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The WasteWatcherUsing Broadband Spectrum Auctions to Reduce the Deficit
As the White House, Congress and particularly the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction look for ways to reduce spending and enhance revenues, close scrutiny is being given to both the allocation of broadband spectrum and the use of voluntary...
The WasteWatcherCongress and the Criminal CLASS
When President Obama signed his contentious healthcare bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), on March 23, 2010, his administration and a Democratic Congress had spent months convincing many lawmakers, pundits, and voters that...
Press ReleaseCAGW Releases Analysis of Senate THUD Bill
CAGW Releases Analysis of Senate THUD Bill
The WasteWatcherSolyndra Scorches Taxpayers
It is a shame that the Obama administration didn’t pay as much attention to the details of Solyndra’s business plans and financial liabilities as it did to the details of the President’s photo op at the company’s facility on May 26, 2010. Given the...
The WasteWatcherDraft Dairy Reforms Would Hurt Consumers, Add Bureaucracy and Increase Taxes
Draft legislation by House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) proposes new dairy programs that will cost thousands of jobs and increase the price of milk and other dairy products. With high unemployment levels and...
The WasteWatcherSenate Backtracks on MEADS, Supplies Earmark
Created in 1995, the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) is a collaborative missile defense project intended to replace the Patriot Missile system, which has been used by the U.S. and its allies for decades. A Memorandum of Understanding...
The WasteWatcherGetting Program Management Back on Track
After reviewing information technology (IT) program management at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Assistant Secretary for the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Roger Baker decided to change the way VA manages IT development, and...
The WasteWatcherZombie Budget: Payments to the Deceased
Halloween is around the corner, which means that in the coming weeks it will be more important than ever to be on the lookout for signs of the zombie apocalypse. Should those signs start to appear, any possible advantage for the living over the...
The WasteWatcherHearing Highlights Benefits and Challenges to Cloud Computing
On September 21, 2011, the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing entitled “The Next IT Revolution? Cloud Computing Opportunities and Challenges.” Chaired by Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.), the...
The WasteWatcherThe Shovel-Ready Jobs Swindle
The money would be spent on a variety of infrastructure projects, such as improved highways, railways, and transit systems. The national infrastructure bank, according to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), would end up functioning as a “public private...
Press ReleaseCAGW Releases Analysis of Senate Labor/HHS Bill
CAGW Releases Analysis of Senate Labor/HHS Bill
Press ReleaseCAGW Releases Analysis of Senate Defense Bill
CAGW Releases Analysis of Senate Defense Bill
