Two years ago, our organization co-published a report with White Coat Waste on universities’ failure to comply with a federal law requiring them to disclose the source of funding in … READ MORE
Transparency
Senators Provide Breakthrough in Long Fight For Taxpayer Transparency
It has been 50 years since we put a man on the moon. But the federal government still can’t provide a comprehensive list of the programs that it runs. A … READ MORE
Put a Price Tag On It
How much did it cost you to teach pigeons how to gamble, or to study the impact of classical music on cats, or to determine that a sour cream and … READ MORE
New Report Finds Systemic Enforcement Failures Of Taxpayer Transparency Law
Two years ago, we teamed up with White Coast Waste to release “Ivy League Flunkers: Schools Fail on Federal Funding Disclosure.” The first-of-its-kind report examined whether Ivy League schools are … READ MORE
Wastegiving: A Stuffed Tradition
The Thanksgiving Play - Genocide Edition (2018-2019) - $10,000 The first Thanksgiving, the celebration of a good harvest by the Pilgrims at Plymouth, has turned into a nationwide holiday of … READ MORE
Death and Tax Dollars
When you are dealing with an enterprise as large as the federal government, mistakes in payments are bound to happen, but at what point does a preventable mistake become negligence? … READ MORE
Spooky Spending: 10 Scary Government Expenditures
The Feds Love Frankenstein (2017) - $10,000 We’ve written about the $300,000 Indiana “Frankenfest” festival that included everything from franken yard games to a Franks-N-Steins beer garden, but this year … READ MORE
Congress, The First Time Travelers
Theoretical physicists and day dreamers alike have long been trying to discover the key to time travel. Little did they know it only takes a dash of creativity, a dollop … READ MORE