Archive for October, 2006

Government is like a retarded giant

Friday, October 20th, 2006
Many Americans have too much faith in government and in laws. Government is like a retarded giant -­ very powerful but stupid. Almost nothing government tries to do succeeds. Just looking back at the past few
decades, it has ­- despite enormous expenditures -­ failed to find a cure for cancer, failed to stop illegal drugs, failed to stop illegal immigrants, failed to protect the American people from terrorists, failed to improve public
education, failed to keep up with repairing the infrastructure, failed to eliminate the deficit, failed to eliminate the trade deficits, failed to curb inflation, etc., etc., and so forth.
Read the entire article written by syndicated columnist Charlie Reese.

Advocacy group puts federal spending search tool online

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

By Jenny Mandel
Tuesday marked the launch of a new federal spending search Web site, designed to provide simple, one-stop visibility into most contracts and grants issued by federal agencies.

The search tool, located at file://www.FedSpending.org/, was built by advocacy group OMB Watch in about six months for a price tag of just under $200,000, according to the group. It includes many of the functionalities that Congress ordered the federal government to develop under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, which President Bush signed into law last month.

“When you buy something at the store, you get a receipt,” said OMB Watch director Gary Bass. “FedSpending.org is that receipt for government spending — we can examine it and see just what kind of deal we’re getting.”

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35242&dcn=e_gvet
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