by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Congress and the Obama administration have scrapped just a fraction of the duplicative programs targeted for cuts by Government Accountability Office (GAO), the agency’s chief told lawmakers Wednesday. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro said just 12 percent of more...
by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) ranked Medicare on it’s list of high financial risks facing government agencies, making an estimate of $44 billion in improper payments made by the program in 2012. $44 billion is roughly the same amount of cuts the sequester...
by Jane Richey | Feb 11, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), 35 percent of major federal regulations – those with at least $100 billion in annual economic impact – were issued without a public notice from 2003 to 2010. The GAO also said that 44 percent of non-major...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
Approximately 5.2 percent of funds obligated to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) during fiscal years 2009-2011 actually went to the construction of new highways. An additional two and a half percent of that funding went to new construction of bridges,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Amtrak lost more than $800 million on its food and beverage services over the last 10 years, largely because of waste, employee theft and lack of proper oversight, government auditors have found. The railroad’s food and beverage service has never broken even since it...
