With such a big debate constantly raging about who tax cuts benefit and how much things like the War on Terror or Katrina Relief cost, I think we as Americans fail to look at, analyze, and complain about how much of our tax money is wasted on the smaller, day to day projects that add up to far more money than any of these single-ticket large budget items.
The Department of the Interior spent $63,000,000 to consolidate 16 financial systems into one, but the project has failed and will be restarted from square one.
The Department of Homeland Security spent $104,000,000 on an infrastructure upgrade that did not meet federal law requirements.
The Department of Defense has spent $264,000,000 on their online travel booking system, a project that is currently four years behind schedule.
The FBI spent $170,000,000 on a web-based case management system that has failed to work properly and is also being restarted from square one.
The Transportation Security Administration spent $834,000,000 on their infrastructure modernization, but the project has never yielded the results they were looking for, and they, too, are starting over.
And lastly, our friends at the Federal Aviation Administration have spent $11,400,000,000 (yes, $11.4 billion) on 16 separate improvement projects, 12 of which are behind schedule, and one of which is currently 13 years behind schedule.
