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Incompetence

Vacant D.C. public housing unit | Lex Villena; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Housing Policy

New Report Reveals Uninhabitable Units, Shocking Incompetence at D.C. Public Housing Authority

D.C officials are calling for sweeping reforms to D.C. Housing Authority's governance, or even a federal takeover, in the wake of a damning new report.

Christian Britschgi | 10.10.2022 3:00 PM

v5.1 | Illustration: Lex Villena; MTA New York City Transit / Marc A. Hermann; Sarah Reingewirtz/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Coronavirus

The Media Have Finally Realized That Cuomo and Newsom Are Terrible. Will Voters?

The governors of New York and California have botched major aspects of the pandemic response.

Liz Wolfe | 2.24.2021 1:00 PM

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Drugs

The Weed Warriors Who Mistook Tea for Marijuana

The Hartes were the victims of a comically inept publicity stunt executed by cops who did not realize that hydroponic equipment could be used to grow tomatoes and did not know what loose-leaf tea looked like.

Jacob Sullum | 8.3.2020 6:00 AM

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Coronavirus

The Pandemic Is a Lucrative Revenue Opportunity for Incompetent Politicians

If there's one thing at which governments have excelled during this crisis, it's been collecting fines from anybody who steps out of line.

J.D. Tuccille | 7.20.2020 10:00 AM

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Small Business

Disaster Relief for Small Businesses Is a Disaster All Its Own

The Small Business Administration will always fail the people it's meant to help.

Veronique de Rugy | 6.14.2020 6:00 AM

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New Mexico

D.C. Agency Is Sorry Its Staff Didn't Know New Mexico Is a State

For once, a government agency's gaffe didn't do any real harm.

Joe Setyon | 11.30.2018 1:30 PM

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FOIA

Oops! The EPA Published the Social Security Numbers of People Who Filed FOIA Requests

Thanks to a design bug in a government transparency website, dozens of social security numbers were mistakenly made public.

Joe Setyon | 9.4.2018 11:00 AM

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Gambling

Massachusetts Accidentally Bans Horse Racing

Unless lawmakers fix their mistake, hundreds of people could be out of a job.

Joe Setyon | 8.1.2018 1:35 PM

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Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Most Wasteful Government Agency You've Never Heard Of

The Navajo Housing Authority has a long and storied history of waste, fraud, and abuse of federal funds.

Christian Britschgi | 10.6.2017 12:50 PM

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Transportation Policy

How Bad Do Streetcar Predictions Have to Be to Get Politicians to Ask Questions?

Turns out, pretty bad.

Christian Britschgi | 9.26.2017 5:00 PM

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Internet

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.

Christian Britschgi | 8.16.2017 3:25 PM

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Forensic laboratories

A Rogues' Gallery of Bad Forensics Labs

Despite improvements in DNA matching and reliability, forensics labs across the country still continue to train and monitor technicians improperly.

C.J. Ciaramella | 7.18.2017 6:30 AM

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