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TCS on Gates Defense Reforms: One Small Step Forward

August 10, 2010 | Our Take | National Security

Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ new belt-tightening initiatives at the Department of Defense are a positive step forward. But much more... Read More

FutureGen: Massive Clean Coal Project Changes Track, Still Securing $1 Billion Earmarked in the Stimulus

August 04, 2010 | Our Take | Earmarks & Appropriations , Energy

Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the plan to build “FutureGen” a massive commercial “clean coal” facility in Mattoon,... Read More

House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Mark-Up Delayed

June 23, 2010 | Our Take | Energy

Today the House Committee on Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee was scheduled to hold the first mark-up on a Fiscal Year... Read More

Faulty Virtual Fence Could Cost Taxpayers $8 Billion

June 20, 2010 | Event Summary | National Security

A recent hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee on SBInet, Boeing’s borderland “virtual fence” that has failed to function... Read More

New Report Urges Pentagon Role in Deficit Reduction

June 10, 2010 | National Security

Today, the Sustainable Defense Task Force held a press conference at the Capitol Visitors Center releasing a report identifying roughly $1 trillion in Pentagon budget savings over the next ten years. ... Read More

TCS President Ryan Alexander Op-Ed: Why two jets are not better than one (Politico)

May 25, 2010 | Our Take | National Security

 Today, President Ryan Alexander issued an Op-Ed to Politico.com regarding the recent $485 million alternate engine addition by the House... Read More

DOD Audit Still Nowhere in Sight

May 09, 2010 | Our Take | National Security

The Defense Department yesterday turned over to Congress an update on its attempts to pass an audit. Though Congress mandated audits back... Read More

Taxpayers Must Not Carry Water for Bad Projects: Comments on the Draft Principles and Standards for Water Resource Projects

April 14, 2010 | Letters & Testimony | Budget & Tax , Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Federal Register concerning revisions to how the nation's water resources are... Read More

TCS Supports New OMB Contracting Guidance

March 31, 2010 | Statements | National Security

The White House took an important step this week toward rolling back one of the most pernicious pieces of contracting law on the federal... Read More

Gates: Defense Cuts Saved Taxpayers $330 Billion

March 23, 2010 | Our Take | National Security

Eliminating wasteful defense programs like the F-22 Raptor last year saved taxpayers $330 billion, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More