Oversight
Best Laid Plans: Another USPS IG Report, Another Failed Attempt to Save Money
As has been pointed out repeatedly in the past few years, United States Postal Service (USPS) management continues to struggle mightily to enact efficiencies or carve out savings from its operations. And this continues to be the case despite the...
Hope Ahead for VA/DOD Interoperability
In 1982, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) were charged by Congress to share patient information for servicemembers transitioning from DOD into the VA health care system. This transition process has been...
The Multiemployer Pensions Crisis Needs Reform, Not a Bailout
A billion-dollar taxpayer bailout of failing multiemployer pensions is on the horizon.
Taxpayers' Independence Day
The American people received an early Independence Day present on July 1 when President Trump signed into law H.R. 3151, the Taxpayer First Act of 2019.
Citizens Against Government Waste Releases 2019 Congressional Pig Book
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its 2019 Congressional Pig Book, the 27th edition of the group’s exposé on pork-barrel spending.
USVI Should Avoid Repeating Municipal Broadband Failures
A U.S. Virgin Islands’ (USVI) public utility company is positioning itself to create a municipal broadband network that could come at the expense of hundreds of millions of duplicative taxpayer dollars under the guise of recovery from hurricanes...
House Appropriations Imposes Limits on JEDI Contract
The House Appropriations Committee released its report to accompany the Department of Defense (DOD) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020. Included in the report
RSC Budget Provides Only Clear Path Toward Fiscal Responsibility
The national debt stands at more than $22 trillion, with trillion-dollar deficits right around the corner. Entitlement spending continues to rise and is projected to make up 60 percent of spending for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020.
CAGW Releases Comprehensive Waste Cutting Proposals for 116th Congress
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its Critical Waste Issues for the 116th Congress. The report cuts through the clutter to outline important proposals for smaller and more efficient government.
USPS’s 12 Years of Financial Woe
On November 14, 2018, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that, for the 12th year running, it lost money. While this annual revelation has become something of a dog bites man story, the new, and more alarm
CAGW and NTU Urge CMS to Revive Prepayment Review Process for Medicare Claims
October 19, 2018 Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, Maryland 21244 Dear Administrator Verma:
FCC Commissioner Offers Commonsense Advice to Rural Utilities Service
Publicly-funded broadband overbuild is an ongoing problem across the country. It is far easier to deploy new services alongside existing infrastructure than to build-out to those who remain in unserved areas.
