Posted on February 20th, 2013 by Deborah Collier
The 911 system is a valuable emergency communications tool available nationwide, and supported, in part, through fees typically designated as either 911 funds or enhanced 911 (E-911) fees. Those fees are deposited into funds that are supposed to be set aside for improvements to the 911 emergency calling systems for both wireline and wireless devices [...]
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Posted on July 6th, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
One month removed from proposing a ban on sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared in promotion of the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Bloomberg delivered pun-heavy remarks at the weigh-in for the contest, stopping midway to question his speechwriters, asking “who writes this sh**?” The mayor was [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2012 by Deborah Collier
Over the past few years, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has been tracking cloud computing initiatives at the federal, state and local level, including the decision of the states of Utah and Colorado to purchase cloud computing tools. This past year, CAGW published two issue briefs (Cloud Computing 101: a Brief Introduction, and Cloud Computing 201: Guidelines [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2011 by Deborah Collier
A December 9, 2011 article in Government Computer News highlighted the recommendations of a recent report published by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). This third report in NASCIO’s cloud computing series provides guidance to state agencies on mitigating risk, data security, and jurisdictional issues associated with the use of cloud computing tools. According [...]
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Posted on August 18th, 2011 by Deborah Collier
Several states believe their tax revenues are being “short-changed” by the American public, and they want Congress to do something about it. Just before the House and Senate left for the August recess, Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich.) each introduced the “Main Street Fairness Act.” This legislation is anything but fair [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2011 by Luke Gelber
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) – Yesterday, January 26, 2011, at the New Mexico State Capitol Building, the Rio Grande Foundation (RGF), in collaboration with the nation’s premiere national taxpayer watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), released the 2011 New Mexico Piglet: The Book Santa Fe Doesn’t Want You to Read. This exposé follows the [...]
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Posted on October 4th, 2010 by Leslie Paige
This should be the question on taxpayers’ minds when an October 4, 2010 article in The Los Angeles Times reported that $69 million of California welfare money was spent out of the state and on things other than basic necessities. Welfare is a government program meant to provide necessities to the poor. But, when millions [...]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by Leslie Paige
This is the question on taxpayers’ minds as the nation’s most expensive school prepares to open next month. An August 22, 2010 Associated Press article about the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools said the following: “With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation’s most expensive public school [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2010 by Leslie Paige
Today’s WSJ delves into the divide between the level of benefits for public sector workers and their private sector counterparts, adding to that sinking feeling that the “haves” in this country are those living larg(er) off the dwindling revenues generated by beleaguered taxpayers . The time is rapidly approaching when adjustments will have to be made to [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2010 by Leslie Paige
Ths list of ridiculous stimulus expenditures goes on and on. In my inbox today arrived another peek at the failure of ARRA, curtesy of the GAO: stim funds were used by one school district, Winston/Salem/Forsythe County (North Carolina) to take kids to water parks and to see the movie Ice Age. The GAO reviewed a sampling of purchases and [...]
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