Federal officials secretly spent more than $40 billion under what they call “Other Transaction Agreements” (OTAs) despite a federal law that requires the government to post such expenditures on the USAspending.gov website, according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa).
“We all know there is wasteful spending everywhere you look in Washington, but President Joe Biden wants to keep you in the dark because we can’t stop what we can’t see. That is why USAspending.gov, a searchable public website containing all government grants, contracts, and other expenditures, is taxpayers’ most valuable tool for spotting and then stopping Washington waste,” Ms. Ernst said in a statement made public in connection with Sunshine Week.
