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Media Contacts
Christine Ostrosky
Media and Communications Assistant
202-347-1122
costrosky@pogo.org
Tim Farnsworth
Chief Communications Strategist
202-347-1122
tfarnsworth@pogo.org
Latest Releases
Travel Ban Report Released by Homeland Security Watchdog after Groups File Records Appeal | The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) and Open the Government (OTG) applauded the release today of a report by the Homeland Security Administration’s Inspector General that critiqued the Trump Administration’s handling of its controversial travel ban that caused chaos and protests across the nation in January 2017.
Trump Administration Blocks Access to Report on Handling of the Travel Ban; Open Government Groups Appeal Decision | The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) and Open the Government were alarmed after their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to access the IG report was blocked by the Trump Administration, and today filed an appeal challenging the decision.
Press Statement: Extension of the Government’s Warrantless Surveillance Program is Deeply Troubling | The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is disappointed with today’s rushed vote by the House of Representatives to pass legislation reauthorizing the government’s warrantless-surveillance program and codifying its most controversial practices with no real reforms to protect the privacy of Americans.
Experts
Scott Amey
General Counsel
- Contract oversight
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- Ethics
- FOIA, transparency, classified information
Danielle Brian
Executive Director
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- National security
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Lydia Dennett
Investigator
- Nuclear security, nuclear oversight, nuclear contracting, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX)
- Foreign lobbying, Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)
Neil Gordon
Investigator
- Contract oversight and transparency
- Federal contracting misconduct
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Dan Grazier
Jack Shanahan Fellow
- F-35
- Pentagon reform, defense contracting
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- Iraq/Afghanistan war
Katherine Hawkins
Investigator
- National security and constitutional questions
- Civil liberties and human rights
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Liz Hempowicz
Director of Public Policy
- Whistleblower protections
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- Ethics
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David Hilzenrath
Chief Investigative Reporter
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Financial sector, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Wall Street
- Veterans' Affairs
Jake Laperruque
Senior Counsel
- Government surveillance
- Privacy and national security
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Sean Moulton
Open Government Program Manager
- Regulations
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Nick Pacifico
Associate General Counsel
- Inspectors General
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Laura Peterson
Investigator
- Interior Department
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- Industry influence on the rulemaking process
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Justin Rood
Director of the Congressional Oversight Initiative
- Congressional oversight
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Nick Schwellenbach
Director of Investigations
- Office of Special Counsel (OSC)
- Whistleblower issues
- Intelligence community
- FOIA, transparency
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Mandy Smithberger
Director, CDI Straus Military Reform Project
- Pentagon reform
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Mia Steinle
Investigator
- Private prisons
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- Natural resources
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Sarah Turberville
Director, The Constitution Project
- Habeas corpus and access to justice
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Peter Tyler
Senior Policy Analyst
- Congressional oversight
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- Inspectors general
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Daniel Van Schooten
Investigator
- Contract auditing
- Defense contracting, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)
Adam Zagorin
Journalist-in-Residence
- Intelligence community (IC), IC whistleblowers
- Conflicts of interest
- National security
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
