Fact-Checking Federal Spending: A Review of Claims in Playboy Magazine's 'Who's Doing What With Your Money'
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_109_4_22_34_0011
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Fact-Checking Federal Spending: A Review of Claims in Playboy Magazine's 'Who's Doing What With Your Money'
- Date Created:
- 1973-01-01
- EDTF:
- 1973-01-01
- Creator:
- unknown
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- James R. Jones Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/70
- Description:
- The document provides a response to a request regarding the validity of statements made in a Playboy magazine article on Federal spending. It mentions that total Federal spending for the items mentioned in the article is less than $6.5 million, with the exclusion of a large item reducing the total to about $2.3 million. The document also addresses specific items mentioned in the article, such as a D.C. urban renewal project, Navy programs, a heroin hotline, and the Alaskan Chateau. It includes information from the General Accounting Office and other sources to verify or provide additional context on the mentioned items. Additionally, it discusses an Interdepartmental Screw-Thread Committee and a study by the Food and Drug Administration on safety standards for children's products.
- Topic:
- Retirement, Inflation (Finance), United States--Appropriations and expenditures
- Congress:
- 93rd (1973-1975)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_109_4_0000, Box 22, Folder 34, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 3 Pages
