Affentitten Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Great online tool for examining what the ADF spends. Defence expenditure You can drill down by month, contractor, job etc. Apparently an audit has turned up some interesting payments, including an $18000 bar bill, some payments being itemised as "stuff" and phantom payments to non-existent contractors and/or real ones that have no knowledge of that particular invoice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Corruption: No longer just a hobby. It's a way of life. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Brilliant piece of work. Oh that this became a common check on expenditure!! Journalism turns up trumps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 But hell, this is just the piddling little ADF. Imagine what any one arm of the US forces spends alone. The thing that strikes you as you go through even a single month is just how much $$$ is contracted out to vast numbers of consultancies as "professional services". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Nov 18 John Kettler: Advised US Military On Y2K Danger http://www.rense.com/about/guests2.htm If true I wonder what Kettler charged for his erm... quality consulting when he can barely switch on own his computer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 But hell, this is just the piddling little ADF. Imagine what any one arm of the US forces spends alone. $600 for a toilet seat anybody? And that was back in the '70s-'80s, before inflation really got going. The thing that strikes you as you go through even a single month is just how much $$$ is contracted out to vast numbers of consultancies as "professional services". Yeeow! Don't get me going on consultants. Consultancy has got to be the biggest racket in town. Consultants are basically status symbols to show that you've arrived. Of course they are mostly useless, status symbols nearly always are. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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