The non-partisan US Inspectors General have recommended spending reforms to Executive branch agencies that would reduce waste, fraud, and abuse. The House Oversight committee has jurisdiction over the IG’s and on March 5, released a report relating to the issue, going back to 2001.
There are now close to 17,000 unimplemented recommendations, over 6000 of them added since 2009. The minimum savings if implemented is estimated at $67 billion. Sequester anyone?
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View all postsSteve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, an award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance and the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, and more (yes, there's more) at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, the Republican Volunteer Coalition, and has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.