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CAGW | July 30, 2011
$17 Billion Swindle Undercuts Claims of Fiscal Responsibility
As President Obama’s failing economic policies force more and more Americans into accepting unemployment benefits, fraud and overpayments in unemployment disbursements have become disturbingly common, notes CAGW Intern Christopher Ryan. USA Today observed on July 3 that fraudulent unemployment disbursements totaled $17 billion in 2010, more than double the $7.1 billion in unemployment overpayments in 2009. The $17 billion swindle in 2010 is particularly disheartening because it came after President Obama’s November, 2009 executive order to curtail waste, fraud, and abuse. Though no further evidence is required to show that the President’s 2009 order was ineffective, the fact that he felt it necessary to issue another executive order to cut waste just last month underscores how impotent the Obama Administration’s efforts to address government waste have been, concludes Ryan. Read more about the $17 billion in unemployment overpayments.
Homeland Security to Spend $300 Million on Dubious Technology
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is showing a shocking lack of fiscal responsibility and disregard for taxpayers in planning to spend $300 million on problematic radiation detection equipment, opines CAGW Intern Jacqueline Carlton. The radiation equipment in question is the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP), a machine created to prevent a possible nuclear attack by detecting radiological materials in cargo containers. Current radiation detection machines are limited in their ability to distinguish between harmless and dangerous radiological materials, and DHS is developing the ASP program to improve detection. However, a report released by the Government Accountability Office in March, 2011 found that DHS had not provided evidence that ASP machines are as effective as current machines. Congress has also found no proof that ASP machines have enhanced capability in detecting dangerous radiological materials. Responding to doubts about the program, DHS officials announced plans to downsize the ASP project in February, 2010. However, The Washington Post reported on July 14 that DHS officials are now planning to use the machines as secondary screening equipment and “between 300 and 400 ASP systems are required to complete the currently planned build-out.” Read more about DHS’s plans to continue spending taxpayer money on unproven technology.
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