Tag: Follow the Money

More than 85 percent of those people were identified in a 2008 Social Security Administration IG audit. (iStock Photo)

Social Security underpays beneficiaries by $500 million since 2008

Ethan Barton · January 2, 2015 10:16 pm

Staff expected to work in the rain asked for taxpayers to buy them umbrellas. The GAO said no. (iStock)

Federal employees ask taxpayers to buy them personal items

Sarah Bedford · December 31, 2014 9:16 pm

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State Department offers huge travel allowances for government employees

Sarah Bedford · December 31, 2014 8:04 pm

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Tax and fraud schemes lead to $130 million restitution

Ethan Barton · December 31, 2014 7:04 pm

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States make feds pick up the tab for minor snowstorms

Luke Rosiak · December 31, 2014 5:42 pm

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Got a question for the IRS? It will cost you $42, and 20 minutes on hold

Luke Rosiak · December 29, 2014 7:40 pm

Here’s how inspectors found $43b Washington could save

Here’s how inspectors found $43b Washington could save

Ethan Barton · December 29, 2014 10:00 am

U.S. agencies ignore thousands of suggestions to cut waste, stop fraud

U.S. agencies ignore thousands of suggestions to cut waste, stop fraud

Luke Rosiak · December 28, 2014 10:00 am

Passengers leave the baggage area at Midway International Airport in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Restrictions deter airport privatization

Ethan Barton · December 26, 2014 8:30 pm

Artwork saying "welfare." (iStock Photo)

Welfare-to-work programs might not be increasing employment among the poor

Sarah Bedford · December 23, 2014 8:44 pm

Crew members stand on the flight deck of Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington whilst at anchor in Busan port on July 11, 2014 in Busan, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty images)

Congress, Obama hand Pentagon billions for unwanted military spending programs

Mark Tapscott · December 21, 2014 10:00 am

As of January, 21 of the Sunlight Foundation's "Fixed Fortunes" 200 companies have already made donations to both Democratic and Republican party committees. (iStock Photo)

Overtime abuses in Homeland Security cost taxpayers more than $500 million

Ethan Barton · December 20, 2014 7:00 pm