Tax-supported institutions are ripe for reform so tax dollars can be saved. Officials, elected and appointed, acknowledge this, but seem stumped on how to move beyond rhetoric to action. This is true not only in the United States but worldwide. According to the Center for International Development at Harvard University, government procurement accounts for […]
work suspend on By Pass road
Contractor warned to stop work on Abdul Wali Khan By pass road due to no payment. CHITRAL: Khan Abdul Wali Khan by pass road has been inaugurated by Chief Minister Khyber Pahton Khwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti on November 18, 2010 a 380 million project was tendered in November and work started in December 2010. […]
J&K Govt spends 83 lakh rupees on Headless State Information Commission: RTI
Jammu, December 23 (Scoop News) – In what might well be labeled as utter disregard for the taxpayers’ hard earned money, the state government has so far spent nearly 83 lakh rupees for the upkeep and functioning of the nearly defunct State Information Commission. This was revealed in response to an RTI enquiry made by […]
Tajikistan’s President Warns Against Mobile Phone Risks
By Jahongir Boboev Despite widespread poverty, Tajikistan has seen a boom in mobile phones in recent years. Competition among provider firms has slashed call charges, and mobile networks get round all the difficulties of a crumbling landline infrastructure. It therefore came as a surprise when President Imomali Rahmon announced at the end of April that […]
Liberia’s Suspended Information Minister Resigns
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By: Our Staff Reporter The suspended Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Laurence Bropleh, who has been at the center of an over US$300,000 financial scandal at the Ministry announced his resignation late Friday. Dr. Bropleh’s resignation came in the wake of a draft audit report from the […]
Gov Web Sites Still Offer Conflicting Numbers on Stimulus Spending
Last month, we noted that tracking stimulus spending at federal agencies was a job worthy of Sherlock Holmes. Different agencies count their stimulus spending in different ways, while the government’s catchall siteRecovery.gov appears to use out-of-date and even contradictory information. The latest example is stimulus spending at the Social Security Administration. On Wednesday, we noticed that the SSA, unlike […]
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