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What is a writer to do when a story has three equal headlines? Each drawn this month from public documents and government reports from the Inspector General.
Headline Number One: Homeland Security has a Data Problem!
Headline Number Two: Inspector General Demonstrates 22% Error Rate with FEMA Programs.
Headline Number Three: FEMA to provide $1B for infrastructure and communities.
Headline number one derives from the most recent DHS OIG...
The U.S. government’s response to COVID involves contradictory, complicated, and confusing streams of funding. The government committed to spent at least $4 trillion to assist with the response, management, and recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Funding for government responses; funding for research and vaccine development; funding for vaccine distribution; funding now for personal funerals; funding for state, county, and muni...
The U.S. federal government is providing nearly 4 trillion dollars to assist with the management of coronavirus. $2 trillion through the CARES Act and more then followed. Much of this money will be provided to organizations as grant funds. I fear that people will focus on the urgent needs, the pressures of the day, and miss the importance of following federal law. In a few years FEMA and the Inspector General will review these gran...
Fraudsters fraud; corrupt officials corrupt resulting in the maltreatment of public funds and public trust. While not shaming I will continue to identify critical issues, flaws, and core problems. Yes, there are genuine crooks in the world employed as public servants. Alas, the complexity of the rules and poor communication invite unintentional mistakes as well. What can we together formant an environment where the crooks get spott...
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Little Lie Big Lie, Christina Moore, coronavirus, corruption, Storm Petrel, true crimes of public funding, true story, waste fraud and abuse, covid19, social commentary, pandemic, SCOTUS, McDonnell v United States, Skilling v United States, Puerto Rico, Afghanistan, Iraq, On Corruption in America, Thieves of State, King Midas, Hydra
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