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…

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US military planners might be viewing China in the wrong light

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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

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DoD budget contains big pay raise and largest research investment ever

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How the Pentagon got gouged on spare parts prices

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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.

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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)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…

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(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)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

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

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