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Project on Government Oversight

Arthur Delaney

How Retired Military Officers Make Bank As Pentagon 'Mentors'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Contractors, Pogo, Project on Government Oversight, Lobbyblog, Defense Department, Business News

The revolving door is spinning rapidly for retired admirals and generals, more than 125 of whom have been re-hired by the Pentagon to serve as "senior...

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Homosexuality as a Weapon of Torture

Karen Ocamb | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Youth Radio, Aaron Belkin, Project on Government Oversight, Gays in the Military, Americablog, Don't Tell, Gawker, John Aravosis, Don't Ask, Amorgroup, Politics News
Karen Ocamb

Policy makers must understand that if their job is to ultimately protect the citizenry, they are complicit in torture if they continue to dismiss abuse of power as "boys will be boys" or bullying or "hazing" as if everyone is just having some good clean fun.

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Embassy Whistleblower Fired For Exposing Afghanistan Scandal

The Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whistleblowers, Armorgroup-North-America, Project on Government Oversight, State Department, Pogo, US Embassy Kabul, Politics News

The Project on Government Oversight has just learned that one of its sources for exposing apparent acts of physical and sexual harassment by a State D...

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Embassy Guard: Sex Acts Required For Promotion At U.S. Embassy In Afghanistan

ABC News | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Sex, Hazing, U.S. Embassy, Project on Government Oversight, Taliban, Afghanistan, Gay, Embassy Guards, State Department, Afghanistan War, Armorgroup, Embassy Sex Party, Afghanistan Embassy Guards, Embassy Guards Afghanistan, Afghanistan Embassy Sex, Afghanistan Sex Party, Afghanistan Embassy Naked, Afgan Embassy Guards, Sex Acts, Wackenhut Contractors Naked, Where Us Embassy Guards Having Sex, Sex Party in Kabul, World News

Private security guards at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul were pressured to participate in naked pool parties and perform sex acts to gain promotions or as...

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State Department Probing "Lord Of The Flies" Atmosphere At Afghan Embassy

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wackenhut, Armorgroup-North-America, Afghanistan, Camp-Sullivan, Kabul, Project on Government Oversight, State Department, US Embassy Kabul, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A wide-ranging State Department inquiry into allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct among the private security contract...

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US Embassy Guards Gone Wild In Kabul: Prostitution, Brawls, And Vodka Butt Shots

Mother Jones | Daniel Schulman | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Wackenhut, g4s, Afghanistan, Pogo, Camp Sullivan, Us Embassy in Kabul, Kabul, Hillary Clinton, Project on Government Oversight, ArmorGroup North America, World News

Drunken brawls, prostitutes, hazing and humiliation, taking vodka shots out of buttcracks-- no, the perpetrators of these Animal House-like antics are...

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Stimulus Transparency: Who Ensures the Numbers Are Right?

ProPublica | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, OMB Watch, Project on Government Oversight, President Obama, Stimulus, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Office of Management and Budget, Politics News
ProPublica

When Obama introduced the stimulus, he made a promise of transparency: Every American will be able to see how we spend taxpayer dollars. Like so many noble ideas, that may be easier said than done.

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Senate Committee Okays Bill To Protect Whistleblowers

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Project on Government Oversight, Whistleblower, President Obama, Whistleblower Legislation, National Whistleblower Center, Obama, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to protect federal employees from being punished for blowing the w...

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Congressional Oversight Needed

Ginny Sloan | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Checks and Balances, Congress, Mickey Edwards, Federal Government, Congressional Oversight, Congressional Research Service Report, Project on Government Oversight, U.S. Constitution, Chris Shays, Politics News
Ginny Sloan

Effective congressional oversight is critical for maintaining the separation of powers established under our Constitution and serves not only the interests of Congress, but also those of the executive branch and the American public.

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States Failing At Stimulus Accountability

The Huffington Post | Laura Dean | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Project on Government Oversight, Barack Obama, Stimulus, Stimulus Funds, Politics News

Before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama promised that when it comes to stimulus spending, "every American will be able to hold Washington a...

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Sam Stein

Ethics Groups Pounce On Gibbs' Statement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ethics Groups, Obama Ethics Standard, Obama Crew, Obama Ethics, Robert Gibbs, Gibbs Statement, Obama White House, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Project on Government Oversight, Good Government Groups, Obama Ethical Standard, Politics News

Barack Obama may have instituted the most far-reaching ethics policy in the history of the White House, as his communications staff is keen to say. Bu...

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