Subject: Weekly Reader: "Stay in your F---ing Lane"
From: "Andre, Project On Government Oversight" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 07:00:05 -0500

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August 16, 2014          

Watch POGO's Danielle Brian on C-SPAN discussing legislative reforms after Watergate
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Editor's Choice

"Stay in Your F---ing Lane"

A controversial top Army officer, Major General Gary S. Patton, has just been cited for the second time in less than a year for obstructing an official probe into horrific conditions at a U.S.-funded hospital in Afghanistan. POGO has obtained a previously unreleased investigative report on Patton. Read more on POGO.org.
http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=nLFlHjWD0ZfYohsvrRKUsA

DoD Watchdog Finds Former DARPA Director Violated Ethics Rules

Three years ago, POGO alerted the Pentagon's internal watchdog to a potentially serious conflict of interest by the director of their research wing. Now, the Department of Defense Inspector General has released a report finding serious ethics violations by Regina Dugan, the former head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Read more on POGO's blog.
http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=mXUg5JEyNmCYKWpJ2SFXgw

Public Interest Groups Call for CIA Director to Resign

This week, POGO and a coalition of public interest groups called for CIA Director John Brennan's resignation, citing abuses of power that include obstructing and spying on a Senate committee that was looking into the agency's use of torture. Read more on POGO's blog.
http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=-GaceWZEnt1bBg_mW4m2Eg

Government Not Open to Journalists

The federal government has unnecessarily restrictive information rules and interview policies, according to a letter sent to President Obama by POGO and 37 other journalism and open government groups. The letter called on the President "to take a stand to stop the spin and let the sunshine in." Read more on POGO's blog.
http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=efWZVV9nSmgv12dTM6aOcA

Chaffetz and Cummings Set Tone for Future Bipartisanship

Partisan gridlock has halted much of Congress, but two representatives are making an effort to reach across the aisle to understand each other and foster bipartisanship in government oversight. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) have made trips to visit each other's district ahead of working together on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Read more on POGO's blog.
http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=lYyVkyA3aW6yJIP5DileWA

Lockheed's Response to NYT Editorial was Misleading

On July 28, the New York Times published an editorial about the problems with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. In response, the F-35's prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, wrote a letter to the editor. Both the original editorial and Lockheed's response missed some key points, but POGO is here to set the record straight. Read more on POGO's blog.
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POGO Publications

POGO recently sent out the latest editions of our newsletter and the Defense Monitor, a periodic newsletter from the Center for Defense Information at POGO. You can download a PDF of the newsletter here
and of the Defense Monitor here.
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Tell President Obama and Attorney General Holder You Support Freedom of the Press
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Tweets of the Week

Here's how DoD covers up contractor corruption, in this case DARPA. Even @POGOBlog 's ethics complaint is classified. http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=5GKqlleS64OQsf4gNFZBHg
- Tim Shorrock (@TimothyS) August 14, 2014
http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=GwLLyG0P0lRTPe76QsXrkw

Feds intervening in #whistleblower lawsuit accusing Sikorsky unit of defrauding Pentagon of $50m http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=4dYz0ig6lcasjJ8olVV16A
- Neil Gordon (@NEGordon) August 14, 2014
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Transportation to federalize some IT contractors because cost savings were "eye-popping." http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=7Yw-NwPrwwJUTf2_Xrzcow @FederalTimes
- Scott Amey (@SAmeyJD) August 14, 2014
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Wow! Good deal for #taxpayers SSA OIG workers turn limited budget into 20-to-1 return on investment http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=Q3GAOVSeXjMZLFl4i8EPqA via @FedNewsRadio
- Keith Rutter (@KWRutter) August 14, 2014
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