Prison guards in Rhode Island often make nearly $300,000 in overtime, per their ultra-favorable labor contract.
The Department of Defense Education Activity, which runs K-12 schools for military families, still uses DEI contractors.
In 2011 the United States government paid service fees of $2 million for bank accounts that had lain empty, some for three years or more.,
Federal earmark funding came to almost $16 billion in the 2026 federal budget, but Republicans collectively got more than Democrats.
Florida spent $405 million to address illegal immigration, but nearly one-fourth went to porta-potties and DeSantis donors.
In 2025, Pentagon personnel spent record amounts of money dining on lobster, Alaskan king crab, and other expensive seafoods.
The 2025 improper payments report is out, and it shows bad payments running to $186 billion, most of it by Medicaid.
In 2012 the US Department of Agriculture awarded $300,000 to an Idaho fish company to boost the sales of caviar.
Trustees at eight public universities in Utah don't know of their authority (and responsibility) to evaluate their respective presidents.
The GSA Advantage system is subject to tremendous overpayment for small purchases, because its staff won't research fair prices.