Political Fall-Out Continues from DOJ Conference Audit

Meeting spending is in the political crosshairs again. The Office of the Inspector General issued a report Tuesday, September 20, criticizing excessive conference spending by the Department of Justice in 2008 and 2009. By Wednesday a $16 muffin was fast becoming a new symbol of government waste, and by Thursday at least one politician, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R.-Iowa), was calling for firings