In 2016, the federal government awarded $17 billion to contractors that owed a collective $1.8 billion in taxes. Since 2008, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) has required contractors to report … READ MORE
Government waste
Spidey-Senses, Teleportation, and Other Outlandish Spending at the DoD
Remember last year when Congress gave the Department of Defense a $165 billion budget boost citing depleted resources. Well, they should have looked at where their current budget was going first. … READ MORE
Report Identifies Billions in Federal Program Duplication
This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its annual duplication report. This is the ninth edition of GAO’s annual look at program duplication, overlap and fragmentation in the federal … READ MORE
Report Finds Systemic Oversight Failures at SBA-Backed Non-Profit
Last week, the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of the Inspector General (IG) released an audit that identified multiple layers of oversight failures at a small business program that resulted … READ MORE
Reports Find Waste and Mismanagement at Intelligence Agency
It’s been awhile since we’ve seen an Inspector General report on the National Security Agency (NSA). But we have received two in the last two months. And they show how … READ MORE
Fannie and Freddie Channel Uncle Drew
In a hilarious Pepsi ad, NBA all-star guard Kyrie Irving goes undercover as “Uncle Drew”, an elderly man, to face off against young guys at local basketball courts. Thinking they … READ MORE
2019 Tournament of Government Waste Teams
[embed]https://youtu.be/-PO27rhB7UE[/embed] March Madness is here! This week, Pursuit will be hosting the Tournament of Government Waste featuring entries from four government watchdogs. You will get to vote on which entry … READ MORE
2019 Tournament of Government Waste
Welcome to Pursuit's Tournament of Government Waste! Congratulations to Team Paul for winning Back-to-Back Tournament of Government Waste Championships. You can check out all of the matchups in the bracket … READ MORE