Articles About Government Accountability Office

Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
06.08.2011

Meet the Very First Baby Boomer

Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue calls it “America’s silver tsunami.” The name Kathleen Casey-Kirschling likely doesn’t ring any bells with the majority of Americans.  She holds the singular honor of being the nation’s very first baby boomer, born one minute after midnight on January 1, 1946 in Philadelphia celebrating her 65th birthday on New Year’s […]

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Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
03.16.2011

Where to Cut: Public Union Benefits or Defense?

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s war on public-sector unions is being brought to the national stage by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). Coburn challenged members of Congress following the release of an exhaustive study by the Government Accountability Office that found many overlapping and duplicate programs from education to defense that cost taxpayers billions of dollars each […]

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