Tuesday, October 16, 2012

'Wastebook' of government spending highlights overpriced routers, robot squirrels, and other tech programs gone awry

Wasteland

Senator Tom Coburn has released a 200-page document that assails a number of government spending projects the Republican deems to have been unnecessary, wasteful, and in some cases downright absurd. It's an obvious political play during election season, yet despite how partisan it may be, Wastebook 2012 paints a startling portrait of a federal government making questionable (albeit oft-entertaining) funding decisions in a period when the United States finds itself in economic straits. The examples are plentiful and Coburn isn't shy about calling out technology-focused misfires, although the focus seems a bit unwarranted at times.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/16/3513190/wastebook-tom-coburn-government-spending

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