How Congress Can Use an Obscure Law From the 1880s to Limit Wasteful Government Contracts
The federal government spent more than $477 billion on contractors in the last fiscal year, but not all that money is used wisely.
Government Waste
Fake Scandal: 'DeVos Uses Private Jet for Work-Related Travel'
Real scandals: Tom Price charters five flights in a week and Steven Mnuchin wants a military plane for his honeymoon.
The Federal Government Has Been Subsidizing Phone and Internet Access for Dead People
A bipartisan group of senators wants an investigation into the government's latest disastrous internet intervention.
On Health Care, Private Sector May Show Congress the Way
Just because Congress can't fix health care doesn't mean it can't be done.
Local Governments Spend Big On Lobbyists
In many states, local governments spend more on lobbyists than both business and unions.
America's Cities Double Down on Trolley Follies
Streetcars continue to see cost overruns while failing to produce promised economic development.
TIGER, Pork Included in the Senate's Transportation Sausage
The wasteful, supposedly temporary economic recovery program lives to fight another day
Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: The Story of Government
Programs that don't work as intended ought to be cut.
Stossel: Departments Grow and Cherries Rot
Most folks have no idea what federal agencies do. John Stossel reports on wasteful programs like the Agriculture Department forcing farmers to let cherries rot.
Phoenix Taxpayers Lose $200 Million on Sale of Largest Hotel in Arizona
A city's sad foray into the hotel business
Los Angeles is Spending $16 Million on a Bridge That Was Supposed to be Free
The Atwater Bridge was supposed to be a free gift to the city from a philanthropic investor.
Department of Homeland Security
Books Spared TSA Screening, But DHS Promises Other Enhanced Security Measures
The Department of Homeland Security is replacing its laptop ban with more sweeping security measures for all U.S.-bound flights.
D.C.'s Dysfunctional Metro System Is a National Embarrassment
The D.C. Metro has perfected the art of replicating the traffic woes above ground in the tunnels below.
Wisconsin Ordinance Would Waste Tax Dollars on Public Art
Madison won't be the first town to do this.
The Community Development Block Grant Program Is Awful and Should Be Cut
HUD program a significant source of corruption and cronyism, and much less about helping the poor
Incompetence and Cronyism Plague U.S. Attempts to Counter ISIS Online
WebOps, the U.S. online counter-propaganda program, appears to employ Arabic analysts who barely speak Arabic.
IRS Agents Rented Million-Dollar Townhomes, Spent Hundreds of Nights in Luxury Hotels Last Year
Taxpayers paid for "excessive and inappropriate" lodging and travel costs, including for one employee who managed to travel 381 days of the year.
Bouncy Houses and American Idol: How Local Governments in Pennsylvania Blew Drilling Tax Revenue
The money is supposed to offset environmental consequences of natural gas drilling, but some localities used it as a slush fund for pet projects and parties.
Pentagon Buried Report Finding $125 Billion in Bureaucratic Waste
Rather than face reality, Defense Department wants to continue to peddle the fiction that it is underfunded.
Cincinnati Streetcar Is Exactly the Spectacular Shitshow Everyone Expected It To Be
Bomb threats, broken ticket kiosks, and contract disputes with streetcar managers have plagued Cincinnati Bell Connector's opening week.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Blew $1.2 Million on Decorative Rock Sculptures
From 2004 to 2014, the government-run health agency spent more than $20 million on luxury art.
Feds Gave $2.2 Billion Worth of Military Gear to Local Police Departments Since 2006
Despite calls to end the militarization of police, new report says "2014 and 2015 were peak years" for local PDs acquiring weapons, armored vehicles, and more.
Don't Tell Us How to Live Our Lives!: A Libertarian Millennial Manifesto!
Exclusive excerpt from Government Gone Wild: How D.C. Politicians Are Taking You for a Ride-and What You Can Do About It.
Town Supervisor Allegedly Ripped Off His Constituents to Build Baseball Stadium
Feds say he committed fraud to make citizens pay for a ballpark they overwhelmingly voted to not publicly finance.
New GAO Report Details Scope of Federal Government Inefficiency
The feds could save tens of billions just through better management.
TSA Paid $1.4 Million for App that Directs Travelers Left or Right in Lines
Finally, a TSA story about something other crotch-grabbing! #winning
What Government Can Learn From Moore's Law
To make Washington more like Silicon Valley, we need expiration dates on legislation.
The Government Wasted Money on 'Shrimp Fight Club' and a Million Other Things
Waste, fraud, abuse, and monkeys on hamster wheels.
10 Rand Paul #Festivus Insult-Tweets That May Amuse and/or Bemuse You
The senator begins his annual Airing of Grievances by dropping #sickburns on his rivals.
Not Even a Criminal Referral to the Dept. of Justice Can Get You Fired From the V.A.
Two Dept. of Veterans Affairs officials to return to work after scamming the agency for personal gain.
A $43 Million Gas Station—Is This Why We're Still in Afghanistan?
Report details yet another example of money pit our involvement there has become.
How Jury Duty Almost Turned Me into an Anarchist
Metal detectors, fire evacuations, Stalinist architecture, and ideological grilling, all in one day!
L.A. Schools Wasted Millions on a Failed iPad Initiative. Now They Want Their Money Back.
Not a lot of "learning" happening here.
Why Can't We Build Things Anymore? Because Government Is Terrible
Putting the 'fruc' in 'infrastructure,' New York City edition
How to Push Back on Calls for More Defense Spending: $45 Billion of Afghan Funds Unaccounted For
A big chunk of Pentagon spending prior to 2010 cannot be audited.
FEMA Dramatically Increases Reconstruction Project Budget for No Apparent Reason
Taxpayers nationwide will be forced to fork over money for a Sandy reconstruction project already rife with pork and waste.
Here's How the Government Is Wasting Your Tax Dollars
Manure marketing, golf course renovations, a DEA museum, and other wastes of public money.
Sen. Coburn Takes Aim Again at Wasteful Federal Spending
His last annual analysis before he retires
