From Personal Liberty Digest:
Coburn Exposes War On Government Accountability Office
November 18, 2011 by Personal Liberty News Desk
Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a report “Shooting the Messenger: Congress Targets the Taxpayers’ Watchdog” that outlined how the House was cutting resources to its own investigative agency, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), according to a release from his office.
“Just this year GAO identified hundreds of billions of dollars of duplicative and overlapping programs that, if addressed by Congress, could both save money and improve services for taxpayers,” the Senator said in his report. “For every $1 spent on GAO, the agency provides $90 in savings recommendations.”
Coburn went on to note that in difficult economic times it is imperative that agencies like the GAO be examined thoroughly and aren’t stricken with significant budget cuts.
“If the mission of GAO is compromised by excessive cuts, where else can Congress turn to find unbiased data to improve programs and save money?” Coburn asked in his report.
The Washington Post reported Coburn’s office alleged that while the Federal budget increased 100 percent between 1992 and 2007, the GAO budget was cut by more than 20 percent.
Coburn Exposes War On Government Accountability Office
November 18, 2011 by Personal Liberty News Desk
Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a report “Shooting the Messenger: Congress Targets the Taxpayers’ Watchdog” that outlined how the House was cutting resources to its own investigative agency, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), according to a release from his office.
“Just this year GAO identified hundreds of billions of dollars of duplicative and overlapping programs that, if addressed by Congress, could both save money and improve services for taxpayers,” the Senator said in his report. “For every $1 spent on GAO, the agency provides $90 in savings recommendations.”
Coburn went on to note that in difficult economic times it is imperative that agencies like the GAO be examined thoroughly and aren’t stricken with significant budget cuts.
“If the mission of GAO is compromised by excessive cuts, where else can Congress turn to find unbiased data to improve programs and save money?” Coburn asked in his report.
The Washington Post reported Coburn’s office alleged that while the Federal budget increased 100 percent between 1992 and 2007, the GAO budget was cut by more than 20 percent.
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