Comments on: Whistleblowers Vulnerable in Stimulus

By: Final version of hyped “change” contractor transparency bill removes pretty much all transparency « A War of Illusions

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:25:47 +0000

[...] in Iraq, for example, where House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, among others, found egregious examples of waste, fraud and abuse in [...]

By: James Walker

James Walker — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:31:29 +0000

Why not utilize retired folks who would love to have something to do and who have the expertise to visit a work site that they have had decades of hands on experience and report any items they ascertain to be shoddy or wasteful.they may work for just expenses.NO TRAINING NEEDED unless it's how to look the other way.of course they would have to have some form of protection,a bono fide title with the authority to report findings.just walking around will make a crook nervous.
James

By: James Walker

James Walker — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:31:29 +0000

By: Sally Hopkins

Sally Hopkins — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:37:33 +0000

Well written and timely as usual Daphne. Now how about addressing the question of whether all of this government interference in the economy is going to be effective or should be undertaken at all..

By: Grievance

Grievance — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:07:33 +0000

Exhausting.

By: ltamir

ltamir — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:58:27 +0000

With the significant no. of highly educated people being laid off every day it should be relatively easier to train and hire good supervisers of these projects. The protection of whistle blower and facilitation of their reporting task is essential for safegarding tax payers money and ensuring that these expensive programs are successful! It should be a high priority for the Obama government

By: Economic Stimulus Bill to hit $1 Trillion? | THE WEEKLY POINT

Economic Stimulus Bill to hit $1 Trillion? | THE WEEKLY POINT — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:43:05 +0000

[...] Whistleblowers Vulnerable in Stimulus at washingtonindependent.com by Daphne Eviatar. [...]

By: Jan Post

Jan Post — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:44:25 +0000

It seems that KB and previous governmental contractors need investigation similtaniously, it does no good to say the costs committed by past examples unless proof of correcting a past mistake takes place. I find it irronic of one political party which supported “thieve” contractors during the Bush Administration having so far gotten away with such abuses. I believe the first action needed is to put those companies on trial for abuse of thier contracts. Today the Republican party is more watchdog is needed but havent addressed the abuse committed by the previous administration. Without this occuring, no example is being show to the american people, so lets investigate and prosecute Cheneys as contractor abuse first and formost and contractors such who have already committed such abuse and let it be an example of “contractor beware”.

By: Matthew Yglesias » Worker Abuse and the Stimulus

Matthew Yglesias » Worker Abuse and the Stimulus — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:12:44 +0000

[...] Eviatar catches something important missing from the stimulus. While most of the debate over the proposed stimulus [...]