GAO High-Risk List Includes Postal Service Financial Woes and Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
Every two years, the Government Accountability Office issues a report on “high-risk” programs and operations in government that have “vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, or that need transformation.”…
The Costly Transition to Electric Vehicles
The drumbeat behind electric cars (EVs) grows louder every day. And while such vehicles may be ideal for some people right now, it may be years – even decades —…
Biden’s Sales Job Can’t Obscure Government Failures
While President Joe Biden is busy trying to sell the public on the idea that government can deliver for them, a more candid view of what government offers comes from…
State and Local Aid Will be a Windfall for Government, and a Potentially Massive Tax Hit for Business
The nonpartisan Tax Foundation provides more insight into the $350 billion in aid to state and local governments embedded in the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan.” The major takeaway: the…
Winter Exposes the Cracks in the Nation’s Energy System
The massive cold wave that rolled over the nation’s heartland did more than leave millions shivering in the dark. It also exposed a critical problem with our electric power grid. …
When Bureaucratic Methods Collide With Virus Reality
Stories about coronavirus vaccine shortages, logistical failures, and government bungling are cropping up across the country. But one incident out of Georgia shows what happens when all three circumstances collide….
New York A.G. Report on Nursing Home Deaths Tarnishes Cuomo’s Leadership Tale
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has used the coronavirus pandemic to reinvent himself as a bold, truth-talking leader who is willing to make the hard decision necessary to save lives….
Governments Reluctant to Measure Vaccine Waste
Problems with the supply and distribution of coronavirus vaccines continue to mount, but so, too, do questions about how many doses are going to waste – either through spoilage or…
Private Sector Stepping in to Fix Government-Created Vaccine Distribution Mess
The ongoing and potentially dangerous government failure to deliver coronavirus vaccines effectively – never mind efficiently – is generating two, natural responses. The first: black markets, where vaccines go to…
Time to Rip Up the Bureaucratic Script on Vaccines
The record-setting effort that has so far produced two highly effective coronavirus vaccines is running up against an even more powerful foe: bureaucracy. And the bureaucratic fumbles, red tape and…