waste and fraud

Cyber Fraud Rings in China, Other US Adversaries Stole Billions in Pandemic Relief Funds, Congress Hears

Using digital tools, Internet crooks here and abroad are ripping off taxpayers for hundreds of billions of dollars in federal benefit programs.

October 19, 2023BY Mark Tapscott
Senate Appropriations GOPers Lead Congressional Return to Pork Barrel Earmarks

Nine of the 16 Senate Republicans who received earmarks in 2022 are members of the upper chamber's Appropriations ...

April 12, 2022BY Mark Tapscott
Congress Falls Off Wagon, Leaps Back Into Pork Barrel With $9.6 Billion in New Earmarks

News Analysis The late Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) earned his "Dr. No" nickname in the U.S. Senate with ...

April 11, 2022BY Mark Tapscott
Oversight Watchdog Wants to Know Why 2 Intelligence Community IGs Were Overpaid

Presidentially appointed inspectors general (IG) at two key intelligence community agencies were collectively overpaid more than $168,000 between ...

April 4, 2022BY Mark Tapscott
Sen. Paul Says Federal Officials Wasted $4.7 Million Studying Link Between Booze, ER Visits

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Nov. 25 issued a special fall edition of his annual report on waste ...

November 25, 2019BY Mark Tapscott