The WasteWatcher
The WasteWatcherThe Flights of the Navigators
You might think I am going to talk about the 1886 movie, “The Flight of the Navigator,” but in this case, you would be wrong.
The WasteWatcherRisky Federal Home Loans: What Could Go Wrong?
On Tuesday, the Washington Post published a story on the Obama administration's latest efforts to get banks to offer home loans to people with riskier credit.
The WasteWatcherDisaster Relief Blows Away
Adding taxpayer insult to personal and business injury, hundreds of millions of dollars have been squandered in an effort to help those affected by the unprecedented storm.
The WasteWatcherDOD and VA Stumble Over Interoperability
The private sector was mandated by the HITECH Act to use an Electronic Health Records Systems (EHRs) that has the electronic capability to exchange key clinical information with other healthcare providers.
The WasteWatcherAnother Deficit Driver: Contractor Pensions
Since the 1980s, private companies, the federal government, and several state governments have eliminated the uncertainties and risks associated with managing defined benefit pension plans (low interest rates, stock market declines, and an aging...
The WasteWatcherDisability is the New Welfare
The two primary federal disability insurance programs, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), provide assistance to individuals with disabilities. SSDI is funded through payroll taxes and can be supplied...
The WasteWatcherBatter Up! Move the Budget Baseline
For fans of the national pastime in Washington, D.C., it would be great if the Nationals could just start the new season where they left off last year. The District’s boys of summer would automatically be handed the 2013 National League East...
The WasteWatcherTesting the Waters on Health Technology
While the number of physicians who use computers to store patient information is rising, most are still clinging to large manila file folders to record and retain complete patient histories. U.S. News and World Report reported on February 20, 2013...
The WasteWatcherTime to Get Real with Federal Property
The federal government has many addictions, including profligate spending, wasting money, and regulating the private lives of citizens. In such an environment, certain excesses are to be expected. But when they develop, it is important that they...
The WasteWatcherGot jobs?
For all the hand-wringing since March 1 about the sequester and the Obama administration threatening to furlough thousands of federal employees and contractors, thus marking the end of civilization as we know it, you would be happy to know the...
The WasteWatcherGovernment Waste TV
There are more than enough egregious examples of mismanagement and inefficiency to create "Government Waste TV."
The WasteWatcherDrip Drip Drip
Just like a leaky faucet, more stories are dripping out every day on how Obamacare (Affordable Care Act /ACA) is going to be complicated for people to enroll in it, that it is going to be very messy in 2014 when it officially starts, and that...
