in the right direction,” Smit …"

One year later, data.gov site bigger but needs to get better

By Gabriel Debenedetti

One year ago, the U.S. government launched Data.gov, a central plank in its Open Government initiative to make it easier for the public to f

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

"… e Twitter to suggest more data for the site to publish.Bryan Rahija of the Project on Government Oversight shares Schneider’s worry about data quality. “A concern that we have a …"

Pentagon negotiates with indicted contractor, despite suspension

By Amy Biegelsen

For the second time this year, the Pentagon is trying to give a no-bid contract extension to a logistics company operating a supply warehous

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

"… ation of the requirement.”Neil Gordon, an investigator for the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight, says even though it’s not against the law for the Pentagon to extend Ag …"

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Obama administration signals higher gas royalties on public lands — and anticipated industry resistance

By Evan Bush

Big Oil underpays on royalties - and may resist attempts to collect more

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

"… es, anticipated early next year.Mandy Smithberger, an investigator for the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington-based government watchdog group that has examined other issu …"

Boeing pocketed millions by overcharging Army, IG report finds

By Ben Wieder

Boeing overcharged the Army $13 million for helicopter parts

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

"… er parts, according to a Pentagon inspector general report obtained by the Project on Government Oversight.The report also found that the Army could fulfill more than $200 million w …"

Contractor that was subject of iWatch News story reaches settlement with government

By Corbin Hiar

A controversial security contractor featured in an iWatch News piece has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the government

Close connections

By Anupama Narayanswamy

EPA pays at least three firms to clean up pollution they may have helped create

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