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 […]
DOGE on the Hill: Sniffing Out Waste in Congress
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. […]
GAO: Pentagon at High Risk for Fraud
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 […]
CCAGW Celebrates a Year of Victories
2023 saw Council for Citizens Against Government Waste secure another round of legislative wins in Congress and the states
GAO Releases New Estimate of COVID Unemployment Insurance Fraud
Congress and executive branch agencies should continue to get as many answers and money as possible.
Wealthy Counties Still Flush with COVID Cash
Local governments continue to spend left-over “fiscal recovery” funds on wish list projects with no accountability from Congress.
Estimates of COVID-19 Relief Fraud Continue to Increase
The government’s failure to distribute relief money correctly continues to be unearthed.