Project on Government Oversight

Is the Air Force abandoning its close air support mission?

The Air Force has long had the job of providing close air support for Army and Marine Corps ground troops. Its what made the A-10 attack fighter such…

Air Force

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US military planners might be viewing China in the wrong light

Defense

POGO

The scope of pandemic relief fraud keeps on ballooning

Agency Oversight

FILE - The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. The Air Force has filed criminal charges against an airman in connection with an April explosion that injured U.S. troops at a base in eastern Syria. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

A plan emerges to lower the prices on military spare parts

Contracts/Awards

Pentagon planning new guidance to help contractors squeezed by inflation

Defense News

POGO

How multi-billion dollar defense contractors netted small business set-asides

Defense Industry

Infrastructure spending could outrun the ability to oversee it

Agency Oversight

FILE - An F-35 fighter jet arrives at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, Vt., Sept. 19, 2019. The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, suspended talks on a $23 billion deal to purchase American-made F-35 planes, armed drones and other equipment, in a rare dispute between Washington and a key U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)

For fiscal 2023, the Pentagon’s troubled relationship with a troubled airplane flies on

Defense

DoD budget contains big pay raise and largest research investment ever

Defense

Whistle blower or whistleblower concept as a symbol of a secret informer agent posing as an employee with his cast shadow of a whistle as a metaphor for inside infoermation on misconduct in a 3D illustration style.

Intelligence community whistleblowers finally get a little help, from Congress

Intelligence Community

How the Pentagon got gouged on spare parts prices

Defense News

FILE - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington is seen on Aug. 5, 2017. Chinese companies will have to disclose more information about audits and whether they are controlled by a government or else leave U.S. stock markets under a rule approved by securities regulators, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (AP Andrew Harnik, File)

What happened at one agency when the inspector general botched an investigation

Complaints from inside the Securities and Exchange Commission eventually resulted in an investigation by the IG from another agency.

Management

FILE - Light from the morning sun illuminates the Senate side of the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 3, 2021. The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday to void a Biden administration regulation that requires businesses with 100 or more workers have their workers vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

How Congress can deal with bipartisan voter concern about corruption

A survey sponsored by the Project on Government Oversight finds voters across the spectrum suspect there’s corruption in the government. With a view of…

Congress

Shalanda Young testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing to examine her nomination to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

OMB tells agencies to cooperate with IGs overseeing COVID-19 spending

Agency Oversight

The OMB memo sets a tone for cooperation as legislation to strengthen the independence and authority makes its way through Congress.