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. CAGW Reply Comments to FCC Regarding Know Your Customer Proceeding On July 24, 2026, CAGW filed […]
Sending money to the recently deceased should be the easiest way to stop wasting the taxpayer’s money. The Department of the Treasury announced on July 21, 2026, that the agency had prevented $99 million in taxpayer funds from going to deceased individuals. This taxpayer victory became possible thanks to implementation of a new government-wide payment […]
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. Banning AI for Business Can Backfire In a July 14, 2026, op-ed in the DC Journal, […]
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. New Report: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Has Yet to Deliver Any Meaningful Savings for […]
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. Cloud Services Procurement Must Be Improved A June 23, 2026, Government Accountability Office report details the […]
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. CAGW Names the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) June 2026 Porker of the Month The USPS’s abysmal […]
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. Congress’s Efforts to Curb Wasteful Spending Are Underway The House of Representatives passed legislation on June […]
Adding to the success of President Trump’s Anti-Fraud Task Force, the House of Representatives passed eight bills that would increase the ability of federal agencies to uncover and prosecute fraud and wasteful spending. On June 8, 2026, the House passed three bills to help prevent fraud. H.R. 6916, the Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention […]
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. Congress Should End This Abysmal Obamacare Failure In a June 11, 2026, op-ed in The […]
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. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) Releases 2025 Congressional Ratings On June 1, 2026, […]
