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Tobacco harm reduction (THR) products have been proven to be an effective and accessible way for smokers to quit smoking cigarettes. However, it takes years for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve these products so that they can reach or remain on the market. A September 30, 2026, Government Accountability Office (GAO) report […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and several of her anti-capitalist colleagues are once again showing a lack of understanding for how wealth is created and demonstrating disdain for private equity investments. They believe the government knows how to create jobs better than the private sector. On September 24, 2026, The Stop Wall Street Looting Act was […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Citizens Against Government Waste Releases $5.6 Trillion in Prime Waste-Cutting Recommendations On October 15, 2025, […]
The federal government is enhancing its buying power to improve purchases of software. On April 29, 2025, the General Services Administration (GSA) launched the OneGov procurement program to negotiate directly with original equipment manufacturers, allowing federal agencies to purchase software licenses as a single customer instead of hundreds of separate ones. In her April 29, […]
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 gave the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the authority to provide funding for universal service obligations in Section 254, which provided a mechanism for creating the Universal Service Fund (USF) through consultation with a Federal-State Joint Board, established the four basic programs funded by the USF, and permitted the FCC to […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. United in Exposing Waste and Eliminating CMMI In 2025, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste […]
The 340B Drug Discount program was created in 1992 to help federally funded clinics and public hospitals that serve a large uninsured population cover the cost of drugs and provide discounts to patients. However, because Congress never defined an eligible patient and neglected programmatic accountability and transparency, the program has enabled hospitals and contract pharmacies […]
Preventing fraud is much more effective if it is done before money is spent rather than chasing it afterwards. Since the Government Accountability Office (GAO) first identified improper payments as a systemic government-wide issue in 1997, the enactment of the Improper Payments Act of 2002 and three related bills through 2019 did not stop them […]
Among all means of transportation, there has always been a fascination with railroads. Thousands of rail cars are loaded with goods and passengers and pulled toward their destinations by powerful locomotives. Millions of miles of steel tracks span across the vast American continent, reminding the nation what can be achieved with hard work and industrial […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. GLOBE Model and CMMI Should Be Gone On September 30, 2026, the Center for Medicare […]
