Examining allegations of alcohol and drug abuse against Alexander Eastman, M.D., CMO of Customs and Border Protection and the highest-paid employee of Homeland Security.
Alejandro Mayorkas, head of Homeland Security, provided employees with over six weeks of paid time off, costing taxpayers $3 billion during his tenure. With generous administrative...
The government continues to print the Congressional Record despite its online availability, wasting $28 million in 2010 to produce copies that mostly ended up in the...
In November, OpenTheBooks audits improper payments reported on PaymentAccuracy.gov, revealing Congressional staff's lack of awareness about the site. Since 2004, $3.4 trillion has been lost to...
Senator Elizabeth Warren actually shared ideas with DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) on how to achieve its stated goal.
A government contractor hired employees from its parent companies, paid exorbitant salaries, and charged the government for moving expenses.
The Department of Education had a reputation as a waste of money fifteen years ago, when Tom Coburn exposed two particularly bad programs.
New York City homeless shelters pay some of their executives up to a million dollars a year at taxpayer expense.
The DoD (Department of Defense) normally binge spends in September (Fiscal Year End), but September 2024 was their worst performance.
Even before the wildfires, the overpaying of public servants in Los Angeles was a scandal by any definition.