Government Waste

Some of the spending included: $466,991 on studying frog mating calls in Panama, $1.2-million on the studying habits of online dating app users, tens of millions spent ‘green growth' for Peru, $22-million spent on bringing Serbian cheese up to international standards, and more.

Highlights include: providing over $76 million to soldiers in the Somali National Army, devoting over $650,000 to develop a drama series to air in Afghanistan, spending more than $2.4 million to study daydreaming, and setting aside $18 million to support tourism in Egypt.

DOD Spent $35,654,013,000+ on 306 individual contracts in August 2017
The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $35,654,013,000 on 306 individual contracts during August 2017. This amount does not include 18 Foreign Military Sales transactions worth $3,090,162,000.

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