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Unused Vehicles: $1.6 Billion — The Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Agriculture, Justice, Interior and other agencies purchased an estimated 64,500 passenger vehicles, with $25,600 as the average cost for one vehicle. A GOA review of three agencies revealed there is no way to confirm if ... View MoreUnused Vehicles: $1.6 Billion — The Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Agriculture, Justice, Interior and other agencies purchased an estimated 64,500 passenger vehicles, with $25,600 as the average cost for one vehicle. A GOA review of three agencies revealed there is no way to confirm if any of the vehicles were used. Trolley Expansion: $1.04 Billion — Last year the Department of Transportation awarded a $1.04 billion grant to extend a trolley line in San Diego, California, by 10.9 miles. The report noted that a billion dollars could pay for hundreds of miles of four-lane highways across the country. Lost Military Equipment: $1 Billion — The Office of Inspector General at the Department of Defense reported that the agency could not account for more than $1 billion in military equipment, including weapons and military vehicles. Congress appropriated the money for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 to supply equipment to security forces in Iraq. Chimpanzee Habitat: $52 Million — Over the past 17 years the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has spent more than $52 million to support the Chimpanzee Biomedical Research Resource, despite the fact that the 139 chimpanzees housed through the program are no longer used for biomedical research. Unused Software: $12 Million — The Internal Revenue Service spent $12 million in 2014 to purchase a two-year subscription to a cloud-based email software to replace its old system. The IG for the Treasury Department said because the software lacked compatibility and other requirements, it was never used. Fish Research: $2.6 million — Since 2003 the National Science Foundation (NSF) has paid $2.6 million to study the stickleback fish in various habitats, including one to determine how it adapted to murky water in Iceland. Language Studies: $1,109,792 Million — NSF awarded grants totaling more than $1.1 million dollars to study languages, including the Seenku language from the West African country of Burkina Faso, the four languages of New Guinea and the languages spoken in Nepal’s Manang district. Mexican Plant Study: $210,968 — The NSF funded a five-year study on native plants from Mexico to determine their role in the indigenous plant trade market. Higher Ed Aid: $138,000 — The Department of Energy (DOE) helps employees pay for educational courses to improve job skills. DOE paid one engineer $138,000 to take courses unrelated to his job, and he subsequently quit. Chinese Culture Tour: $100,000 — In 2016 the National Endowments for the Arts (NEA) awarded $100,000 to pay for Chinese troupes to perform in communities across the United States. Shakespeare Adaptation: $30,000 — An NEA grant was awarded to pay for the production of Doggie Hamlet. Included in the cast were humans, sheep, and dogs but no lines from Hamlet were used in the production. Read More Stories About: Big Government, Economics, Taxes, cronyism, GOA, government waste, inspectors general, James Lankford https://www.lankford.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Federal_Fumbles_2017.pdf

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May 9, 2025

ANN KENEVAN

REMEMBER OBAMA'S $863 BILLION DOLLARS of shovel ready jobs for democrats! Here's a list of 100 head scratchers ... 1.“Almost Empty” Mall Awarded Energy Grant ($5 million)... View MoreREMEMBER OBAMA'S $863 BILLION DOLLARS of shovel ready jobs for democrats! Here's a list of 100 head scratchers ... 1.“Almost Empty” Mall Awarded Energy Grant ($5 million) 2. Renovations for Federal Building as Expensive as New Building ($133 million) 3. DTV Advertising Agency Generates Three Jobs ($5.9 million) 4. Research to Develop Supersonic Corporate Jets ($4.7 Million) 5. Water Pipeline to a Money-Losing Golf Course ($2.2 million) 6. Police Boat Gets High-Tech Upgrade Even As Force May be Downsized ($190,000) 7. Program to Control Home Appliances From a Remote Location ($787,250) 8. 18-Mile Tourist Rail Extended ($2 million) 9. Dinner Cruise Company Gets Terrorism Prevention Money ($943,190) 10. Hanford Nuclear Site Gets Billions for Failed Cleanup Effort ($1.9 billion) 11. All Aboard The Wine Train!($54 million) 12. Broadband Map That May be Obsolete by the Time It’s Complete ($350 million) 13. Grant to Fund Search for Fossils ... In Argentina ($1.57 million) 14. Anti-Capitalist, Socially-Conscious Puppet Shows ($100,000) 15. Trail to Minnesota Twins Baseball Stadium ($484,572) 16. Inspector General Questions New Anti-Gunrunning Teams ($10 million) 17. Buffalo Residents Paid to Keep Daily Journal of Malt Liquor and Marijuana Use ($389,357) 18. Oklahoma River Cruise Boats Get Transportation Funding ($1.8 million) 19. Government Spends Money on Salaries and Overhead ($186 million) 20. Repaved Georgia Road ... Getting Repaved Again ($88,000) 21. Little-Used Bridge for Beachgoers Gets a Paint Job ($3.1 million) 22. Federal Building With Uncertain Future Gets Huge Makeover ($117 million) 23. Studying the Icelandic Arctic Environment in the Viking Age ($94,902) 24. Bobber the Water Safety Dog Costumes ($21,116) 25. Shakespearean Festivals ($225,000) 26.“Clown” Theatrical Production ($25,000) 27. County Agency Mismanages Millions, Gets Millions More ($11.9 million) 28. Free Rides on a Water Taxi to Relieve Downtown Congestion ($1.6 million) 29. Studying the Learning Patterns of Honeybees ($210,000) 30. Money for Exit Polling……in Africa ($233,825) 31. Contemporary Art Sculpture: A Series of Giant Tubes ($13,000) 32. Surf and Squat Rest Stop in Texas ($13.8 million) 33. Study on "Hookup" Behavior of Female College Coeds ($219,000) 34. Developing the Next Generation of Football Gloves ($150,000) 35. Study of Wildflowers in a Ghost Town ($448,995) 36. Jazz Festivals ($400,000) 37. Another Golf Course Gets Recycled Water ($831,700) 38. Recovering Crab Pots Lost At Sea ($700,000) 39. New Hampshire Buys Buses It Doesn’t Need ($2 million) 40. Martini Bar and Brazilian Steak House Remodeling ($100,000) 41. Stimulus-Funded Workers with No Work ($3.2 million) 42. States Spend Big Bucks on Stimulus Highway Signs ($1.3 million) 43. Highway “Beautified” by Fish Art 44. Fish Food ($50 million) 45. Museum Dedicated to “Man’s Relationship With the Horse”($1.2 million) 46. Pennsylvania Police Department Purchases Two Horses ($40,000) 47. College Students Visit Costa Rica for Summer Studies ($564,635) 48. Pennsylvania Paves Bike Lane on Deteriorating Local Road ($2 million) 49. California Gets Money to Upgrade Computer System ... Twice ($60 million) 50. Arizona Ants Work While Some Arizonans Remain Unemployed ($950,000) 51. Study On Why Young Men Do Not Like Condoms ($221,355) 52. Firm with Tax Fraud, Pollution History Wins Road Contract ($21.8 million) 53. Agency with Habit of Losing Pricey Equipment Gets Funds for Major IT Upgrade ($85 million) 54. Arkansas Teachers to Attend Education Conference ($413,124) 55. Firm under Criminal Investigation Awarded Construction Contract ($6.4 million) 56. Homeland Security Funds Assist Boat Tours of Alcatraz ($50,783) 57. Money for Companies with a History of Environmental or Workplace Safety Penalties ($54 million) 58.“Math and Literacy Coaches” for North Carolina Teachers ($4.4 million) 59. OSU Professor to Study Alaska Native Grandparents ($1.1 million) 60. Town of 838 to Renovate Old Hotel into a Welcome Center ($300,000) 61. Methamphetamines and the Female Rat Sex Drive ...($30,000) 62.... Study on Mice and Alcohol ($8,408) 63. Locals Plan Bridge Funding, Feds Insist on Paying ($5 million) 64. Wastewater Treatment Center with “Talking Water Gardens”($8 million) 65. Obsolete Bridge Converted to Bike Path ($5.6 million) 66. Youth Summer Jobs Program Fails to Put Kids to Work ($1.2 billion) 67. Colorado Climbing Gym Gets Renewable Energy Grant for Solar Panels ($157,800) 68. Colorado Dragon Boat Festival ($10,000) 69. Low-Priority Airports Get Money from FAA ($272 million) 70. Storytelling Festival in Utah ($15,000) 71. Beautification of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip ($1.1 million) 72. Half of Stimulus Contracts Not Competitively Bid 73. Hollywood Entertainment Museum ($20,000) 74. Controversial Helicopter Program Gets Stimulus Boost ($20,000) 75. Contracts Awarded to Firms Suspended for Suspected Fraud ($30 million) 76. Amtrak Loses $32 Per Passenger, Rewarded with Windfall ($1.3 billion) 77. Fire Station without Firefighters ($2 million) 78. Low Priority Waste Water Projects Getting Stimulus Funds ($47.8 million) 79. Money for Lighthouse Repairs on Uninhabited Island (Nearly $1.5 million) 80. College with Teachers “Unqualified to Teach in Their Fields” Receive Millions ($31.3 million) 81. Brooklyn Slumlord Gets Share of Stimulus Funds ($270,000) 82. Protecting against Carpet Beetles ($187,632) 83. Indiana Sending Half of Weatherization Funds to Politically Active Builders Group ($66 million) 84. Pedestrian Bridge Few Will Use ($80,000) 85. Town Doesn’t Know What to Do With Money ($25,000) 86. Dance Troupe to Weatherize Homes in Washington, D.C.($935,000) 87. SBA Loan Program Expects 60 Percent Default Rate ($255 million) 88. Removing Lead Paint from a Pedestrian Bridge ($3.5 million) 89. School District Splurges on iPod Touches ($75,129) 90. Global Warming Field Trip to Copenhagen for 11 Students ($49,818) 91. Audit Finds Abuse of Tax Credit Program ($504 million) 92. Ohio Town to Turn Railroad Crossings into “Quiet Zone”($800,000) 93. Pennsylvania Winery Uses Stimulus Funds to Help Pay for Building Already under Construction ($25,000) 94. Abandoned “Eyesore” Train Station to Get Green Renovation ($1.8 million) 95. Despite Delays and Overruns, Space Telescope Gets Boost ($65 million) 96. Museum Receives Geothermal Grant after Hosting Stimulus Signing Ceremony ($2.6 million) 97. Money to Airport Authority Cited for Having Problems Managing Federal Money ($9.6 million) 98. Bureaucratic Bungling Slows Homeless Prevention Grants in Nevada ($4.1 million) 99. Learning to Cooperate by Observing Birds ($90,000) 100. Climate-Controlled Water Taxis Get New Home ($750,000) *Check out the Report: http://coburn.senate.gov/public/

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