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'Green News Report' - April 11, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.16.2013 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Radical Islamists Attack Mali City

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 03.23.2013 | World

DAKAR, Senegal — Islamic extremists infiltrated and attacked the northern Malian city of Gao, the mayor and residents said late Saturday. It was...

OCC's Magical Mystery Foreclosure Review

Joel Sucher | Posted 05.19.2013 | Business
Joel Sucher

Quicker than you can say Office of the Comptroller of the Currency the Obama administration's promise to do justice for over four million foreclosed homeowners has evaporated into the could-have-been ether.

Don't Fall for TV Ads on Medicare From an Insurance Industry Front Group

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.11.2013 | Politics
Wendell Potter

Facing government cuts to one of their cash cows -- private Medicare plans -- health insurance companies have launched a multi-pronged campaign, financed by the customer premiums, to persuade Congress to keep the cuts from going into effect next month.

Jack Lew, Citigroup and the Ugland Truth

Michael Winship | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics
Michael Winship

Jack Lew is, by all accounts, a decent guy and dedicated public servant, but like so many of our recent treasury secretaries is so deeply immersed in the old boy nexus of Wall Street and government as to have little comprehension of how, in the midst of a soaring Dow Jones, so many millions struggle to make ends meet.

Driver's Ed: How the DMV Could Make Teens Learn About Money

Adam Levin | Posted 05.07.2013 | Business
Adam Levin

Before teenagers get their driver's licenses, every DMV in the country should include questions about basic financial literacy on their driver's test.

Statisticulation: Sen. Sessions Manipulates GAO's Obamacare Report for Partisan Points

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.04.2013 | Politics
Wendell Potter

One of the reasons Americans are still confused about the ACA is the ongoing misrepresentation of the law by members of Congress who voted against it. This obfuscation isn't confined to what the law actually does, but also to what impact it might have on the federal deficit.

Fleeing Islamic Rebels Attack Malian Army

AP | BABA AHMED | Posted 02.22.2013 | World

BAMAKO, Mali -- Jihadist fighters fired two rockets at military points in Mali's northern city of Gao on Thursday after the military pushed fighters o...

Michael McAuliff

GAO To Congress: The Climate Is Changing

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The federal government's official watchdog had a message for Congress on Thursday: Hey, Stupid, the climate is changing. The Governme...

Why We Should Celebrate High Healthcare Costs

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.13.2013 | Fifty
Michael Hodin

Everyone seems to agree that healthcare is failing and that costs are too high. It isn't, and they aren't. Healthcare is keeping us healthier longer than ever before, and the costs are skyrocketing because so too is demand.

Mali Islamists Attack Troops In French-Held City

AP | KRISTA LARSON | Posted 04.12.2013 | World

GAO, Mali — Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles invaded Gao in wooden boats Sunday to launch a surprise attack on t...

Aging, Entitlements and the Trillion-Dollar Coin

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.10.2013 | Fifty
Michael Hodin

Due to the number of baby boomers qualifying for Social Security and Medicare, spending will increase in coming decades as more members of the baby-boom generation become eligible for benefits and the health care cost for each enrollee increases.

Mali Suicide Bomber Tied To Algerian Terror Leader, Locals Say

AP | KRISTA LARSON and BABA AHMED | Posted 04.10.2013 | World

GAO, Mali — A young militant who locals say had ties with terror leader Moktar Belmoktar blew himself up Friday near a military checkpoint on th...

French Forces Seize Airport In Mali

AP | KRISTA LARSON and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 03.28.2013 | World

KONNA, Mali — French and Malian troops regained control of the airport and bridge of the crucial, northern city of Gao on Saturday, marking thei...

Malian Troops Advance Towards Islamist Stronghold

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and BABA AHMED | Posted 03.27.2013 | World

SEVARE, Mali — Islamic extremists based in the Malian town of Ansongo have destroyed a bridge near the Niger border, officials said on Friday, m...

Luke Johnson

GAO Cannot Audit Federal Government Thanks To Department Of Defense Problems

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.19.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Government Accountability Office said Thursday that it could not complete an audit of the federal government, pointing to serious pr...

GAO Reports Self-Referrals for Imaging Are Costly: Part II

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 03.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Helene Pavlov, M.D.

During the fiscal year of 2010, self-referrals amounted to over $109 million dollars in extra payments from Medicare, which equates to approximately 400,000 diagnostic imaging examinations for seemingly arbitrary purposes.

GAO Reports Self-Referrals for Imaging Are Costly

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 02.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Helene Pavlov, M.D.

Self-referral leads to more images, more treatment, more surgeries, etc., and contributes to the escalation in the unsustainable rising health-care costs. It is a vicious cycle. So why not just eliminate self-referral?

Damning Report On The IRS Just Released

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 12.04.2012 | Home

Tax fraud related to identity theft is on the rise -- but the IRS is clueless when it comes to knowing just how many people are scamming the system, a...

The Death Of The Dollar Bill

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 11.28.2012 | Home

The dollar bill's days may be numbered. At least, that could be the case if one government watchdog had its way. A recent report from the Governmen...

Military Intervention in Mali: Military Logistics and Human Costs

Stefan Simanowitz | Posted 01.19.2013 | World
Stefan Simanowitz

Whilst equipment, intelligence, training and support from American, British and French special forces will add steel to the operation, it will nevertheless involve difficult desert fighting conditions against a well-armed enemy.

A $380 Million Defense Boondoggle

Mark Pfeifle | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics
Mark Pfeifle

Regrettably, this isn't the only instance where Washington politicians have sacrificed America's security by treating the Pentagon budget like an ATM. There is a lot of money to be made in wasteful government spending, and nowhere more so than the Pentagon.

Michael McLaughlin

Overcrowding In Federal Prisons Hits Level Not Seen Since Bush Administration: GAO Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 09.15.2012 | Crime

The federal prison system has been unable to keep pace with the stream of inmates flooding its facilities over the last five years despite adding spac...

How to Get a Mule's -- I Mean Contractor's -- Attention

David Isenberg | Posted 08.03.2012 | Business
David Isenberg

The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (CWC) may be gone, but it is hardly forgotten. At least not by the U.S. Government Accou...

GAO and George Miller Don't Understand How Special Education Works

Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 08.21.2012 | Home
Michael J. Petrilli

Today's "exquisitely-timed" GAO report has set off an avalanche of accusations at charter schools for "discriminating" against students with disabilities. George Miller, who requested the study, told the Washington Post that the news was "sobering."