A Monthly Dispatch From Citizens Against Government Waste

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Citizens Against Government Waste:

Solyndra Scorches Taxpayers 
By Leslie K. Paige

It is a shame that the Obama administration didn’t pay as much attention to the details of Solyndra’s business plans and financial liabilities as it did to the details of the President’s photo op at the company’s facility on May 26, 2010…

Draft Dairy Reforms Would Hurt Consumers, Add Bureaucracy and Increase Taxes 
By Leslie K. Paige

Draft legislation by House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) proposes new dairy programs that will cost thousands of jobs and increase the price of milk and other dairy products…

Senate Backtracks on MEADS, Supplies Earmark 
Sean Kennedy

Created in 1995, the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) is a collaborative missile defense project intended to replace the Patriot Missile system, which has been used by the U.S. and its allies for decades …

Getting Program Management Back on Track 
By Deborah Collier

After reviewing information technology (IT) program management at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Assistant Secretary for the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Roger Baker decided to change the way VA manages IT development…

Zombie Budget: Payments to the Deceased 
By Luke Gelber

Halloween is around the corner, which means that in the coming weeks it will be more important than ever to be on the lookout for signs of the zombie apocalypse …

Hearing Highlights Benefits and Challenges to Cloud Computing 
By Deborah Collier

On September 21, 2011, the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing entitled “The Next IT Revolution? Cloud Computing Opportunities and Challenges” …

The Shovel-Ready Jobs Swindle 
By PJ Austin

Despite the miserable results from the $48 billion spent on infrastructure in the $787 billion American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, President Obama’s recently-proposed American Jobs Act includes $50 billion for new infrastructure projects to be funded through the creation of a government-run infrastructure bank …

Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.

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Citizens Against Government Waste
Leslie Paige, 202-467-5334
or
Luke Gelber, 202-467-5318

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