Sentence examples for exposing waste from inspiring English sources

His choice for the job, the Los Angeles controller, Laura Chick, is a Democrat who has caused headaches for city officials and agencies by exposing waste and incompetence and extending her reach across government.

Gene Russianoff, a staff lawyer at the Straphangers Campaign, said some of the attacks on Mr. Liu were overblown, particularly claims that he falsely took credit for exposing waste in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

As a Senator, Harry Truman shamed dishonest military contractors by traveling across the country exposing waste, fraud, and inferior weaponry that endangered the lives of our troops (including my own uncle, who died piloting a defective bomber long before I was born).

Exposed waste has now been covered.

And he is a zealous protector of federal employees who expose waste and fraud in federal programs.

In the eyes of many, his attempts to expose waste and wrongdoing at his agency make him a whistleblower.

A defense often made of the practice has been that the information obtained in this way serves the public interest, particularly when a resulting article exposes waste or dishonesty in public office.

"The tactics reportedly used by the F.D.A. send a terrible message to those who are prepared to expose waste, abuse or wrongdoing in government agencies," wrote Mr. Van Hollen, whose staff communications were monitored by the F.D.A.

Whitehall departments and the intelligence agencies have long used the D (now called DA) notice committee, which runs a system of voluntary self-censorship in co-operation with elements of the media, to try to prevent the publication of material that would expose waste and costly mistakes without damaging national security at all.

The film details the ordeals of four whistleblowers who turned to the press in order to expose waste or illegality.

He gained national prominence as head of the wartime Truman Committee, which exposed waste, fraud, and corruption in wartime contracts.