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POGO to Obama: Can You Hear Me Now?
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"Only Qualified People Can Come from Industry" Needs to Revolve Out of the Conventional Wisdom
http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2008/11/only-qualified-people-can-come-from-industry-needs-to-revolve-out-of-the-conventional-wisdom.htmlIn our recommendations for transition teams, we stressed that one of the key tools for making the government more effective was to make sure that the chosen political appointees would contribute effectively to the missions of their agencies by being well-qualified, but also that these individuals …
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SEC Revolving Door
http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2008/11/sec-revolving-door.htmlVia the SEC's Twitter, the SEC's Director of Division of Corporation Finance, John White, is resigning to return to his former firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. The Wall Street Journal reports that he will be advising corporate boards on governance issues. "We are delighted John will be returning …
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greenvanholzer
http://greenvanholzer.blogspot.comPOGO Blog
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ckstevenson.com's blog
http://ckstevenson.blogspot.comSecrecy Outweighs Public Interest at DOE
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TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo |
http://www.tpmmuckraker.comto Congressional leaders identifying eight financial institutions that have sought to qualify for funds under the federal bailout program by purchasing banks, to which bailout money is restricted. In a related blog post, POGO accused the companies of "apparently trying to jump on the gravy train." The details: - Lincoln National Corporation is in the process of acquiring Newton County Loan and Savings, an Indiana bank.
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All Things Reform
http://www.allthingsreform.orgEnough to Make You Sick: Weak Oversight of Beryllium Contamination at DOE Labs - Dec 10, 2008 GSA OIG Posts New Contractor Misconduct Reporting Form - Dec 10, 2008 POGO Hits the Airwaves to Discuss Bailout - Dec 10, 2008 He's Got the Job, Now Give Him the Tools - Dec 9, 2008 Good Defense Acquisition Reforms Happening Now, Pt. 2
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Even More Problems to Solve at the OSC?
http://www.OSCwatch.org/blog/2008/12/18/even-more-problems-t...former Special Counsel Scott Bloch) at the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for obstruction of justice. OSC Watch also charges in a lawsuit that ever since the OSC’s founding in 1978, it has not followed its legal obligation as an investigatory agency to formally report its
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Alex Litel's Lackluster Emporium
http://alexlitel.blogspot.comHold Tight to Those Purse Strings!
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December 17, 2008
http://quiscus.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/december-17-2008/11. “Now, the tests are so harsh, none of the Air Force’s nuclear wings seems able to pass them. As the Project on Government Oversight notes, “this is the third Air Force nuclear unit to fail an inspection this year, and moreover, it now means that all three missile bases with deployed land-based Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) — Minot, Malstrom, and now Warren — have failed their security tests
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Danger Room - Wired Blogs
http://blog.wired.com/defense. Nuclear surety inspections are now being graded much more harshly. Now, the tests are so harsh, none of the Air Force's wings seems able to pass them. As the Project on Government Oversight notes, "this is the third Air Force nuclear unit to fail an inspection this year, and moreover, it now means that all three missile bases with deployed land-based Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) -- Minot, Malstrom, and now Warren -- have failed their security tests
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LOTD for December 15
http://linkcollection.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/lotd-for-dece...at Pres. Bush: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/iraqis-abuzz-ov.html The Air Force has failed its third nuclear inspection this year. The Air Force has 3 missile bases with ICBMs and all 3 bases have failed their nuclear inspections this year! http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2008/12/no-icbm-left-behind.html Somali pirates will be tried in courts in Kenya: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/pirates-have-th.html Hackers have illegally gotten permits to cut down 7 million cubic meters of the Brazilian Rain Forest: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/hackers-plunder.
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