Hillary Clinton told everyone about falling in love with Bill Clinton. Of course, they only want to hear about how she fell out of love with Bill Clinton. By the way, where did Rielle Hunter get the name Frances Bean from? Young women mistakenly think men want potential female partners to dri...

Accountability got mugged today when congressional leaders stripped federal whistleblower protections from their compromise stimulus bill. There were, however, a couple of bright spots, with improved language for the government database that will track the flow of stimulus funds to the state and loc...

Downgraded: The fates of whistleblowers who look out for passenger safety A cold day in Calgary, and three US Airways flight attendants notice ice building up on the wings. After much wrangling, they convince their flight crew to de-ice an aircraft. After landing safely, they report the incident to ...

Ofsted is considering introducing a "whistleblower hotline" for social workers in light of the Baby P tragedy....

The latest issue of Multinational Monitor marks the 20th anniversary of its annual “10 Worst Corporationsâ€� list.  This year's list features Chevron Corporation and General Electric, two companies listed in POGO’s Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD), which compiles instances...

The time has come to submit your nominations for the 2009 Ridenhour Prizes! Now entering its sixth year, the Ridenhour Prizes were established by The Nation Institute and The Fertel Foundation, in partnership with POGO, the Government Accountability Project, and the Fund for Constitutional Governmen...

Yesterday, POGO joined a coalition of hundreds of groups and individuals from across the political spectrum in announcing the release of a new report on government transparency: Moving toward a 21st Century Right-to-Know Agenda: Recommendations to President-elect Obama and Congress .  A special...

Just when you thought the turmoil in the Office of Special Counsel could not get worse…guess what?  It has. Back in May, right around the time the FBI raided the OSC offices and executed search warrants for the head of the office, Scott Bloch, POGO obtained access to an amazing internal OSC d...

These are the people with perhaps the most important voices of all on the issue. They put their professional lives and reputations on the line, one more than thirty years ago, two during this administration. They were and are in a position unique in this debate--they saw up close what the government...

Douglas Peters, a seven-year veteran of the Federal Aviation Authority, told a congressional committee that his supervisor, during a visit to Peters' home, pointed to a photograph of Peters' family on a shelf, and said: "This is what's important." Then, his voice halting and shaking, Peter...