New Bill Looks to Rein in Fancy Federal Conferences
No more crazy expenditures
Government Waste
$34 Million US Military HQ in Afghanistan Unlikely To Ever Be Used
It was built even after the military realized it was unneeded
RI Legislators Plan To Cover Curt Schilling's Video Game Debt
It's good to have powerful friends
Federal Workers Run Up $29B in Credit Card Charges, With a High Level of Misuse
Nice work, if you can get it
Banned From State Business, Contractor Cuts Lucrative Deals With TX School District
Find a buck where you can
Federally Subsidized Company Doesn't Seem To Really Exist
$750K sent to a ghost firm at a bogus address
Feds Spending Hundreds of Thousands Maintaining Empty Bank Accounts
Those service fees add up
Why D.C. Is the Richest Region in the Country
All that marble in D.C. shouldn't make you feel patriotic.
America's Nation-Building Follies
The U.S. record at nation-building isn't much better at home than abroad.
National Geographic Photos the Focus of Federal Study
Didn't teenage boys used to do that for free?
NIH Awards $1.5 Million To Find Out Why Many Lesbians Are Obese
It's like they're baiting Congress
Amateur Beats Gov't at Digitizing Newspapers: Tom Tryniski's Weird, Wonderful Website
A retiree with a scanner builds one of the world's largest historic newspaper sites while tax-funded projects stall.
Michigan Rep. Wants Audit of Stimulus-Funded Energy Projects
How much money is going to waste?
Obama: More Revenue Can Be Raised Without Raising Taxes
Lip service to reducing government waste
TN Burns $1B in Stimulus Funds on Dubious Electrical 'Smart Grid'
Engineers say it can't live up to claims
If Government Aid Programs Were Charities, Would Anybody Recommend Giving Money to Them?
The government excels in spending money on overhead costs
CA Employee Posted Thousands of Comments Online While On the Clock
Wait ... You can get paid for that?
Homeland Security Grants Subsidize Dystopia
The War on Terror has come home, and the "battlefield" is everywhere.
3 Reasons to Kill the Dept. of Homeland Security
It's unnecessary, ineffective, and expensive. And that's just for starters.
Tracking of "Stimulus" Spending Full of Reporting Errors
Spent, not spent, gathering dust ... What's the difference?
After News Report of Wasteful Spending, School District Threatens Lawsuit
I wonder how much that will cost
