The YOU CUT Citizen Review of Government by House Republicans

This is a great idea, but help is needed to identify the waste that is inherent in most government agencies. This new program by the Republican Conference is starting with the National Science Foundation (NSF). Will be interesting to read what people turn up in their search about wasteful spending at NSF. Looking forward to their getting to the Defense Department which will take an army of volunteers to root out the waste.

We are launching an experiment - the first YouCut Citizen Review of a government agency. Together, we will identify wasteful spending that should be cut and begin to hold agencies accountable for how they are spending your money.

First, we will take a look at the National Science Foundation (NSF) - Congress created the NSF in 1950 to promote the progress of science. For this purpose, NSF makes more than 10,000 new grant awards annually, many of these grants fund worthy research in the hard sciences. Recently, however NSF has funded some more questionable projects - $750,000 to develop computer models to analyze the on-field contributions of soccer players and $1.2 million to model the sound of objects breaking for use by the video game industry. Help us identify grants that are wasteful or that you don't think are a good use of taxpayer dollars.

Step One: Look for Questionable Grants

Click here to open the National Science Foundation website. In the "Search Award For" field, try some keywords, such as: success, culture, media, games, social norm, lawyers, museum, leisure, stimulus, etc. to bring up grants. If you find a grant that you believe is a waste of your taxdollars, be sure to record the award number.

Step Two: Submit Award Numbers

Visit You Cut Review of Government to fill in the form to submit the potential cuts you find.