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CAGW's Blog
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BE-ANGRY
May, 2008
A Monthly Dispatch from Citizens Against Government Waste
The Government's Net Loss
by: David Williams
Government involvement in the private sector and technology has been a disaster. The technology industry is dynamic and fast-moving, delivering new products to consumers every day while the government struggles to perform even the most basic tasks such as creating software for a fully functioning e-travel system for the Pentagon (see the story about the Defense Travel System).
Pentagon's Travel System Still Grounded
by: David Williams
There are a lot of reasons to complain about air travel: overbooking, rising costs, delays, cancellations, uncomfortable seats, and rude passengers, among others. With all of these hassles, travelers do have a plethora of online travel services to try and obtain the cheapest flight. With the immense of amount of travel undertaken by the federal government and especially the Department of Defense, an online travel system sounds like a marriage made in heaven. Unfortunately, combining logic and the federal government is as easy as putting a square peg in a round hole.
Extreme Makeover: San Joaquin River
by: Tom Schatz
How much should it cost to restore salmon to a river? Try $22 million per salmon under legislation that is moving through Congress.
Earmarks Invade DC
by: Tom Schatz
An op-ed in the May 17 Washington Post by Colbert King showed that earmarks know no boundaries. King cited $56 million in projects in the District of Columbia's budget that were ???initiated and approved by the [city] council without extensive executive branch review.???
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