So why on earth are Obama administration officials analyzing government waste funded by Obama's massive stimulus spending at a Ritz Carlton in Phoenix, Arizona?
Members of a key panel created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus bill, have scheduled a meeting on November 22 to consider ways to prevent "fraud, waste, and abuse of Recovery Act funds." The meeting will be held at the super-luxe Ritz Carlton Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona.
The group is the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel, a sub-committee of the larger Recovery Accountability and Transparency board (sometimes known as the RAT board). The stimulus bill set up the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel, or RIAP, to make recommendations to identify and prevent waste of the bill's $814 billion in stimulus spending.
"The purpose of the November 22, 2010 meeting is to allow the RIAP to have an open dialogue, with input from the public, on issues relating to fraud, waste, and abuse of Recovery Act funds," says a notice in the Federal Register. Specifically, participants in the meeting will discuss various techniques to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, as well as larger issues of transparency and public awareness. Portions of the meeting will be open to the public, while other parts will be closed.
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Room Overview
- Guest Room
Beds and Bedding
- Maximum Occupancy: 4
- 1 King or 2 Double
- Rollaway beds permitted: 1 at 25.00 USD per night
- Cribs permitted: 1
- Maximum cribs/rollaway beds permitted: 2
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Room Features
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- Air-conditioned
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- Connecting rooms are not available
- Windows, soundproof
Bath and Bathroom Features
- Marble bathroom
- Shower/Tub combination
- Bathroom amenities (Bulgari)
- Hair dryer
- Robes: 2
- Slippers
Furniture and Furnishings
- Chair, oversized
- Alarm Clock (Bose)
- Safe, in room
- Outlet with dual voltage adaptors
- Desk, writing / work, with electrical outlet
- Iron and ironing board
Food & Beverages
- Room service, 24-Hour
- Bottled water, complimentary
- Coffee maker / tea service
- Mini-bar
Kitchen features
- Mini-refrigerator
Internet and Phones
- Phones: 2
- Phone features: voicemail, and speaker phone
- High speed Internet, for a fee
- Wired Internet, for a fee
- Wireless Internet, for a fee
Hospitality Services
- Evening turndown service
- Newspaper delivered to room on request
Entertainment
- TV features: remote control, 32in/81cm, and LCD screen
- Plug-In High Tech room
- Premium movie channels
- Cable/satellite
- Cable channels include CNN, ESPN, and HBO
- Movies, pay-per-view
- Radio (Bose)
- Stereo (Bose)
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- Video games for a fee
Accessible Room Features
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- Grab bars in bathroom
- Bathtub seat
- Toilet seat at wheelchair height (some rooms)
No doubt, this is costing taxpayers a lot of money to analyze government waste. Remember when Obama told CEO's they were going to have to cut back and not enjoy these types of amenities in places like Las Vegas?
