A statement just released by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), whose Senate Armed Services Committee discovered widespread fraud in Blackwater’s previous Afghanistan contract, reacting to the news that the Government Accountability Office has, for the moment, scotched a bid for training Afghan police that could have gone to the More…
On Monday, The New York Times ran a damning story detailing how the nation’s drug makers are hiking their prices ahead of the reform laws winding their way through Congress. The very next day, some powerful House Democrats called for a closer look, asking the Government Accountability Office More…
Despite a 53 percent in food aid funding over the last two years, the amount of food delivered to address emergencies abroad fell 5 percent over the same span, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office reported Wednesday. GAO is citing as a culprit a U.S. law requiring that almost More…
Just in time to throw another twist into the health reform debate, the Government Accountability Office reported today that Medicaid is paying to fill prescriptions for the dead.
After studying Medicaid claims in five states — California, New York, North Carolina, Illinois and Texas — GAO found more than 1,800 More…
Medicare is often described as a fee-for-service program, meaning exactly what it sounds like: physicians and hospitals bill the government for each individual service they provide to Medicare beneficiaries, and Washington writes them a check in return. The more services rendered, the more providers are paid — a system that’s More…
Another day, another damning federal report regarding the ease with which potential criminals can purchase guns in America.
Just days after issuing findings that thousands of guns are being funneled illegally into Mexico, the Government Accountability Office reported that, in the last five years, folks known to be on More…
Last week’s Government Accountability Office report on the trafficking of U.S. guns to Mexico has inspired quite a backlash from gun enthusiasts who contend it’s “being deliberately misinterpreted by gun prohibitionists to push a gun ban agenda,” according to one voice representative of the outcry.
The report found More…
It can’t explain every aspect of Taliban resilience, of course — insurgencies survive on passive or active popular support, whether freely given or coerced — but C.J. Chivers of The New York Times notices something troubling:
Of 30 rifle magazines recently taken from insurgents’ corpses, at least 17 contained
Apparently not convinced that the Wall Street bailout law goes far enough to ensure the money is well spent, Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), both leaders on the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation today that would force companies accepting taxpayer money under the Troubled Assets Relief Program More…
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The Government Accountability Office released a report today indicating that 83 of the 100 largest U.S. corporations — including many that are benefiting from Washington’s many taxpayer-funded bailouts — operate subsidiaries in countries known to be tax havens. Additionally, More…
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