Straus Reform

Military reform is about people first, then ideas, & then hardware. Unofficial tweets from @POGOwatchdog’s Center for Defense Information staff. DM for signal

[Straus Reform @StrausReform]

ATTN: this account is going dormant, but don't worry, the staff at @StrausReform are still working hard to call out wasteful Pentagon spending and fighting for more effective national security policy. To keep up with our work, follow @POGOwatchdog!

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

do parents just have more time in the day than the rest of us. how do you all do it. i barely have time to eat

[Sam LaGrone @samlagrone]

Good on @ACapaccio and @ValerieInsinna for highlighting this stuff, because if your systems are so fragile that an unclassified summary can sink them, y'all got a much larger set of problems.

[Sam LaGrone @samlagrone]

Transparency and accountability makes stuff better and whatever infinitesimal advantage the DoD has in not having a Sputnik or Xinhua headline saying 'U.S. Weapon is Busted Says Pentagon' is traded for the much more valuable attention to systems that need help.

[Straus Reform @StrausReform]

This week in The Bunker: Enough of defense-business merger-mania; Boeing and the Air Force continue to struggle at the gas pump; key weapons info suddenly MIA, and more. Be sure to read all the way to the end and then SUBSCRIBE! https://t.co/m3WXfLSXyi

[Straus Reform @StrausReform]

@_ElizabethRB NEVER sorry

[Liz @lizhempowicz]

Congress largely had it right when it came to the oversight and reporting provisions in the CARES Act, but it didn't effectively respond when the administration ignored them and now we continue to see the effects. https://t.co/zF15HbyI7R

[Liz @lizhempowicz]

Just my periodic reminder that if the Trump White House hadn't gutted the reporting requirements in the CARES Act we would have known this early enough to course correct and make sure more of the PAYCHECK PROTECTION program actually went to paychecks. https://t.co/ZJIEjKB8jE

[Mark Thompson @MarkThompson_DC]

This morning in THE BUNKER: Enough defense-business merger-mania; the Air Force’s gas-pump snags; key weapons info suddenly MIA; despite such woes, the defense biz is booming; a BUNKER bye-bye; and more. Sign up here.

https://t.co/jDvTNo2gri

[Neil Gordon @NEGordon]

Over $1.6 billion of the recoveries stemmed from lawsuits brought by whistleblowers

[Neil Gordon @NEGordon]

The Justice Department recovered $5.6 billion in fraud cases in FY2021
https://t.co/d8lN0HHFM2

[Outrider Foundation @OutriderFdn]

DO YOU KNOW THE BLACK HEROES WHO FOUGHT AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR? Nuclear weapons facilities have been poisoning black and brown communities for decades. For #BlackHistoryMonth , we honor those who fought for saner policies. We need to #StopInvestinginDestruction now. (please share)

[Valerie Insinna @ValerieInsinna]

.@SenWarren isn't happy about how the Pentagon is restricting public access to information on weapons flaws. Her letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cites my reporting for @BreakingDefense .

https://t.co/TtTJ55nZeN

[Straus Reform @StrausReform]

🦊guarding the 🐔🛖

[Connor O'Brien @connorobrienNH]

JUST IN: HASC and SASC named their picks for a 14-member panel to review the Pentagon's budget planning process. They are:
Fmr comptroller Bob Hale (Reed)
AIA head/former Army Sec Eric Fanning (Smith)
Fmr acquisition chief Ellen Lord (Inhofe)
Fmr DIU head Raj Shah (Rogers)

[Dan Grazier @dan_grazier]

It’s good to see pushback against the Pentagon’s efforts to hide embarrassing information about the weapons we all pay for from the public. https://t.co/9fURIToC83 via @bpolitics @ACapaccio @ewarren

[Anthony Capaccio @ACapaccio]

We break: Sen Warren goes after DoD on misuse of ``CUI'' designation on new weapons testing annual report: https://t.co/u3PrS0InjZ

[Jim Cason @jimcason]

‘Maus’ Tops Amazon Best-Seller List After Tennessee School Board Pulls Graphic Novel https://t.co/aSCTz6rx2M

[Tyler Rogoway @Aviation_Intel]

Our story from Saturday:
https://t.co/4ZG2aRHUzL

[Connor O'Brien @connorobrienNH]

The special watchdog created to oversee billions in pandemic aid told Congress this week the office will run out of money and be forced to shut down as soon as this summer. https://t.co/mCUQkXeKt3

[Sara Sirota @SaraLSirota]

"By caving to pressure inside the Pentagon and hiding unclassified information behind a pseudo classification, the current leaders of DOT&E are undermining the effectiveness of their own agency," said Dan Grazier, a fellow with POGO, via @ValerieInsinna