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Post by avordvet on Oct 31, 2014 14:52:47 GMT -5
Federal Government Made $20 Billion in Secret Purchases in Recent MonthsI-Team review finds $30,000 in one agency’s Starbucks purchases kept confidential from publicBy Scott MacFarlane, Friday, Oct 31, 2014 Updated at 12:27 PM EDT The I-Team, using the Freedom of Information Act, received a list of “micropurchases” made by the Dept. of Homeland Security at Starbucks vendors nationwide in 2013. The list includes dozens of transactions, including in Washington, D.C., and Maryland. Several of the purchases were made at an Alameda, California, Starbucks vendor and cost more than $2,400 each, just below the $3,000 threshold for which purchases need not be publicly disclosed. After reviewing the I-Team’s findings, Rep. John Mica (R-FL), chair of a U.S House Oversight subcommittee said, “When you have $10,000 being spent at one Starbucks by DHS employees in one city in six months, someone is abusing the purchasing permission that we have given them." www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/Federal-Government-Made-20-Billion-in-Secret-Purchases-in-Recent-Months-280997562.html
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Post by southwind on Nov 1, 2014 18:42:55 GMT -5
Personally I'd rather they bought coffee than bullets.
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