Where there's smoke, there's fire. POGO's Morning Smoke is a collection of the freshest investigations, scoops, and opinions related to the world of government oversight. Have a story you'd like to see included? Contact POGO's blog editor.
A National Security Strategy That Doesn’t Focus on Threats
Jim Dwyer, The New York Times
Helicopter loss in bin Laden raid highlights risks
Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters
House panel set to block increase in Tricare premiums
Lisa Rein, The Washington Post
U.S. Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps List $1B in Unfunded Needs
Kate Brannen, Defense News
JSF Makes Progress Up The Learning Curve. Wait, What?
Bill Sweetman, Ares
JSF Alternate Engine, Killed, Is Alive Again In House
Ryan Grim, The Huffington Post
Rebalance the Pentagon’s Golden Ratio
Travis Sharp, The Will and the Wallet
POGO on the Ground
POGO's Paul Thacker Heads to Conference on Ghost Authorship
Financial Sector Oversight
U.S. Agencies Probing Goldman Findings After Senate Referral
Phil Mattingly, Robert Schmidt and Justin Blum, Bloomberg
U.S. Regulators Face Budget Pinch as Mandates Widen
Ben Protess, DealBook
Consumer group presses Capito to announce husband's new banking job
Peter Schroeder, The Hill
Offshore Drilling Oversight
BP Is Fined $25 Million for ’06 Spills at Pipelines
John M. Broder, The New York Times
Contract Oversight
The F Word: Is BP Too Big To Fail?
Laura Flanders, The Nation
Sunshine advocates criticize government contractor database
Joseph Marks, Nextgov
FedEx To Pay $8M to Government in False Claims Case
Mike Scarcella, The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
Government Secrecy
Issa says White House can too easily hide presidential records
Joseph Marks, Nextgov
Annual Secrecy Costs Now Exceed $10 Billion
Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
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