government waste

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=ardg6DwCCMFI&refer=home

There's a good line near the bottom here which high lites how government spending works. "While other questionable billing has been uncovered, nothing came close to C&D's, she said. The next-highest billing for questionable costs totaled $2 million"

$2 Million is not chump change for the cost of shipping replacement parts around the country. It is small compared to $20mil, but I think it should be noticed and likewise attacked. Second, it certainly points out the need for people, in any arena but especially government, to look at their billing statements. Someone should have noted these schemes years ago in their infancy. I for one am glad they have been charged and will spend many years in a nice federal prison. But we the taxpayers are out several millions dollars.

But I am rather annoyed that it took this long for anyone to notice. Even things which are auto-drafted should be noticed and observed by someone. Especially those things in fact because its not hard for someone to add a zero or misplace a decimal point in the accounting office where the bill is from and wham.