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=== Federal Contractor Misconduct Database ===
In 2002, POGO launched the Federal Contractor Misconduct Database, a website that compiles instances of "misconduct and alleged misconduct" by the top government contractors since 1995, according to the website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.contractormisconduct.org/about-fcmd|title=About FCMD|website=Federal Contractor Misconduct Database|language=en-us|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref> POGO's database was the inspiration for a similar federal government database that was created by the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2008/11/04/contractor-watchdog-updates-misconduct-database.aspx|title=Contractor watchdog updates misconduct database|last=Lipowicz|first=Alice|date=2008-11-04|website=Washington Technology|language=en|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref> When POGO updated its database in 2010, it was reported that the organization had "found 642 instances since 1995 of misconduct by the top 100 firms, resulting in $18.7 billion in penalties."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2010/04/watchdog-group-releases-updated-contractor-misconduct-database/31358/|title=Watchdog group releases updated contractor misconduct database|last=Newell Jochum|first=Elizabeth|date=2010-04-23|work=[[Government Executive]]|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref>