Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. CCAGW Launches New Initiative to Expose CMMI Failures and Protect Patients On September 16, 2025, the […]
The deployment of broadband to connect businesses and families to the internet requires every level of government to avoid imposing burdensome rules and regulations that impede that process. Ensuring that projects move forward expeditiously is critical as the $42.45 billion Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding will be released to the states from the […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. CBO Confirms That 340B Drives Up Costs for Taxpayers A September 9, 2025, Congressional Budget Office […]
The anniversary of September 11, 2001, is always difficult for the millions of Americans who lived in New York and Washington, D.C. and saw the terrorist attacks firsthand, and everyone else who watched the attacks and heard about the crash of the fourth plane in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Thousands of first responders were involved in the […]
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has confirmed what the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) has long been saying about the 340B drug discount program. The September 9, 2025, CBO report noted that 340B has grown substantially and increases costs for taxpayers. The CBO report also underscores several reasons why reforms to the 340B […]
President Donald Trump sent a letter to the House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on August 28, 2025, notifying Congress that he rescinded $4.9 billion in foreign aid and international organizations funding. This was the President’s fist use of a “pocket rescission,” which Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) praised as an effective tool to save taxpayer […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. President Trump cuts spending with a pocket rescission As part of his ongoing efforts to reduce […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. CAGW Names Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) August 2025 Porker of the Month CAGW named Sen. Susan […]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) deadline for final proposals for the $42.45 billion in Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) is September 3, 2025. Funding is supposed to be distributed by December 31, 2025. Like other broadband programs, BEAD projects must go through a state and local permitting process, which should expedite rather […]
Improper payments have long been an avoidable drain on the federal budget and are often prominently featured as an example of wasteful spending. It is therefore not surprising that in the August 12, 2025, Government Accountability Office (GAO) updated report on open recommendations to improve government operations, reducing fraud and improper payments was first on […]
