Congress
Congress Sets Its Eyes on IT Acquisition Reform
On February 27, 2013, the House Committee on Government Reform held its second hearing on information technology (IT) acquisition reform.
Prime Cuts 2013
On the eve of sequestration, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released Prime Cuts 2013, our annual comprehensive list of spending cuts.
What If You Manufactured a Crisis, and No One Panicked?
On Friday, March 1st, 2013, the Second Mayan Apocalypse will occur – or so President Obama might have you believe.
The Madness of King Barack?
Washington Post Associate Editor and uber-journo Bob Woodward has been blurting out all kinds of cogent things lately, most of it is giving the White House fits. But he is saying what many people are thinking.
The Right Stuff to Cut
Incoming Joint Economic Committee Chairman Kevin Brady's (R-Texas) National Review Online op-ed, "What Kind of Cuts Grow the Economy," makes it clear that the right kind of spending cuts will increase economic growth and create jobs.
Implement GAO Reforms: Culberson-Coburn or a Commission?
While February 2nd has long been recognized as Ground Hog Day, perhaps February 5th – at least for this year – should be coined Government Waste Elimination Day. On February 5, 2013, CAGW President Tom Schatz testified before the House Committee on...
Admitting Failure is the First Step Toward Success
If President Obama's State of the Union Address could be said to have a message - a common thread, as it were - that message might have been, "There is a whole pile of wonderful legislation with bipartisan support just waiting to be passed.
Dire Straits – USPS Floundering
Those were the exact words of the United States Post Office’s (USPS) Postmaster General (PMG) Patrick Donahoe earlier this week during a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Heads in the Sand (or somewhere else)
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) today became the latest in a growing list of Democrats who claim that the federal government does not have a spending problem.
One for Three, and Savings for All
“To sequester, or not to sequester?” That appears to be the question for many of our congressional Hamlets.
Time to Reduce Wasteful Government IT Spending
On January 22, 2013, the House Committee on Government Oversight held a hearing on reducing wasteful information technology (IT) spending by the federal government. According to a video released prior to the hearing by the Committee, the federal...
