AND THE WASTE GOES ON: Four major federal departments had improper payments percentages above 10 percent all four years of the Biden administration, including the IRS within Treasury that saw 72 percent of its payments under one program going to the wrong receiver.

That’s according to the latest Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessment of the extent of improper payments. But, as I report today for The Washington Stand, there are reasons to think real progress is starting to be made.