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 […]
This Week in Waste – May 16, 2025
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 effort to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Missouri Senate Rejects Stadium Funding Bill In the final days of their session, the Missouri […]
Senate Votes to Repeal Taxpayer Funded Wi-Fi Hotspots for Home Use
Citizens Against Government Waste’s (CAGW) comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the “Delete, Delete, Delete” proceeding included the repeal of a regulation that expanded the use of the E-Rate program under the Universal Service Fund (USF) to allows tax dollars to be used for the installation of Wi-Fi hotspots in school buses. The […]
Government-Owned Networks Are Still A Bad Idea
Citizens Against Government Waste has long been concerned about wasteful spending on government-owned networks (GONs) that provide services that duplicate private sector providers in the same communities. This concern has heightened since the enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in 2021, which allocated $42.5 billion for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment […]
This Week in Waste – April 18, 2025
This Week in Waste highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted and efforts to fight back against this waste.
Go DOGE Go
DOGE is the first comprehensive effort to improve government efficiency since the Grace Commission and must keep forging ahead.
DOGE and DOD Agree with CAGW on Making Software Purchases More Efficient
DOD and DOGE are now looking at software licensing, which is one area that CAGW has noted needs closer scrutiny.
BEAD Requirements Should Be Rolled Back
NTIA’s complicated guidance and approval process has delayed infrastructure deployment of broadband using BEAD funding.
The Savings from Broadband Bulk Billing Are Saved
A Biden-era effort to ban cost-saving bulk billing of internet services has been halted by new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.









