The Waste List > Total Value of Government Waste: $57,322,568,479
$7.8 Million On Department Of Interior Conferences  - $7,800,000

In 2012, the Department spent about $7.8 million hosting or sending participants to 32 conferences, each of which cost more than $100,000.


Source: U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, “Letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell,” Office of Senator Tom Coburn, 4/30/13