Senator Tom Coburn's activity on the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security

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I believe Congress should be committed to conducting meaningful oversight when it comes to examining how Washington spends your hard-earned tax dollars. It is imperative our government run as efficiently and effectively as possible in order to meet the many challenges facing our nation. To that end, I continue to work toward eliminating the fiscal waste and abuse found throughout the government bureaucracy, and ask members of Congress and citizens across the country will join me in this effort to demand transparency and accountability in the federal budget.

  • Reports: As part of this oversight initiative, I am working to release a series of oversight reports on federal agencies. I hope agencies and other congressional committees alike will welcome this oversight and work with us to help identify even more areas of waste, fraud, and abuse, as well as new ways to better prioritize our nation’s limited financial resources. To view these oversight reports, please visit the “Investigative Reports” page:


  • Government Waste: For examples of outrageous government waste, visit the “Your Tax Dollars at Work” and "Washington Waste of the Day" pages.





    If you have discovered government waste, and want to submit a tip (anonymously, if you wish) for an area in need of oversight, please visit the "Submit a Tip About Government Waste" page:


  • Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency:  The USASpending.gov website allows you to “google” all government grants, contracts and loans, so you can track how your money is being spent by Washington:

The information listed below is my latest oversight reports and letters.  I am absolutely committed to aggressive and responsible congressional oversight of all federal spending. I will identify problems and provide information to the Congress and the public. However, it is up to the American people to demand that their elected officials respond vigorously to the findings.

Tom Coburn, M.D.

 

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June 27, 2006

Senators Call for “sunshine” in U.N. Spending in Letter to Kofi Annan

Leaders on Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Question Continued Funding of Corrupt International Agency


(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME, Chairman of Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee) and Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK, Chairman, Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security Subcommittee) sent a blistering letter to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan calling for financial transparency and accountability at the United Nations, particularly with respect to the proposed multi-billion dollar renovation of the U.N. compound in the high-rent district of Manhattan. The Senators note that the renovation project is being carried out by the same procurement and management system responsible for the Oil for Food scandal – one of the largest financial scandals in history. More recently, evidence of ongoing scandals suggest the entire U.N. procurement system is plagued by corruption, including a quarter of all peace-keeping spending reviewed by internal auditors.


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Senator Tom Coburn's activity on the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security

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