The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) outlined a 2015 “Baker’s Dozen” of thirteen congressional priorities that would make the federal government more transparent, accountable and ethical in a new report, outlined below:
1. Increasing Transparency of Outside Influence on the Government
2. Making Federal Watchdogs More Independent and Accountable
3. Closing Dangerous Loopholes that Leave Federal Contractors and Employees Without Adequate Protections
4. Providing Incentives and Protections for Private Sector Whistleblowers
5. Reforming the Administration of the VA and Its Treatment of Veterans
6. Modernizing the Freedom of Information Act
7. Bringing Increased Transparency and Oversight to the Legal Interpretations Used by the Executive Branch
8. Stopping Wasteful National Security Spending
9. Enacting Pro-Taxpayer Contracting Reforms
10. Tackling Military Acquisition Reform
11. Opening the Senate NDAA Markup Process
12. Ensuring Taxpayers Get A Fair Return On Publicly Owned Natural Resources
13. Addressing the Problems and Loopholes in the FARA
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