Saturday, May 28, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Here's just another example of Government Waste!
May 26 2011
Dr. Coburn Releases New Oversight Report Exposing Waste, Mismanagement at the National Science Foundation
Examples of the more than $3 billion in waste and duplication outlined in the report include:
• $80,000 study on why the same teams always dominate March Madness;
• $315,000 study suggesting playing FarmVille on Facebook helps adults develop and maintain relationships;
• $1 million for an analysis of how quickly parents respond to trendy baby names;
• $50,000 to produce and publicize amateur songs about science, including a rap called “Money 4 Drugz,” and a misleading song titled “Biogas is a Gas, Gas, Gas”;
• $2 million to figure out that people who often post pictures on the internet from the same location at the same time are usually friends; and
• $581,000 on whether online dating site users are racist.
Additionally, the report details examples of mismanagement including:
• Hundreds of millions of dollars lost to ineffective contracting;
• $1.7 billion in unspent funds sitting in expired, undisbursed grant accounts;
• At least $3 million in excessive travel funds
• A lack of accountability or program metrics to evaluate expenditures.
• Inappropriate staff behavior including porn surfing and Jello wrestling and skinny-dipping at NSF-operated facilities in Antarctica.
Obama...the great UNITER! NOT!
He plays Latinos like a fiddle! So Pathetic! So sad! He does the same with the Black community!
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