…and perhaps more importantly, how those who retaliate against VA whistleblowers are punished. * Removing people who abused power and thwarting a flawed nominee: As a result of POGO investigations, there were consequences for people who failed to effectively serve taxpayers…
…a year. Police in Palm Beach, Fla., launched a year-long investigation in 2005 into Epstein after parents of a 14-year-old girl said their daughter was sexually abused by him. Police interviewed dozens of witnesses, confiscated his trash…
…> reporters on Sen Sanders' refusal to hold gun manufacturers accountable. > Does this look OK to you? > > "Senator Sanders' record shows he is willing to hold most industries > accountable for their abuses, but not gun manufacturers…
…Thanks, Kevin Roy Black- NEW 2016: Black defended Jeffrey Epstein, who was prosecuted this year for multiple charges of sexual abuse against at least 34 underage girls between 1999 and 2007. 2015: Represent Justin Bieber after his 2014 DUI charge…
…site/R?i=agT-uGJZRPH9olw-MWk5wQ SIGAR Tells Fellow Watchdogs to Shout from the Rooftops Federal watchdogs are constantly producing important investigations about government waste, fraud and abuse, but many inspectors general offices bury their findings in dense reports. One watchdog…
…Federal Contractor Misconduct Database sheds new light on waste, fraud, and abuse by nuclear weapons complex contractors. Read more ( http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=A9SD9tfks0iTn4LdTtkUIA ) ********************** From the World of POGO ********************** Editor's Note: Greetings everyone! With the holidays approaching…
…i=dXPn7FNkCBNsxSVsqXj35w ) POGO's investigation into abuses within the VA uncovered many whistleblowers who said they were afraid to approach the VA Office of Inspector General (IG) because of the VA's toxic culture of retaliation and intimidation. Read more ( http…
…woefully inadequate substitute for the work the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) performs exposing waste, fraud, and abuse in Afghanistan. Read more ( http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/R?i=u6WO6qaXlSaH8ohu18h7MQ ) -- Unsubscribe: http://getinvolved.pogo.org/site/CO?i=i3szLFyFT9qR4jxg2EUGD3ssliLhKsv1&cid=1022
…federal law has prohibited ten categories of people from possessing or buying guns, including convicted felons, drug abusers, those with a history of serious mental illness, and illegal aliens.[3] Ø Federal background checks: Every gun purchase from a federally…
…with perpetuating their political agenda rather than protecting Americans. Guantanamo Bay and the abuses that it has come to represent has become a rallying cry for al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. If this facility stays open it is a…
…Thanks, Kevin Roy Black- NEW 2016: Black defended Jeffrey Epstein, who was prosecuted this year for multiple charges of sexual abuse against at least 34 underage girls between 1999 and 2007. 2015: Represent Justin Bieber after his 2014 DUI charge…
…II_* "" "While incarcerated, each inmate should be provided education, employment training, life skills, substance abuse, mental health, and other programs that target their criminogenic needs and maximize their likelihood of success upon release." *__* The Department, through BOP, has launched an…
…Education, and the Children’s Defense Fund on improving educational outcomes for foster youth. The Center also released “The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story,” on the role that sexual trauma plays in girls’ entering juvenile justice. The…
…2015 at 2:38 PM, Dan Schwerin < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> HRC is doing a forum on substance abuse tomorrow in NH. Here are some >>>>> bullets for her topper. >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>…
…largest mortgage finance companies, take on riskier mortgages in an effort to aid poor families. Several Republicans resisted efforts to address lending abuses. And Congressional committees failed to address early symptoms of the coming illness. But, until he left Capitol…
…www.propublica.org/special/sealing-loose-lips-charting-obamas-crackdown-on-national-security-leaks> — a statute meant for spies and traitors — to prosecute federal employees who revealed waste, fraud and abuse…
…he believes tribal gaming should be decided on a case-by-case basis with consideration for the wishes of the states involved, and that the government should "bring (Internet gaming) under regulatory control to stop the worst abuses" -- that is…
…and Sunni Iraqis, state that the number one reason they had decided to pick up arms and join al-Qaeda was the abuses at Abu Ghraib and the authorized torture and abuse at Guantanamo Bay. My team of interrogators knew…
…intended to discourage economic activity with certain individuals and entities, particularly those who undermine or obstruct political reform in Burma, commit human rights abuses in Burma, or propagate military trade with North Korea. Those are the entities that are targeted…
…Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday, alleging a 'serious abuse of congressional power' and requesting the panel's disbanding." [Washington Post, 5/16/16
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