Today’s edition identifies at least $333 million in wasteful Washington spending.
-$300 million stimulus program to promote energy efficiency may not be energy efficient after all, audit finds
-Quid Pro Pork: Department of Justice investigates link between the exchange of congressional earmarks and campaign donations
-Washington, DC, city government steered $4.5 million in federal funds to an AIDS housing group that never filed federal tax returns and has been plagued with service and cost complaints
-DC mayor launches investigation of groups that misspent more than $25 million of public AIDS assistance
–Political scientists debate the relevancy of the research they conduct with federal funds; “We’re kidding ourselves if we think this research typically has the obvious public benefit we claim for it.”
-National Science Foundation funds political science study of online town hall meetings held by Members of Congress
-UC Davis grossly inflated the number of campus-related sexual assaults to reap more than $1 million in grants for violence prevention
-Delaware receives $2.3 million in federal funds to enhance and expand its sandy beaches
-Feds investigating the possible misuse of crime prevention funds by Oklahoma City
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