ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: The Obama administration Tuesday vowed to crack down on government waste after announcing that last year the government made almost $100 billion in improper payments to individuals, organizations, and contractors. Every year, federal agencies make...

... problems is a joke. But that doesn't justify waste through improper government payments, which is a serious and remediable problem that cost the ... implement a process to correct identified problems. Government Executive.com's Elizabeth Newell reports ... improper payment rates above, courtesy of this PDF from Government Executive.com, it's clear that some of the cabinet and non-cabinet ...

Senartor Kay Bailey Hutchinson Citizens Against Government Waste makes the case succinctly and with humor. “Sen. Hutchison is repeating the same old insidious quackery about the earmarking process: that it can be made accountable and that it somehow levels the spending playing field,” said CAGW President Tom Schatz. “The only ...

Improper payments by the U.S. government to people, firms and contractors rose sharply to $98 billion in fiscal 2009 and President Barack Obama plans new rules to clamp down, the White House said Tuesday. Over half the mistakes were made in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and although some of the deterioration reflected stricter measurement, it also showed the need for healthcare reform, ...

... himself expanding federal spending at a record pace, government waste has managed to grow even faster. Apparently the ... attention to who's getting the boodle and why. Last month, the federal government admitted that at least 5 percent of all federal spending - ... House assurances that a little policy tinkering will improve government comes as Democrats ramp up for the final push to try to pass ...

... quot;You hear a lot of talk about waste, fraud and abuse in government, and how eliminating it might solve our fiscal ... problems is a joke. But that doesn't justify waste through improper government payments, which is a serious and remediable problem that cost ... 0%) programs. This is an unacceptable level of fraud and waste in programs that are often unable to fully serve the needs of populations ...

... $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax ... fiscal year 2009 was improper, according to new details of a government financial report that were released Tuesday. Saying the overall error ... executive order within the next week aimed at cracking down on government waste and fraud, particularly in Medicare and other benefit programs ...

... . In this case, it’s not government waste but records about industrial waste. Records on waste issues at Bethlehem Steel also appear to be missing. When the Post-Tribune visited IDEM’ ... worker and member of Save the Dunes Council. “It used to be anything to do with waste was never supposed to be purged. There used to be heaps of files. You’d spend a ...

... . Our elected officials are more intent on spending new money that they don't have, rather than policing the waste that is currently going on... At TwinCities.com, Brian Riedl writes this and provides a big list:"To get a handle ... funds. They could at least build budgetary credibility with the American people by cutting indefensible government waste, such as the following examples: "

... recession, explained a big part of the jump in government waste." Billions of dollars have gone missing ... controls, this is likely to become the standard pattern of practice. "The government made improper payments of $72 billion ... quot; Senator Carper is a schmuck if he thinks that the government has ever been run like a business -- especially with the constant meddling and interference ...

... wages from you. Their pay is funded through your tax dollars. For government employee union members to get more, your taxes need to go up. So that is what unions ... employee union. For the sake of perspective, it should be noted that government employees traditionally were not subject to unions. It wasn’ ... economy, falling tax receipts, and wild government waste. Eliminating public employee unions ...

... affordable. Orszag stressed that tougher measurement, as well as higher government spending due to the recession, explained a big part of the jump in government waste. The government made improper payments of $72 billion ... these results would be completely unacceptable in the private sector, as they should be in government, especially at a time of record deficits," said Democratic Senator ...

... affordable. Orszag stressed that tougher measurement, as well as higher government spending due to the recession, explained a big part of the jump in government waste. The government made improper payments of $72 billion ... these results would be completely unacceptable in the private sector, as they should be in government, especially at a time of record deficits,” said Democratic Senator ...

... the Dems are again offering the same argument in favor of the Obamacare government takeover of the health insurance market. Let's ... a 2.2% profit. Now how much money does the federal government waste in fraud and abuse? According to the Obama Administration' ... 0 billion, or 1.2 percent. And how much fraud and abuse goes on in government health insurance. Why its is the most inefficient part ...

... not agree with him more. Well maybe I could. First off, maybe he is part of the problem since he knows what is going on but has obviously not done anything to stop it. Second, eliminating waste should also benefit average taxpayers by relieving their tax ... class has been asleep at the wheel and has allowed the government they are supposed to run to just waste away tremendous amounts of the nation&# ...