U.S. Army Spent More Than $10 Million on D.C. Conference
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The U.S. Army in 2010 spent $10.7 million on a Washington conference, about 13 times the amount paid by the General Services Administration for an event near Las Vegas in the same year that’s been criticized by Congress.
The Army also spent $10.6 million on the conference last year, part of $37.7 million paid by taxpayers in the past four years for 9,805 service members and civilians to participate in the annual gathering, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The event, arranged by an outside group, is the largest professional development forum in which the service participates.