CAGW's witty and incisive reports exemplify the organization's knack for popularizing the message of fiscal conservatism. Like the Grace Commission Report before them, CAGW's publications today serve as a road map for policy-makers looking for ways to cut spending and draw the media's and public's attention to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement that would otherwise go unnoticed.

Annual Reports

The Congressional Pig Book, our most popular publication, exposes pork-barrel spending at its worst.

Piglet Books scrutinize the spending and waste in individual states.

Prime Cuts is a comprehensive catalog of programs and policies in need of reform and elimination.

Congressional Ratings measures each member of Congress against our pork-busting scrutiny.

Pork-Barrel Report monitors the budget process with the Pork Advisory System.

Investigative Reports

September 29, 2009:
CAGW Issue Brief: Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine

February 27, 2009:
CAGW Issue Brief: Privacy

January 14, 2009:
CAGW Issue Brief: Congressional Oversight Needs Improvement

September 18, 2008:
The California High Speed Rail Proposal: A Due Diligence Report

October 10, 2007:
Telecommunications: Pulling the Plug on Government Interference

September 5, 2007:
Property Rights in the 21st Century: Don’t Steal This Paper or My Ideas

June 20, 2007:
Making the Grade: CAGW’s Report Card on Farm Bill “Reform” Proposals

April 19, 2007:
Cyren Call: Don't Be Fooled Again
History of a Government Giveaway

April 3, 2007:
Farm Subsidies: Myth and Reality

March 7, 2007:
All About Pork: The Abuse of Earmarks and the Needed Reforms

September 7, 2006:
Border Security: PASS Card Fails on Cost, Privacy

June 26, 2006:
Wasted in the War on Drugs: Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Wasted Efforts

March 13, 2006:
World Health Organization: Taxpayers Won't Get Fooled Again

October 17, 2005:
Real ID: Big Brother Could Cost Big Money

July 28, 2005:
Transportation (In) Equity Act: A Legacy for Losers (Taxpayers)

May 28, 2005:
The Direct Loan Program Flunks Out

May 11, 2005:
Up in Smoke: ONDCP’s Wasted Efforts in the War on Drugs