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Author Archives: Laurel Adams

Posted inAccountability

Five federal programs lead list of improper grant payments

by Laurel Adams June 24, 2011January 7, 2022

GAO: Worst of the worst federal programs By Aaron Mehta February 16, 2011 Over the past 20 years, federal grants to state and local governments have increased by $465 billion, close to one-fifth of the federal budget. The Government Accountability Office has repeatedly found weaknesses in management of federal grants, placing billions of taxpayer dollars […]

Posted inEnvironment

Government-subsidized flood insurance premiums are about half of full-risk price

by Laurel Adams June 23, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

Pentagon spends billions on incentive pay but doesn’t measure what works

by Laurel Adams June 22, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

Pentagon needs to address potential cyber attacks on high-tech systems

by Laurel Adams June 21, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

As tornado costs rise, Congress might finally pony up some money to look at ways to limit damages

by Laurel Adams June 20, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Requiring federal contractors to disclose political donations could raise legal challenges

by Laurel Adams June 17, 2011January 28, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Rail systems complain about lack of access to TSA anti-terrorism information

by Laurel Adams June 15, 2011January 28, 2022
Posted inAccountability

IRS in the dark about number of tax shelters and avoidance schemes

by Laurel Adams June 14, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

EPA wants to limit pollution from tall smokestacks

by Laurel Adams June 13, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

Feds have done little to contain genetically modified animals and plants

by Laurel Adams June 10, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

US doesn’t vet Afghan contractors well enough to ensure money doesn’t fall into terrorist hands

by Laurel Adams June 9, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Support for Navy’s $440 million shallow water combat ship is slowly sinking

by Laurel Adams June 8, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Army, Marines aren’t reporting military readiness details on the same basis

by Laurel Adams June 7, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

Social Security Administration “Ticket to Work” program costs tripled from 2007 to 2010

by Laurel Adams June 6, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inNational Security, War in Afghanistan and Iraq

GAO says Congress is in the dark about anti-terrorism efforts across government

by Laurel Adams June 3, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inDisaster in the Gulf, Environment, Pollution

Interior Department still struggling to collect oil and gas revenues in aftermath of Gulf spill

by Laurel Adams June 2, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

DOE pension obligation to contractors has more than doubled

by Laurel Adams June 1, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Pentagon’s space surveillance is overwhelmed despite spending billions to upgrade the system

by Laurel Adams May 31, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

$1 billion for anti-narco programs, and no central database to track it

by Laurel Adams May 27, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Military transformation in Korea, Japan and Guam will cost tens of billions

by Laurel Adams May 26, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability, Global Muckraking

What’s the US-Panama free trade agreement mean? Almost nothing, CRS says

by Laurel Adams May 25, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

GAO says at least 3,700 stimulus recipients are delinquent on taxes

by Laurel Adams May 24, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

Contractor can’t account for $9.8 million in project to aid Iraqi farmers

by Laurel Adams May 23, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

80 economic development programs in four agencies; why?

by Laurel Adams May 20, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

IRS isn’t catching fraudulent and excessive home energy credits

by Laurel Adams May 19, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

FDA screening of fish imports not catching antibiotics and drug residue

by Laurel Adams May 18, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inAccountability

Few options for Obama administration in Syria

by Laurel Adams May 17, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

State Department will inherit reconstruction duties in Iraq when troops leave

by Laurel Adams May 16, 2011January 28, 2022
Posted inAccountability

U.S. food aid must boost nutrition for long-term recipients, adopt sturdier packaging

by Laurel Adams May 13, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inHealth

Emergency room visits up 11 percent in last decade; health care reform could drive numbers higher

by Laurel Adams May 12, 2011January 28, 2022

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