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Improper Payments

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 […]

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. […]

Defense, General Waste, Improper Payments, National Security

GAO: Pentagon at High Risk for Fraud

May 9, 2025 Sean Kennedy

The Department of Defense (DOD) has far from a sterling reputation for financial discipline.  It remains the sole federal agency to have not passed a clean audit under the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990.  The Marine Corps is the only one of the five DOD branches that has passed an audit, which it accomplished […]

Broadband, Energy, General Waste, Improper Payments, Labor, Taxes, Tobacco, tobacco harm reduction; flavor bans; vaping, Transportation

CCAGW Celebrates a Year of Victories

December 13, 2023 Alec Mena

2023 saw Council for Citizens Against Government Waste secure another round of legislative wins in Congress and the states

General Waste, Government Waste, Improper Payments, Labor, Oversight

GAO Releases New Estimate of COVID Unemployment Insurance Fraud

September 27, 2023 Eric Maus

Congress and executive branch agencies should continue to get as many answers and money as possible. 

Subcommittee Hearing Tries to Shed Light on COVID-19 Relief Fraud
General Waste, Government Waste, Healthcare, Improper Payments, Labor, Oversight, State Issues

Wealthy Counties Still Flush with COVID Cash

September 6, 2023 Alec Mena

Local governments continue to spend left-over “fiscal recovery” funds on wish list projects with no accountability from Congress.

Employment, General Waste, Government Waste, Improper Payments, Labor, Oversight, Small Business

Estimates of COVID-19 Relief Fraud Continue to Increase

July 26, 2023 Eric Maus

The government’s failure to distribute relief money correctly continues to be unearthed. 

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