What Waste of Money Would You Denounce to a DOGE-like Agency Auditing DC Government Expenses?

[Anonymous]

The sweetheart deal Maret private school made to have to have an exclusive right to use Jelleff public fields afterschool rather than using their 40k+ per kid per year in tuition to get their own athletic fields.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:EOY spending. Agencies are incentivized to surrend their entire budget, which leads to buying unnecessary things at the end of the Fiscal year.

Agencies who return money to the federal budget need rewards. Maybe they get to keep 25% of what they return in a rainy day fund that carries over indefinitely, and they still get most of the overage in the following year’s budget? So if an agency saves $100, they get 25$ to invest and then they get 75$ in next year’s budget. Thoughts? What would incentivize your agency to return unused funds?

Or maybe they invest 25$ of the 100$ saved with no reduction in next year’s budget? Over time, agencies could build endowments that would serve to fund something that the federal government isn’t currently paying for. Within limits. No wild parties, but I bet they could think of large ticket items they need.

[Anonymous]

Homeless industrial complex

[Anonymous]

All the practice standardized tests and programs (Anet, iReady, MAP) in addition to CAPE. Kids don’t need 5 weeks of tests per year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sweetheart deal Maret private school made to have to have an exclusive right to use Jelleff public fields afterschool rather than using their 40k+ per kid per year in tuition to get their own athletic fields.

+1

[Anonymous]

I would make religious entities and religious leaders pay taxes like the rest of the citizens. Ridiculous that these scammers can rake in millions tax free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would make religious entities and religious leaders pay taxes like the rest of the citizens. Ridiculous that these scammers can rake in millions tax free.

+100

[Anonymous]

This:

"$6M down the drain after District funds unlivable condos for first time homebuyers"

https://wjla.com/news/local/living-crisis-washington-dc-homes-conditions-talbert-street-southeast-stanton-view-development-llc-river-east-anacostia-condo-units

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would make religious entities and religious leaders pay taxes like the rest of the citizens. Ridiculous that these scammers can rake in millions tax free.

Throw country clubs and private schools into that as well. MoCo and NW lose so much revenue due to so much of space being taken up by institutions and organizations that pay no taxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A $400K was paid to a big law firm, Latham & Watkins, to investigate Trayon White after the FBI investigated him and showed videos of him receiving bribes.

https://wjla.com/news/local/trayon-white-dc-council-seat-ad-hoc-committee-meeting-investigation-councilmember-ward-8-code-of-conduct-violation-federal-bribery-charges-independent-investigation

Every $ was worth its weight in gold

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the money that goes to Alabama

Husband and wife

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the money that goes to Alabama

The District of Columbia is sending money to Alabama?

Allen & Wife?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Purple line. All of it.

OP said "DC government expenses"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would make religious entities and religious leaders pay taxes like the rest of the citizens. Ridiculous that these scammers can rake in millions tax free.

Throw country clubs and private schools into that as well. MoCo and NW lose so much revenue due to so much of space being taken up by institutions and organizations that pay no taxes.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the money that goes to Alabama

The District of Columbia is sending money to Alabama?

Allen & Wife?

Charles Allen is from Alabama. There is an Alabama Company winning fishy contracts with the DC government. Hmmmm!

The District Department of Transportation awarded a fishy $57 million contract to Alabama-based contractor Volkert, Inc. for a road reconstruction project on a two-mile section of East Capitol Street SE. That contract raises several huge red flags!

"These allegations are hardly the most egregious that have been levied against the District government when it comes to favoritism in the contracting world. Generally, it tends to be the firms that spread the most money around to local politicians that get the best treatment."

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/75788...vortism-retaliation/