The federal government continues to face an unsustainable long-term fiscal path based on the imbalance between federal revenue and spending, primarily driven by changing demographics and rising health care costs. … Read more about GAO Duplication Annual Report 2011
USDA OIG: Calendar Year 2010 Executive Order 13520, Reducing Improper Payments, Accountable Official Report Review
Annually, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) determines which Federal programs are considered high-priority based on improper payment data reported in agencies’ annual Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). The fiscal year 2010 threshold was $750 million in improper payments. OMB … Read more about USDA OIG: Calendar Year 2010 Executive Order 13520, Reducing Improper Payments, Accountable Official Report Review
Help Wanted: How Federal Job Training Programs are Failing Workers
Senator Coburn, M.D. released this oversight report, “Help Wanted” that highlights examples of waste, fraud and mismanagement in federal job training programs. This report accompanies a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which shows in fiscal year 2009 nine federal agencies spent … Read more about Help Wanted: How Federal Job Training Programs are Failing Workers
DOE OIG: Improvements Needed in the Department’s Emergency Preparedness and Continuity of Operations Planning
The Department of Energy's diverse mission is directly related to helping resolve many of the energy, environmental, and nuclear security challenges that face the Nation. As a consequence, the Department's operations involve dangerous substances such as nuclear and hazardous … Read more about DOE OIG: Improvements Needed in the Department’s Emergency Preparedness and Continuity of Operations Planning
Wastebook 2010: A Guide to Some of the Most Wasteful Government Spending of 2010
Senator Coburn released a new oversight report, “Wastebook 2010” that highlights some of the most egregious examples of government waste in 2010. … Read more about Wastebook 2010: A Guide to Some of the Most Wasteful Government Spending of 2010
Federal Programs to Die For: American Tax Dollars Sent Six Feet Under
Senator Coburn released an oversight report that exposes more than $1 billion that has been sent to the deceased in the past decade. Washington paid for dead people’s prescriptions and wheelchairs, subsidized their farms, helped pay their rent, and even chipped in for their heating and air … Read more about Federal Programs to Die For: American Tax Dollars Sent Six Feet Under
Party at the D.O.J.
Dr. Coburn has released a new oversight report “Party at the DOJ” that describes how DOJ is wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on recreational activities that are undermining DOJ’s core mission to enforce the law, prevent crime and administer justice. … Read more about Party at the D.O.J.
Washed Out to Sea – How Congress Prioritizes Beach Pork Over National Needs
It is no day at the beach for American taxpayers when billions of dollars worth of sand projects go out with the tide. Yet, in his oversight report “Washed Out to Sea, How Congress Prioritizes Beach Pork Over National Needs,” Senator Tom Coburn details just how beachfront communities, D.C. … Read more about Washed Out to Sea – How Congress Prioritizes Beach Pork Over National Needs