CAGW Releases October WasteWatcher
| For Immediate Release | Contact: Leslie K. Paige 202-467-5334 |
| October 3, 2013 | Alexandra Booze 202-467-5318 |
Sequestration is Better than Sliced Bread
By Tom Schatz
WasteWatcher, October 2013
It is time for official Washington to admit that sequestration is the best thing that has happened for taxpayers since Gramm-Rudman in the mid-1980s. Domestic discretionary spending is being reduced and will continue to be cut as long as Congress sticks to the sequestration limits.
Legislation Puts Recovery Auditing, and Taxpayers, at Risk
By Leslie K. Paige
WasteWatcher, October 2013
Government waste, fraud, and abuse are a scourge on American taxpayers and a multi-billion dollar insult to the federal budget, but preventing improper payments, particularly in Medicare, is now running into roadblocks despite being a rare example of…
Court Begins Hearing on Net Neutrality
By Deborah Collier
Wastewatcher, October 2013
The notion of equality on the Internet may sound reasonable, but net neutrality, as defined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is instead an attack on private-sector business models. Proponents of net neutrality want the online world to be forced “open” at the expense of successful…
Nancy’s Cupboard May be Bare, But There are Certainly Bats in Her Belfry
By: The Editors
WasteWatcher, October 2013
On Sunday, September 25, when asked by host Candy Crowley about why President Obama and House and Senate Democrats are so utterly opposed to negotiating over the debt ceiling by exploring additional deficit reduction and spending cuts (as almost every previous president has), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)…
An Early Christmas in Washington
By Matt Brown
WasteWatcher, October 2013
Fiscal year (FY) 2013 just ended and federal agencies enjoyed a shopping spree.
This spending binge occurred because at the end of every fiscal year agencies are incentivized to spend the remaining money in their budgets in order to justify a similar or increased budget for the following year. This phenomenon, known as “spend it or…
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