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Position Paper 2 - Interest Issues and/or Groups Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is a private, non-profit organization that works to eliminate waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government through research and public education activities. Citizens Against Government Waste was created following the former interest group under the support of former President Ronald Reagan , called the Grace Commission . The Grace Commission, established in 1984, was an organization structured to conduct research and public education on government waste and mismanagement. Former President Reagan lead the volunteers of the Grace Commission to "work like tireless bloodhounds to root out government inefficiency and waste of tax dollars." For about two years, over a hundred corporate executives and community leaders led a 2,000 person army of volunteers on a waste hunt, which led to a total of 2,478 recommendations that would save $424.4 billion over three years without executing ...