Hacker News
- Reuters Contract: Large Scale Social Deception (LSD) https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA865018C7886_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- 2 comments
- USASpending.gov https://www.usaspending.gov/ 5 comments
- Exploring where and how the Federal Government spends money https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer 3 comments
- Detained immigrants officially now being sent to Guantanamo bay. https://www.usaspending.gov/#/award/81383310 31 comments politics
- DEA offices in Miami, SF, New Orleans, Philly have upgraded Stingrays to "Hailstorm" gear (can bypass carrier LTE encryption) https://www.usaspending.gov/pages/advancedsearch.aspx?k=harris%20hailstorm 14 comments technology
- DEA offices in Miami, SF, New Orleans, Philly have upgraded Stingrays to "Hailstorm" gear (can bypass carrier LTE encryption) https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/AdvancedSearch.aspx?k=harris%20hailstorm 4 comments privacy
- Is University of Phoenix ripping us off through the US Gov't Pell Grant program? http://www.usaspending.gov/explore?&&carryfilters=on&tab=by%20prime%20awardee&direct_payments=y&fiscal_year=2010&tab=by+prime+awardee&fromfiscal=yes&fiscal_year=2010&recipientid=60721 5 comments reddit.com
- Billions upon billions upon billions of government contracts given to BP. Republicans were tripping over themselves to kill Acorn funding. Where is there outrage now that BP has caused the greatest environmental disaster right on our shores? http://usaspending.gov/explore?tab=by%20recipient&contractorid=243243&comingfrom=searchresults&fromfiscal=yes&carryfilters=on&fiscal_year=2008 4 comments reddit.com
- Can Someone Tell Me What "Physical Disaster" Happened in January of 2001 for Cindy Mccain and 9 other Mccain's to get "Physical Disaster Loans" totaling nearly 1,000,000 dollars? http://www.usaspending.gov/faads/faads.php?reptype=r&database=faads&record_id=1673280&detail=3&datype=t&sortby=i 22 comments politics
- Tell Me I'm Wrong: Did Cindy Mccain Get Federal Funding For "Physical Disaster Loan" January 2001? http://www.usaspending.gov/faads/faads.php?reptype=r&detail=2&datype=t&sortby=t&database=faads&recip_id=223078&fiscal_year=2001 5 comments politics
- Obama and Coburn's Government Spending Tracker Has an API http://usaspending.gov/apidoc.php 8 comments programming
- Welcome to USASpending.gov, Where Americans Can See Where Their Money Goes http://www.usaspending.gov/ 25 comments politics
Linking pages
- Melania Trump's time in Egypt cost taxpayers $95,050 | Washington Examiner https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/melania-trumps-one-night-hotel-stay-in-egypt-cost-taxpayers-95-050 3111 comments
- The Trump admin awarded a firm up to $1.3 billion to make Covid vaccine syringes. Where are they? https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/trump-administration-awarded-firm-1-3-billion-make-covid-vaccine-n1263872 2036 comments
- Increased Privatization of the VA Has Led to Longer Waits and Higher Costs for Taxpayers - Pacific Standard https://psmag.com/social-justice/privatizing-the-v-a-is-not-cheap 1333 comments
- The Trump administration is paying Focus on the Family to stop the AIDS epidemic in South Africa – ThinkProgress https://thinkprogress.org/focus-on-the-family-south-africa-aids-grant-purity-pledges-ae8ff7ca0815/ 841 comments
- Secret Service spending at Trump hotels: Rooms for agents cost up to $650 per night - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-has-paid-rates-as-high-as-650-a-night-for-rooms-at-trumps-properties/2020/02/06/7f27a7c6-3ec5-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html 785 comments
- GitHub - sethvargo/chef-sugar https://github.com/sethvargo/chef-sugar 663 comments
- Melania Trump Racked Up $95K Hotel Bill for 6 Hours in Cairo https://people.com/politics/melania-trump-95000-hotel-bill-6-hours-cairo/ 507 comments
- Government orders 100,000 new body bags as Trump minimizes death toll https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/while-trump-minimizes-toll-government-orders-100-000-new-body-n1197316?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_np 491 comments
- Melania Trump Spent Almost $100,000 at a Hotel She Never Slept In | Vanity Fair https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/11/melania-trump-cairo-hotel-bill 447 comments
- Pruitt upgraded to a larger, customized SUV with bullet-resistant seat covers - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/17/pruitt-upgraded-to-a-larger-customized-suv-with-bullet-resistant-seat-covers/ 421 comments
- Trump WH falsely claimed USAID funded 'transgender comic book' in Peru | Snopes.com https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/transgender-comic-book-peru/ 375 comments
- DOGE lands at EPA - E&E News by POLITICO https://www.eenews.net/articles/doge-lands-at-epa/ 361 comments
- Records Show Trump’s Border Wall Is Costing Taxpayers Billions More Than Initial Contracts - TPM – Talking Points Memo https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/records-show-trumps-border-wall-is-costing-taxpayers-billions-more-than-initial-contracts 350 comments
- The White House Pushed FEMA To Give its Biggest Coronavirus Contract to a Company That Never Had to Bid — ProPublica http://propublica.org/article/the-white-house-pushed-fema-to-give-its-biggest-coronavirus-contract-to-a-company-that-never-had-to-bid 349 comments
- US Embassy in Jerusalem to cost more than $21 million -- nearly 100 times President Trump’s estimate - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/politics/us-embassy-jerusalem-cost-21-million-100-times/story?id=56645279 262 comments
- These federal websites domains will expire soon during the government shutdown https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/17/federal-https-domains-expire-government-shutdown/ 213 comments
- USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M as White House claimed. It was for subscriptions | Snopes.com https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usaid-payments-to-politico/ 196 comments
- How Much Did Healthcare.gov Actually Cost? : Sunlight Foundation http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/10/22/how-much-did-healthcare-gov-actually-cost/ 193 comments
- State Department Spent $52,701 on Curtains for Residence of U.N. Envoy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/us/politics/nikki-haley-curtains.html?amp%3Bemc=rss&partner=rss 190 comments
- 'He pulled the wool over our eyes': workers blame Trump for moving jobs overseas | Donald Trump | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/10/trump-workers-jobs-overseas-factories 187 comments