Politics

Digital Canada
A wave of spending is about to take place pretty much all round the globe, and some of that money will be directed to improving “infrastructure,” the underpinnings required for businesses and individuals to prosper...

HEY, ITS NOT LIKE THEYRE SPENDING THEIR OWN HARD-EARNED MONEY: Inspector General: IRS Lacks Ade
HEY, IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’RE SPENDING THEIR OWN HARD-EARNED MONEY: Inspector General: IRS Lacks Adequate Internal Controls in Spending $203m in Stimulus Funds. What kind of “stimulus” is IRS spending likely to provide, anyway? Wouldn’t you stimulate the economy more by cutting their budget? ...

Pork as Economic Salvation
Who would have thunk it last Spring, when McCain was touting himself as the crusader against earmarks? It turns out that pork-barrel spending is not the bane of the republic, but its salvation...

An Infrastructure Bank / Governance Commission (By Brett Frischmann and Robin Chase)
A second draft op ed, below the fold President-elect Obama has expressed a firm commitment to massive federal spending on infrastructure. Beyond the infrastructure investments in the economic stimulus package, he is likely to administer the “single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the federal highway system in the 1950s...

Comparative Thoughts on Infrastructure Spending
Just a brief thought that popped into my mind. This doesn’t happen very often, so it’s worth writing down. Both the U.S. and PRC are considering massive spending on infrastructure in the coming months and years...

Infrastructure Investment & Policy Report New BNA offering
The Infrastructure Investment & Policy Report has recently been added to our BNA subscription. This daily publication reports about federal spending on transportation and other infrastructure projects across the country including oversight and use of stimulus funds...