December 3rd, 2008

Way back in 2004(!) I was a proud POGO intern.  To give a quick update: I graduated from Cornell in Winter ‘05, and you wrote [...] Continue Reading…

November 26th, 2008

To POGO’s friends, family, staffers, alumni, and lurkers: here’s wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The Watercooler.

November 24th, 2008

 
The report, Confirmation of Political Appointees: Eliciting Nominees’ Views on Management Challenges within Agencies and across Government, is thorough, it’s mostly right on, and [...] Continue Reading…

November 21st, 2008

Lots of people have been asking for more pictures and stories from Scott and Kerry’s wedding.  Well, we’d like to think a video is [...] Continue Reading…

November 21st, 2008

“Here in America we are descended in spirit from revolutionaries and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine.”

– President [...] Continue Reading…

November 21st, 2008

Hot off the shelves, and just in time for the holiday season: it’s the Henry Waxman “Mustache of Justice” mug!

Don’t forget to complete the [...] Continue Reading…

November 19th, 2008

Bryan Rahija’s (I’d say he was one of my favorite interns, but then again, almost every POGO intern is my favorite) band Bombadil will be jammin’ at Iota [...] Continue Reading…

November 18th, 2008

I just heard from POGO Alum Greg Williams.  It turns out that he is doing the work of the Devil by helping Microsoft become [...] Continue Reading…

November 17th, 2008

“I am basically going back to my corporate roots.”

- Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), who is retiring after 14 years in Congress, announcing that he [...] Continue Reading…

November 14th, 2008

“Considering how taxpayers’ money around Washington isn’t respected, a day shouldn’t go by without having an inspector general checking on it.”

- Sen. Charles Grassley [...] Continue Reading…