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Matt Weidinger

Matt Weidinger

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Resident Fellow, AEI - American Enterprise Institute

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Total articles 538

  • On Unemployment Benefit Fraud, Keep Going, DOGE

    By Matt Weidinger, Julia Cataneo Verified| Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis@ Last night the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X the following:The figures clearly reflect improper payments, which the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office as “payments that should not have been made.” They also no doubt include fraud, which GAO as requiring “willful misrepresentation,” such as when criminals use the identities of the young and old and everyone in between to steal benefits.

    By Matt Weidinger, Julia Cataneo Verified · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis

    Apr. 10, 2025

  • Trump Executive Order Seeks Expanded Data Matching To Prevent Fraud and Abuse

    By Matt Weidinger, Tanner Nalley| Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis@ On March 20, President Donald Trump issued an executive order headlined as “stopping waste, fraud, and abuse by eliminating information silos.” The order directs federal agency heads to secure “full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, data, software systems, and information technology systems,” while removing impediments to “the inter- or intra-agency sharing of unclassified information.” It also directs federal agency heads to ensure that “the Federal Government has...

    By Matt Weidinger, Tanner Nalley · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis

    Mar. 24, 2025

  • On Unemployment Benefit Fraud, Keep Going, DOGE

    By Matt Weidinger, Julia Cataneo Verified| Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis@ Last night the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X the following:The figures clearly reflect improper payments, which the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office as “payments that should not have been made.” They also no doubt include fraud, which GAO as requiring “willful misrepresentation,” such as when criminals use the identities of the young and old and everyone in between to steal benefits.

    By Matt Weidinger, Julia Cataneo Verified · Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis

    Apr. 10, 2025

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AEI - American Enterprise Institute

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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