The Seattle Homelessness Agency is running a forty-five-million-dollar deficit, and no one can explain what the agency does for people.
Dallas public schools spent $57,000 to send 4400 fifth-grade boys to see a movie, while the girls had to watch something else at school.
The North Dakota racing commission has blown nearly half a million dollars on dubious grants and its own operating expenses.
Medicaid made improper payments for autism related services, amounting to $200 million, over five years in four States.
In 2012 the federal government gave the City of Indianapolis a six-figure grant to fund free bus fare for residents attending the Super Bowl.
The Army has found fourteen weapons systems subject to unacceptable cost overruns in maintenance and repair.
Los Angeles pays record amounts of overtime to its police officers and other emergency first responders, whose departments are understaffed.
The Interior Department spent billions for drought relief, but the money is listed as "miscellaneous obligations," obscuring any detail.
The Montclair School District in New Jersey cut its oversight budget even after an audit found serious deficiencies.
In 2012 Perdue University took a six-figure federal grant to produce a study on how to make the game of golf easier to learn.