How Not to Make Us Safer: Reduce Oversight of our Nuclear Weapons - Project on Government Oversight (blog)
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How Not to Make Us Safer: Reduce Oversight of our Nuclear Weapons Project on Government Oversight (blog) Among other things, the lab directors proposed weakening safety and health programs to the minimum standards required by law. And earlier this year, the National Academy of Sciences released a report that cited a “broken relationship” between the NNSA ... |
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 10:43:26 AM
The F-35: Super Plane for Super Cruise - TIME (blog)
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 TIME (blog) | The F-35: Super Plane for Super Cruise TIME (blog) This is Top Gun 2, and the fighter plane he's getting into is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) – the most expensive weapon program ever, which is slated to be the mainstay of the US Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps for decades to come. |
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 10:43:26 AM
Treasury Department Has Not Implemented Two Thirds of Bailout Watchdog's ... - Project on Government Oversight (blog)
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Treasury Department Has Not Implemented Two Thirds of Bailout Watchdog's ... Project on Government Oversight (blog) By MICHAEL SMALLBERG The Treasury Department has failed to fully implement two thirds of the recommendations made by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) during the course of the Wall Street bailout, ... |
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 10:43:26 AM
A Response to the US Navy's “Vigorous Defense” of the Littoral Combat Ship - defpro
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 defpro | A Response to the US Navy's “Vigorous Defense” of the Littoral Combat Ship defpro 08:27 GMT, May 2, 2012 POGO certainly caused a stir last week after sending a letter to US Congress reporting that the USS Freedom, the first ship commissioned under the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, has been plagued with cracks, flooding, ... |
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 10:43:26 AM
IU Kokomo hoops land Western's Capps, Constable - Chicago Tribune
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IU Kokomo hoops land Western's Capps, Constable Chicago Tribune When Indiana University Kokomo men's basketball coach Jace Thompson was tabbed to lead the Cougars program through its infancy, he made it a priority to heavily recruit the local talent in an area that many consider to be a hotbed for hoops. |
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 10:43:26 AM
Watchdog Report Rekindles Debate Over Littoral Combat Ship - National Defense Magazine (blog)
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 National Defense Magazine (blog) | Watchdog Report Rekindles Debate Over Littoral Combat Ship National Defense Magazine (blog) And our overall LCS program remains on cost and on schedule.” According to Freeman, lawmakers are likely to take POGO's allegations seriously. “Reaction from Congress has been very positive,” he said. “There's a general sense of outrage. Watchdog group: Cancel half of Navy's littoral ship program |
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 10:43:26 AM
FEMA Leaves Two Thirds of Money It's Owed for Improper Payments on the Table - Project on Government Oversight (blog)
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FEMA Leaves Two Thirds of Money It's Owed for Improper Payments on the Table Project on Government Oversight (blog) By MELANIE KAUFMAN One of POGO's areas of concern is the recovery of "improper payments." Many agencies have collected only a small percentage of the taxpayer money they have wrongly spent through overpayments, duplicate payments, payments for services ... |
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 10:43:26 AM
Who's Minding the Store at the SEC? - Business Insider
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Who's Minding the Store at the SEC? Business Insider The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent office within the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) that conducts audits of programs and operations of the Commission and investigations into allegations of misconduct by ... |
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House Subcom Proposes Dramatic Shift Toward Self-Regulation of Contractors ... - Project on Government Oversight (blog)
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House Subcom Proposes Dramatic Shift Toward Self-Regulation of Contractors ... Project on Government Oversight (blog) For more than 20 years, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has listed DOE's nuclear weapons program on its “high risk” list of programs most vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse. Establishment of a “National Security Administration Council” ... |
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Smuin Ballet and Diablo Ballet: Two Praiseworthy Bay Area Dance Companies - California Literary Review
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 California Literary Review | Smuin Ballet and Diablo Ballet: Two Praiseworthy Bay Area Dance Companies California Literary Review The piece offers an assortment of euphoric snapshots danced to wind-up toy-inspired music by Pogo, and besides accomplishing the title's stated goal, shows that Diablo Ballet has acquired not only a fine dancer in Dekkers, but also a choreographer of ... |
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 10:43:26 AM
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