Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is recognized by the media as the leading source of information on government waste. Since our founding in 1984, CAGW has helped expose such high-profile symbols of federal profligacy as the Department of Defense's $640 toilet seat and $436 hammer and the National Park Service's $797,400 outhouse.

A big part of our success comes through tips - often anonymous - from Capitol Hill, federal agency employees, and other patriotic citizens who share our desire to expose wasteful spending.

CAGW wants to help you get the word out. Here are just a few examples of waste, fraud, and abuse that CAGW has exposed with the help of tips from citizens and government employees:

• A whistleblower informed CAGW that the Federal Aviation Administration awarded a $1.5 million grant to a company solely to avoid a threatened lawsuit.
• Congressional staff tipped off CAGW that the New Orleans Housing Authority had received $800 million in federal funds since 1992, yet the city's public housing tenants still live in utter squalor.
• A whistleblower alerted CAGW to hundreds of millions of dollars wasted through the Centers for Disease Control for HIV/AIDS prevention.

Americans have a right to know when their money is being misspent by Washington. If you've Got Waste, please report it to us over the web. We look forward to working with you.