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Should VA keep spending leftover COVID funds or give them back?
When the national COVID-19 emergency ended earlier this month, about $2.1 billion in extra money for veterans support remained unused.
VA office charged with protecting whistleblowers hurts them instead, investigators say
The VA inspector general found widespread concerns with the two-year-old office, and multiple practices that would discourage employees from reporting wrongdoing.
The Pentagon’s lobster dinner bill: Government waste or good food?
The military's top finance official refuted reports that the Pentagon wasted millions on lavish food spending at the end of last fiscal year.
Smith: Trim budget fat in America’s nuclear triad
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith says he's open to cutting back quantities of nuclear arms instead of one leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.
By Joe Gould
Warren, a critic of Pentagon bloat and nukes, heads to 2020 presidential run
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, an advocate of reining in America’s military budget and commitments around the globe, has taken the first major step toward launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon’s big audit will inspect for cybersecurity flaws, comptroller says
"We need to talk," Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist told government contractors with weak cybersecurity.
By Joe Gould
Air Force puts the kibosh on the $1,300 coffee cup
The Air Force has temporarily halted purchases of the controversial $1,280 “hot cup” used to warm liquids on cargo and other aircraft amid a growing controversy over their price.
Battle over Air Force’s $1,300 coffee cups heats up
The Air Force, under fire for throwing down $1,280 apiece to replace in-flight reheating cups after their handles break, will use 3-D printing to fix the cups for just 50 cents. But Sen. Chuck Grassley wonders why these pricey cups are necessary.
GAO to DoD: Fix ‘Fourth Estate’ inefficiencies
The Government Accountability Office is telling the Defense Department to better police inefficiencies in its 19 agencies and 8 field activities—collectively known as the “Fourth Estate.”
By Joe Gould
Defense contractor indicted for fraud, might be hiding in Turkey
BMM fraudulently acquired 346 contracts from the Pentagon to manufacture military parts, including parts for torpedoes for the U.S. Navy, bomb ejector racks and armament utilized in U.S. Air Force aircraft and firearms and mine clearance systems used by U.S. military personnel abroad, according to federal prosecutors.
Senators order Pentagon, agencies to curb year-end spending sprees
For federal agencies use-it-or-lose-it spending can lead to waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars. Four lawmakers the government to say what it is doing to avoid that this year.
By Joe Gould