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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 online producer |
Financial Oversight
Dodd-Frank Turns Two This Week. Look How It's Grown!
Ezra Klein, The Washington Post
Libor Scandal Shows Many Flaws in Rate-Setting
Peter Eavis and Nathaniel Popper, The New York Times
Congressional Insider Trading Ban Might Not Apply to Families
Deirdre Walsh and Dana Bash, CNN
Barclays's Diamond Finds a Fried When It Counts
Jonathan Well, Bloomberg
Blamed Over Stanford, SEC's Texas Office Plots Comeback
Aruna Viswanatha and Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Government Accountability
GSA Spent More Than $268,000 to Entertain Employees Who Got Performance Awards
Lisa Rein, The Washington Post
National Security
Three Ploys the Department of Defense Uses When Their Budget Is at Risk
Dina Rasor, Truthout
House Approves $606B Defense Budget
David Rogers, Politico
Cut Defense Spending? Good Idea - But Sequestration's Not the Way
Peter Hegseth, Aol Defense
Open Government
Declassification Advances, But Will Miss Goal
Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
Secrecy is Not a Small Business Value. Transparency Is
David Borris, The Hill
Punishing Leaks of Classified Information
Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
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