A DOJ Office of Inspector General report released this week found that DoJ conferences were a source of major waste, with insane catering bills that charged the public $8 for a cup of hotel coffee and $16 per muffin.
It'll be interesting to see how different ideologies filter this news: is it proof of government waste, or an indication that the much-vaunted efficiencies of the private sector evaporate when there's a public purse to gouge, thus making the case for in-house government-produced muffins?
"We found the Department (of Justice) spent $16 on each of the 250 muffins served at an August 2009 legal conference in Washington," said a DOJ Office of Inspector General report released on Tuesday.
The DOJ spent $121 million on conferences in fiscal 2008 and 2009, which exceeded its own spending limits and appeared to be extravagant and wasteful, according to the report that examined 10 conferences held during that period.
The review turned up the expensive muffins, which came from the Capital Hilton Hotel just blocks from the White House, as well as cookies and brownies that cost almost $10 each.
$16 muffins, $8 coffee served in Justice audit
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