Agency Spending

DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has made the news recently slashing spending in the US Gov't, and most recently, the shutting down of USAID for receipts for things that the current administartion does not feel aligns with our country's stated mission. Was it the appropriate thing to do? What can we look at in the past to see if things can be effectively utilized and not squandered? Executive Producers: Dame Slamy Kyle of the "Pocket Parley" and "Light Tickle" podcasts https://justthenews.com/government/congress/blackburn-drafts-doge-act-legislation-will-limit-federal-agencies https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/2/issues/jobs-and-economy/blackburn-introduces-doge-acts-to-make-federal-government-more-efficient-and-slash-wasteful-spending Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/202/text https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senate-report-unveils-only-six-percent-federal-employees-work-person https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/few-federal-employees-work-regularly-office-wasting-taxpayer-dollars https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2025-01/011525_Telework%20Staff%20Report_FINAL.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/us/politics/usaid-funding-trump-fact-check.html https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/list-insane-priorities-of-usaid-spending-during-biden-administration-foreign-assistance-president-donald-trump-karoline-leavitt-condoms-in-gaza-elon-musk-department-of-government-efficiency https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/08/usaid-trump-musk-doge-00203191 https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/world/global-war-against-aids-runs-short-of-vital-weapon-donated-condoms.html https://crisismagazine.com/vault/dirty-little-secret-why-condoms-will-never-stop-aids-in-africa https://www.zerohedge.com/political/2-decades-ago-senators-probe-usaid-funding-led-government-transparency-reform https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14355251/shocking-ways-usaid-spent-money.html https://dotchuoinon.com/2024/12/24/swapping-gas-for-batteries/ https://selex.vn/en/swapping-gas-for-batteries/ https://www.bbc.com/mediaaction/documents/bbc-media-action-impact-report-2023-24.pdf https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/even_a_short_list_of_how_usaid_spent_our_money_is_outrageous.html https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/usaid-was-spending-268-million-fund-6000-approved/ USAID commits to reducing its carbon footprint and improving its operational sustainability: https://medium.com/usaid-2030/doing-our-part-54ac6204a32 https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/agency https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1888975907567903075 https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1888612732230090863 https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1888438050231103559 USAID Funding Summary FY 2023: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2023 USAID Funding Summary FY 2024: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2024 USAID Funding Summary FY 2025: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2025 https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/climate/publications https://datarepublican.com/award_search/ UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (Build Back Better in Iraq): https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_72065621IO00001_7200 https://apnews.com/article/usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-international-development-325c807f4f3930adbaa5c42dfef69c69 https://www.usaidstopwork.com/ https://www.globalaidfreeze.com/ NGOs and money laundering: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/551323/EPRS_BRI(2015)551323_EN.pdf https://www.fatf-gafi.org/content/dam/fatf-gafi/guidance/BPP-combating-abuse-non-profit-organisations.pdf https://www.sanctions.io/blog/aml-considerations-for-ngos https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/revealed-the-charities-making-billions-off-of-the-border-crisis/ar-BB1mnIQi https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-politicians-use-nonprofits-hide-dark-money https://billybon3s.com/ https://www.tabletopwoodworks.com/ https://modernpodcastapps.com/