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Get on the Party Bus with CTA

Get on the Party Bus with CTA

Cause of Action’s investigative report, “A Bus Tour of Chicago-Style Fraud,” revealed the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) may have improperly received up to $150 million in taxpayer funds, dating as far back as 1982. Since our report...

 

Cause of Action Reveals As Much As $150 Million in Potential Fraud by the Chicago Transit Authority

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2012                                                                                                     CONTACT: ...

 

Report: A Bus Tour of Chicago-Style Fraud

Cause of Action reveals its investigative report, uncovering potentially up to $150 million in taxpayer dollars that improperly went to the Chicago Transit Authority. See our full report, followed by our exhibits below: 121018 Bus Tour of Chicago-Style...

 

Coin for Coins: Cause of Action Finds Federal Agencies in Violation of Executive Order on Spending

Coin for Coins: Cause of Action Finds Federal Agencies in Violation of Executive Order on Spending Taxpayer Dollars Purchased iPods, Plaques, Yo-Yos and Coins   WASHINGTON – Federal government accountability group Cause of Action (CoA) today...

 

REPORT: Coin for Coins: Federal Agency Spending on Promotional and Commemorative Items

REPORT: Coin for Coins: Federal Agency Spending on Promotional and Commemorative Items

  Cause of Action’s six month investigation into federal agency spending on commemorative and promotional items.     Coin for Coins Report Coin for Coins Report Exhibits DHS OIG production

 

U.S. News & World Report: Federal Budget Office Asks All Agencies to Cut Conference, Travel Costs

U.S. News & World Report: Federal Budget Office Asks All Agencies to Cut Conference, Travel Costs

Federal Budget Office Asks All Agencies to Cut Conference, Travel Costs By Lauren Fox May 14, 2012 Since news of the General Services Administration’s $820,000 party in Las Vegas broke, the White House announced its putting the kibosh...

 

VIDEO: Fox News Live – Demanding an end to lavish government spending

VIDEO: Fox News Live – Demanding an end to lavish government spending

Dan Epstein joins Harris Faulkner on Fox News Live to discuss the GSA spending scandal and the steps Cause of Action is taking to hold the administration accountable for wasteful spending. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com zp8497586rq

 

Dan Epstein on Townhall.com: Is GSA Just the Tip of the Iceberg?

Is GSA Just the Tip of the Iceberg? Townhall.com By Dan Epstein This week’s hearings on the General Services Administration (GSA) spending scandal may be ruffling some feathers, but regardless of how the event is painted by either side,...

 

Washington Post: How much are other agencies spending on award coins? A nonpartisan group wants to know

Washington Post: How much are other agencies spending on award coins? A nonpartisan group wants to know

Image source: Flickr user jorgegarcia How much are other agencies spending on award coins? A nonpartisan group wants to know “Cause of Action, a nonpartisan government accountability group, has asked 28 federal agencies’ inspectors general...

 

Government Executive: GSA spending spree prompts greater scrutiny of other agencies

GSA spending spree prompts greater scrutiny of other agencies “As the General Services Administration swiftly becomes the face of wasteful government spending, other federal agencies soon will have to take a closer look at their own checkbooks....

 
 
 
 

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