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Bailout Bank Bio: Goldman Sachs

November 07, 2008 | Budget & Tax

On October 28, 2008, Goldman Sachs received $10 billion of the first $125 billion from the $700 billion bailout bill. Goldman Sachs is a... Read More

Defense Spending: Change or More of the Same?

November 07, 2008 | National Security

President-elect Barack Obama’s new transition web site is pledging to review every major defense program for possible cuts, and... Read More

Cost of War Reports

August 30, 2008 | National Security

Below are links to the monthly “Supplemental and Cost of War Execution Reports” compiled by the Defense Accounting Finance Service, DOD’s... Read More

DOD: $13b to Contractors in Afghanistan

August 20, 2008 | National Security

The Department of Defense paid contractors $13 billion for operations in Afghanistan between 2003 and 2007, according to documents... Read More

CBO Lowballs Estimate of Iraq Contracts

August 13, 2008 | National Security

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) got a lot of jaws dropping this week with a report estimating the U.S. has spent $85 billion on... Read More

$35 Million in Undisclosed Earmarks in Senate State and Foreign Operations Bill

August 08, 2008 | Earmarks & Appropriations

The 2009 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill contains 7 earmarks worth $35.4 million dollars (click here... Read More

GAO: Defense Contract Audit Agency Bends to Contractor Pressure

July 22, 2008 | National Security

TCS followers know we have argued for increased oversight of defense spending, particularly spending on contracts. The federal... Read More

Final Days of Don Young’s Way?

With board members jumping ship, the governor asking tough questions, and the cost estimate ballooning, the logical conclusion is that... Read More

Senate Cuts Transportation Earmarks

The FY09 Senate appropriations bill providing money for transportation and Housing and Urban Development projects contains 609 earmarks... Read More

Golden Fleece Award

From surfing subsidies to the Great Wall of Bedford, Indiana, Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire’s Golden Fleece Award protected... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More