For Fans of Government Oversight

The U.S. government is pushing for investigations into corrupt arms deals. Yes, you read that right.

"...The UK's House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (a Government Accountability Office-esque body that pokes around in the government's..."

April 30, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

UT Student Government Slowly Implodes

Half the exec board is gone, and the remaining members face removal next semester

"...UT-Austin Student Government is crumbling. At the beginning of the fall 2021..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Feature by Skye Seipp

An “Awesome First Year” for Austin's Office of Police Oversight

OPO fields more than 800 incoming contacts – comments, complaints, and kudos – in 2019

"...In its first year of existence, the city's Office of Police Oversight fielded more than 800 incoming contacts..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

That Our Program Is Worthless Is NOT What's Important Here …

Whether the ONDCP's anti-drug media campaign actually works apparently isn't what concerns the White House. What's more important is who writes about the failed ad campaign.

"...Washington, D.C.-based rag covering national politics), the White House Office of the National Drug Control Policy has gotten its..."

Feb. 8, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Disaster Assistance: Numbers vs. People

FEMA spent tens of millions of dollars improperly on hurricane evacuees, Government Accountability Office says; others beg to differ

"...director of forensic audits and special investigations for the Government Accountability Office, testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Apocalypse February!

When digital TV arrives next year, you may not notice

"..."Concern" and "confusion" are words often associated with the government-orchestrated plan to force the United States into the age..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Disaster Fraud

Government Accountability Office releases two reports on FEMA disaster aid payments made in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita

"...The U.S. Government Accountability Office (formerly the General Accounting Office) released two..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Will the Nuke Mushroom?

The long-reviled South Texas (Nuclear) Project might actually expand.

"...release jointly issued by ET, Public Citizen's Texas State Office, the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter, and the Sustainable..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to register in person, visit the Travis Co. Tax Office at 5501 Airport, or the satellite offices at 4011..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Reefer Madness

North Dakota ag commissioner still waiting to hear from feds on whether they'll waive individual federal registration for qualified farmers who gain state approval to farm hemp; and hemp revolution seeds germinating in South Carolina

"...Canada, where farmers have been growing hemp since the government reauthorized the practice in 1997 – is ready to..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Abstinence Makes the Head Grow Softer

A new report finds that federally funded abstinence-only educations contains "false, misleading, or distorted information about reproductive health."

"...used by two-thirds of grantees awarded money through the government's main ab-only funding program contain a plethora of inaccuracies..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Politics Trumps Science on Birth Control

Office of Women's Health official resigns in protest, comes to Austin to speak out

"...resigned from her post as director of the FDA's Office of Women's Health in protest of what can only..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

The Hightower Report

Senator takes pity on poor little CEOS; and Propaganda Rules!

"...least 20 federal agencies under Bush are aggressively pushing government-produced-and-distributed "news" segments on hundreds of local television stations –..."

April 15, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Lege Notes: Taser talk and more

Stories from under the pink granite dome

"...deadly force situations. A May 2005 report from the Government Accountability Office, for example, reviewed the Taser policies of..."

March 2, 2007 News Column

The Hightower Report

Hiding Worker Injuries; and The Good Food Movement

"...work-related injuries is not a rare occurrence, says the Government Accountability Office – it is routine. In a review..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the homes, Steve Sadowsky, of the Historic Preservation Office, confirmed that there would probably never be an enclave..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

A longtime government statistician crosses the Bush administration and loses his job

"...Forgetting that axiom has cost longtime government statistician Lawrence Greenfeld his job as the director of..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report

Corporations promising to relocate here and to create lots of jobs in exchange for tax breaks and other goodies are full of it; and Transportation Security Administration doing a lot more than making you take off your shoes

"...longitude of our homes! There's a law against secret government databases, and TSA earlier pledged to Congress that it..."

July 8, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

The GAO condemns White House Drug Office 'news reports' on itself as 'illegal covert propaganda'

"...On Jan. 4, the U.S. Government Accountability Office opined that taxpayer-funded video news releases produced..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

GAO Report: FDA Strayed With Morning-After Pill Approval Process

GAO report says rejection of contraceptive may have been made before scientific review

"...business, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Plan B, aka the Morning-After Pill, contains..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Austin PD among departments studied

"...police agencies' use-of-force continuums, according to a new U.S. Government Accountability Office report released June 27. For its new..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...Phillips has been appointed director of state and federal accountability. Phillips has been the director of ESL and bilingual..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature

Weed Watch

The feds are again using citizens' dollars to campaign against citizens' drug law reform initiatives.

"...thing: Time for federal narcos at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy – home to the..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

U.S. House of Reps once again votes down measure that would prevent Department of Justice from spending tax money to raid, arrest, and prosecute sick people using medi-pot

"...wasting taxpayer money, the nonprofit, nonpartisan group Citizens Against Government Waste last week released its latest pork report, aiming..."

July 7, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Chronic Goes On

Top 10 drug war stories

"...1) Don't Bogart My Closeup: The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and its fearless leader,..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Texas Lawmakers Continue Anti-Refugee Fight

Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott do all they can to block families fleeing the Syrian Civil War

"...Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against the federal government to stop the relocation of refugees from Syria to..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

The Hightower Report

Where's the President; and exxpose Exxon

"...A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office asks these same questions about the Bushites'..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Reefer Roundup 12/2/10

News from the frontline of the War on Drugs

"...and forth, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office...."

Dec. 2, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Taser International Bleeding Money

Taser gun maker's profits drop 98% in 2005

"...use has increased – about 8,500 police and other government agencies worldwide include Tasers among their arsenal – so..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: Why Not Chicken Fat?

The most important political question of our time: Who benefits from military spending?

"...and hardware than all other countries combined. ... The Government Accountability office reports that since the end of the..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

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