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Coffee, Anyone? Homeland Security Spends $30,000 at Starbucks Using ‘Purchase Cards’

allan10 years ago01 mins

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security officials appear to have an affinity for Starbucks. NBC-4 Washington reports that Homeland Security employees spent $30,000 at the coffee chain in 2013. The drinks were bought with so-called purchase cards. At a Starbucks in Alameda, Calif., agency employees spent $12,000. “I don’t know the agency’s needs or contingencies,…

$16 a Muffin: IG Report Finds Justice Dept. Over Spent at Conferences on Food and Beverages

allan13 years ago13 years ago11 mins

By PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON — Muffins: $16 apiece. Coffee: more than a dollar an ounce. Snacks: $32 per person. A report issued Tuesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general found excessive spending on food and beverages in an audit of 10 department conferences. Justice spent about $490,000 on food and beverages at the…