Coburn criticizes DOJ for wasting money on golf and video games while country goes unprotected

Coburn does give credit where credit is due: One recipient of DOJ funds, the youth outreach organization Weed and Seed, commissioned an evaluation of its programs without prompting. After 40 days, the evaluating company submitted a seven-page report and a bill for $20,000. The conclusion of said report? Weed and Seed didn’t know how to manage its money.

Even groups that are using money wisely may be wasting taxpayer dollars simply based on the fact that duplicate programs exist across federal agencies. There’s simply no system in place to make sure that the Department of Education isn’t receiving money for the same programs as the DOJ, says Coburn’s report.

Coburn’s report recommends that Congress and the Attorney General’s office begin tracking activities, identifying goals, and developing a metric by which to measure those goals; that the Congressional Oversight and Judiciary Committees insure fair bidding practices; and that Congress and the DOJ collectively revisit the responsibility of local government for solving local problems.

“Local communities, for example, should take a greater role in financing recreational activities and DOJ should focus on those efforts communities are less prepared to address such as terrorism and drug cartel activities,” recommends the report.

*Main Justice, a specialty publication that covers D.C.’s legal system, contacted The Daily Caller to say that an image used in Coburn’s report was taken from their website without permission or acknowledgement. In the interest of giving credit where credit is due, The Daily Caller would like to credit Main Justice for its photo illustration of McGruff the Crime Dog at a party.