Posted on May 24th, 2012 by Tom Schatz
Marc Theissen’s op-ed in today’s Washington Post is a great addition to the growing response to President Obama’s attacks on Bain Capital. He makes the case in a clear, concise and factual manner. The title of Marc’s op-ed is a perfect description of its contents: “Forget Bain — Obama’s public-equity record is the real scandal.” He describes outlandish [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2012 by PJ Austin
Introduction A culture of inefficient government spending is endemic in Washington, D.C. However, such behavior is particularly frustrating for taxpayers when the rare example of spending less money produces an unsatisfactory outcome. This is unfortunately how the funding structure for Senate office expenses is designed. Due to a perverse system of incentives, senators who do [...]
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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 May 18th, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
The House of Representatives voted yesterday to strip funding for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), a missile defense program that has come under intense scrutiny in recent years. Though MEADS was not included in the National Defense Authorization Act pushed through by the House Armed Services Committee, there was some conjecture it could [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2012 by Luke Gelber
Last Wednesday, CCAGW issued a press release blasting Proposition 29, a ballot initiative in California’s primary election that would place a $1 levy on packs of cigarettes. Among the reasons for CAGW’s opposition was the almost unbelievable requirement that none of the revenue generated by Prop 29 go toward reducing California’s massive budget deficit. At [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2012 by Deborah Collier
On May 7, 2012 the Senate confirmed the nomination of confirmation of Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel as the newest commissioners to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC has been operating with one vacancy since June 2011 and two since the beginning of 2012. Mr. Pai fills the vacancy left by the departure Meredith [...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2012 by PJ Austin
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its jobs report for the month of April, and the results weren’t pretty. The economy created a disappointing 115,000 jobs during the month, falling far below the 170,000 figure that Wall Street economists were predicting. The service sector accounted for the majority of the growth, while manufacturing [...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
In an effort to reduce costs in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, the Department of Defense (DOD) has pressured prime contractor Lockheed Martin to reduce pension costs of its workers. In recent weeks, the defense contractor has gone after defined benefits plans for new hires, which led unionized employees in the Fort Worth [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
The current economic climate, record national debt, and automatic cuts to the Department of Defense (DOD) posed by sequestration have placed defense spending on the political front burner. Leaders in Washington, even inside the Pentagon, have stated publicly the dangers of continued deficit spending. On August 26, 2010, Admiral Mike Mullen, then-Chairman of the Joint [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
The following Wastewatcher was composed by Luke Gelber One does not need to be an accountant to recognize that the United States Postal Service (USPS), which lost $8.5 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2010, $5.1 billion in FY 2011, and is on pace to lose another $11 billion in FY 2012, is in dire straits. [...]
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