Reports Show Systematic Failures by Government in Managing Contracts, Spending

A man walks past the he National Debt Clock on 43rd Street in midtown New York City on Feb. 15, 2019. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

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WASHINGTON—Official Washington is consumed this week with the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, but the wheels of government continue to turn, spending trillions of tax dollars and making many of the same management mistakes over and over again, according to reports of federal investigators.