ID:

549

Date:

2010-01-22

Headline:

Taxpayers' bucks spent on trysts, golf, skiing

Reporter's name:

Jim McElhatton

Delay/denial:

No

Lawsuit:

No

Fees:

No

Media outlet:

Washington Times

City:

Washington, DC

Summary:

The Washington Times used FOIA to obtain information regarding dozens of travel-expenditure-related investigations at federal agencies. The investigations revealed a State Department office with an unduly high percentage of business-class flights, a National Science Foundation manager spending more than $10,000 to expand business trips, and a Treasury Department legal technician who entered travel reimbursement claims for himself - despite neither being authorized to do so, nor having undertaken any travel.

Keywords:

travel, expenses, expenditures, reimbursement, State Department, Treasury, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Government Accountability Office, General Services Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Personnel Management

URL:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/22/taxpayers-bucks-spent-on-trysts-golf-skiing

Agencies:

DHS
DOD
GAO
GSA
NSF
OPM
STATE
TREAS

States:

CA
CANADA
CO
DC
VA

Categories:

government property
transportation