Indian Affairs out $28 million (Chicago Trib)

[Tangledog]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2027&e=1&u=/chitribts/20040922/ts_chicagotrib/indianaffairsout28million

<snip>
David Anderson, the assistant Interior secretary in charge of the bureau, told a Senate Finance Committee hearing that because of the haphazard accounting practices--much of the accounting was done by hand--officials have no idea how nearly 90 percent of $31.5 million in supplemental funds doled out since 1999 was spent.
</snip>

[AspenRose]

1. Question: Does the IHS see any of this money?

IHS: Indian Health Services

Accomodations at IHS facilities in New Mexico are piss poor.

[Tangledog]

2. This was mostly for "law enforcement"

Of course, in Gale Norton's Department of the Interior, that mostly means prisons that are as screwed up as the IHS.

Thank you for asking this. I'd almost forgotten about Gale Norton. Like I need another reason to kick it up a notch for Kerry/Edwards, but she's a good one.