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Congress

The Ohio Solution for Getting the Country Back to Work
340B, Congress, Corporate Welfare, General Waste, Government Waste, Health, Healthcare, Medicare/aid, Reform, States, Waste

Senate HELP Committee Questions Cleveland Clinic’s 340B Funding Transparency

September 30, 2025 Alec Mena

The 340B Drug Discount Program was created in 1992 and requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell drugs to “Covered Entities” (CEs), including non-profit hospitals like the Cleveland Clinic, at discounts of 20 to 50 percent.  The program grew from $9 billion in 2014 to $66 billion in 2023, making it the second-largest federal […]

Communications, Congress, FCC, General Waste, Internet, Spectrum, Tech-Telecom, Telecommunications

First Responder Communications Remain Vital on the 24th Anniversary of 9/11

September 11, 2025 Deborah Collier

The anniversary of September 11, 2001, is always difficult for the millions of Americans who lived in New York and Washington, D.C. and saw the terrorist attacks firsthand, and everyone else who watched the attacks and heard about the crash of the fourth plane in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.  Thousands of first responders were involved in the […]

Congress, General Waste, Improper Payments, Medicare

Combating Improper Payments in Federal Spending

August 27, 2025 Grigory Menshikov

Improper payments have long been an avoidable drain on the federal budget and are often prominently featured as an example of wasteful spending.  It is therefore not surprising that in the August 12, 2025, Government Accountability Office (GAO) updated report on open recommendations to improve government operations, reducing fraud and improper payments was first on […]

340B, Biopharmaceuticals, Congress, General Waste, Health, Healthcare

Senate HELP Committee Hearing Highlights Need to Reform 340B

August 13, 2025 Eric Maus

The 340B Drug Discount Program was created in 1992 to help federally funded clinics and public hospitals that serve a large uninsured population cover the cost of drugs and provide discounts to patients.  But the lack of guardrails on the program and failure to define a patient has led to it being abused by hospitals […]

Congress, Debt, General Waste, Government Waste, Improper Payments, Regulations, Taxpayers, Waste

DOGE on the Hill: Sniffing Out Waste in Congress

August 8, 2025 staff

On President Trump’s first day in office, he issued an executive order establishing of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).  As of July 26, 2025, DOGE estimated that its actions and recommendations, including the cancellation of contracts and grants, asset sales, and workforce reductions, if fully implemented, would save $199 billion, or $1,236 per taxpayer. […]

Citizens Against Government Waste Statement Supporting Streamlining the Federal Infrastructure Bureaucracy
Appropriations, Congress, General Waste, Government Waste, National Security

Ignoring Reagan, Embracing Waste

July 17, 2025 Grigory Menshikov

President Trump’s decision to relocate the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) headquarters from the crumbling J. Edward Hoover FBI Building, where the agency had been located since 1974, to the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, which opened in 1998, was a prime example of the commonsense approach being taken by his administration to save money.  […]

Postal Service, Congress, General Waste

House Oversight Hearing Proves USPS Privatization is Dead

June 27, 2025 Grigory Menshikov

Whisperings of privatizing the United States Postal Service (USPS) began before President Trump took office.  He mentioned it in December 2024 (he had floated the idea in his first term as well) but by February 2025 decided it would not be pursued.  While Elon Musk was apparently disagreed with that decision, discussions of USPS reform […]

Congress, Budget, Federal Communications Commission, General Waste, Tech-Telecom, Telecommunications

House Reconciliation Package Restores Spectrum Auction Authority

May 29, 2025 Deborah Collier

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has supported spectrum auction authority for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for many years.  H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (reconciliation) passed by the House of Representatives restores this authority through fiscal year (FY) 2034, more than two years after it expired on March 9, 2023.  The renewal […]

Congress

House Defense Bills Break with Pentagon Guidance

August 1, 2024 Sean Kennedy

Putting the customer at the core of your product development ensures relevance and resonance.

Congress, General Waste

New Study Shows PBMs Lower Drug Prices

August 21, 2023 Christina Smith

When evaluating potential agencies, consider their expertise in various aspects of branding and design.

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