Project On Government Oversight

Since 2006, POGO’s Congressional Oversight Initiative has worked to help Congress perform one of its most important constitutional responsibilities: overseeing the executive and judicial branches. #HillStaff should check out its resources on our website! https://lnkd.in/gR73DQkS

ICYMI: The application for our 19th Oversight Boot Camp is open now and due on July 22nd! #HillStaff, you don't want to miss out. Apply today! https://bit.ly/3WiLlDk

The application for our 19th Oversight Boot Camp is open now! We offer this two-day, intensive training session for congressional staff in conjunction with the Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy and The Lugar Center. To date, more than 300 congressional staff have completed this training on how to carry out fact-based, bipartisan, in-depth investigations. #HillStaff, you don't want to miss out. Apply by July 22nd! https://bit.ly/3WiLlDk

Season 2 of Bad Watchdog, an award-winning podcast by the Project On Government Oversight, is now available! Listen to Ep. 1 and 2 now: https://lnkd.in/erymPkZX #podcasts #democracy #pods #entertainment

🎊 Today's the day! 🎉 New episodes of the Project On Government Oversight's award-winning investigative podcast "Bad Watchdog" are available now! This season, Maren Machles delves into two very different ways the Department of Homeland Security is responding to threats (and meets some really extraordinary people along the way). Listen to episodes 1 & 2 wherever you get your podcasts. https://lnkd.in/eyfgbESG

Hey #HillStaff: Want to learn more about #oversight from our #CongressionalOversightInitiative? You're Iuck: we have a whole set of resources available now on our website! https://lnkd.in/gbTW_w4P

Join POGO and Census Counts for a webinar on Wednesday, June 26 to explore how states use census data to advocate for increased census participation and funding at the state level. This virtual webinar will feature speakers from the Texas Census Institute, Maryland Center on Economic Policy, and Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS). Details: Webinar will take place Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET RSVP here to join: https://lnkd.in/gSZ6JHGy

Hey #HillStaff: we have a whole collection of resources from our #CongressionalOversightInitiative available to you on our website. Check it out! https://lnkd.in/gR73DQkS

✨ Meet The Hosts: Bad Watchdog ✨ We caught up with one of our hosts Maren Machles about Bad Watchdog by the Project On Government Oversight, misconduct and a failure of leadership in the Office of Inspector General and the criminal justice system. Read the full Q&A on our blog: democracygroup.org/blog #podcast #politics #democracy #civildiscourse

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO), one of the longest-running external good-government groups, has a list of items its watching for in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. A House committee has already passed one version. For details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talks with POGO Public Policy Director Elizabeth Hempowicz. #FederalDrivewithTomTemin #2025NDAA