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August, 2006

A Monthly Dispatch from Citizens Against Government Waste

 

Victory Against Defense Waste
by: Katherine Walkenhorst

Since its initial creation in 1998, the Defense Travel System (DTS) has suffered from massive inefficiency and waste. The project was meant to serve as a cost-efficient travel system for Department of Defense (DOD) employees.

Rocket Merger Threatens Taxpayers
by: Alexa Moutevelis

Boeing and Lockheed Martin are trying to merge their government satellite launch businesses to obtain contracts for the Air Force's $32 billion Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. The resulting United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a terrible deal for taxpayers that will further drive up costs taxpayers and discourage innovation.

Furniture, Tax Dollars Up in Smoke
by: Elizabeth L. Wright

Where can you be in a management position, get paid between $91,000 and $152,000 a year, and produce no results after working on the same project for 12 years?

FEMA Trailers: "Toxic Tin Cans?"
by: Gary Barnett

In an attempt to provide 18 months of free housing to Hurricane Katrina victims, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) has deployed more than 160,000 trailers and mobile homes across the Gulf Coast region, costing an average of $65,000 each. However, the victims who remain homeless might be better off.

 


 

 

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