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.
Government Waste
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
USPS Wants to Attach Electronic Sensors to Your Mail, Not Sure Why Yet
Step 1) Attach sensors Step 2) ????? Step 3) Profit
The City of Chicago Battles Blight—By Paying for Granite Counter Tops in a Gentrifying Neighborhood
How not to deal with abandoned foreclosed homes.
A Retiree Digitizes 27 Million Old Newspaper Pages in His Living Room (and Libraries Fight to Catch Up)
A wonderful new web portal for searching the old Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
