Much has been made this week of the Recovery.gov database (here and here, for example). Some are of the opinion that listing TARP dollars spent in nonexistent congressional districts -- such as the $752,292 spent in Texas Congressional District #00 -- are errors.
I believe these reports are part of the new Obama regime transparency standards. It seems plausible that Obama is being completely transparent about where TARP funds are going. It seems reasonable that the codes that don't map to known congressional districts, instead designate uses of the funds for purposes that don't benefit the congressional districts (e.g., graft, political war chests, ACORN, etc.). Yep, complete transarency!
The lingering question is: who will decipher those non-valid district codes?
Update: Congress to investigate phantom Congressional districts. THAT ought to be entertaining. If the districts are fake, is the investigation real?
Update 2: Bosse for NHCD 00. Oh, the fun factor is following a hockey-stick trajectory.
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