November 18, 2009

By Larry Bivins

Gannett Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The federal Web site that tracks spending from the Obama administration's $787 billion economic stimulus program reports that the program has created thousands of jobs in congressional districts that don't exist.

According to www.recovery.gov, California has seven congressional districts more than the 53 it actually has, including a 99th. In South Carolina, the site reported Tuesday evening, $40.7 million in economic stimulus funds have gone to seven spurious congressional districts, including 00 and 25. South Carolina has six U.S. House districts.

"The inaccuracies on recovery.gov that have come to light are outrageous," said Rep. David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who chairs the House Appropriations Committee. "The administration owes itself, the Congress and every American a commitment to work night and day to correct the ludicrous mistakes."

Republican lawmakers were more scathing Tuesday, with some accusing the administration of a cover-up. No House Republicans and only three GOP senators voted for the stimulus bill, which President Barack Obama signed into law on Feb. 17.

"The government Web site charged with reporting waste, fraud and abuse is its very own worst offender," said Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina. "I know we have been asking this administration to show us the jobs, but this isn't what we had in mind."

"The attempts to cover up the dismal failure of the president's trillion-dollar stimulus have gone from comical to embarrassing," said South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint.

The White House didn't respond to repeated requests for comment.

Ed Pound, a spokesman for the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, told ABC News that human error caused the mistakes.

"We report what the recipients submit to us," he said, according to ABC. "Some recipients clearly don't know what congressional district they live in, so they appear to be just throwing in any number."

Computer experts questioned that explanation, however, noting that many of the Web site's state links included a District 00, suggesting that there was a technical glitch in how the data was received.

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 James @ White Knights 911:

 Patrick and Anne:

 This article of yours Patrick has exactly what I discovered years ago and recently told you for investigation of hidden businesses and accounts for money laundering.  Bottom says business as 0000 which is what I found on county assessors books for property tax I.D. that did not exist but they had to use something for an account.  Article states money to non existent districts in CA, I had told you same, hiding property under empty land lot filing or duplicating with slight name change under address of another business or same address where business did not exist and books went to another location, found via the tax form.  Also hiding business under gov\'t building address.  They are doing the same with banks but that info found through the counties computer system looking for grantor and grantee documentation and they locked the computer to be able to look directly at the money transactions.  I also found tax forms for some of these phony duplicated businesses but they got smart and started filing as under $25,000 income in non profit so no tax form.  I submitted some of my research to GAO FraudNet because of the theft of grant money which is an arm of the General Accounting Office of the U.S.  This research to them included as found in this article but my research was Ventura County and CA.  This article substantiates what I prior found and told you re hidden money procedures. 

 http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/fraud/us_government/news.php?q=1258744652

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