Pig Book Hot Off The Presses
Oink, oink. Guess what debuted recently? The Congressional Pig Book, an annual compilation of pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. The guide, published by Citizens Against Government Waste, flagged 2,658 projects at a cost of $13.2 billion in the defense and homeland security appropriations bills for fiscal 2007.
Some technology-related spending highlights from CAGW:
• $5 million for science and technology workforce revitalization at Maryland's Energetics Technology Center
• $2 million for math and technology teacher development and "cyber curriculum" to educate children in the military
• $225 million for port security grants to private companies and port authorities
• $12 million for city bus security grants (ticket identification, passenger screening, emergency communication)
• $12 million for trucking security grants related to an ongoing highway safety program
• $1.3 million for a Navy "small business technology and readiness resource" in Missouri
• $1.6 million for a similar program in Florida
• $1.4 million for a Pentagon-wide center for excellence in educational technology
• $3.3 million for a National Guard "advanced technology battery modernization program"
• $2.4 million for the Army's "battery charging technology"
• $3.2 million for "3D advanced battery technology," also for the Army
• $1.5 million for an Army "cyber attack technology" system
• $3.2 million for an Air Force "palmtop emergency action for chemicals" initiative
• $4 million for the Army's "advanced research and technology initiative"
• $1.6 million for "integrated information technology policy analyses research"
• $2.3 million for a Missouri-based "center for micro/nano systems and nanotechnology"
• $3 million for "multifunctional protective packaging technology" in the Army
• $1.6 million for "missile and space modeling and simulation technology"
• $2.4 million for Internet phone software for the Army Reserve
• $1.6 million for the Navy's "magnetic refrigeration technology for naval applications"
• $10 million for Air Force "ballistic missile range safety technology"
• $3 million for Air Force "technology insertion demonstration and evaluation"
• $3.9 million for a Pentagon-wide "next generation manufacturing technology initiative"
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