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These same morons now want to control your healthcare.....Phantom zip codes also found in Virginia | Washington Examiner
Phantom zip codes also found in Virginia
By: Barbara Hollingsworth
Local Opinion Editor
01/06/10 10:40 AM EST
As much as $9.5 million in federal stimulus dollars went to 14 zip codes in Virginia that dont exist or are in other states, Old Dominion Watchdog (Old Dominion Watchdog) reports. The fake zip codes were listed on Recovery.gov, the federal Web site that is supposed to track how the stimulus money is being used.
The phony zip codes are a new wrinkle in Recovery.govs increasingly tattered credibility. In November, Ed Pound, director of communications for the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, said a rash of phantom congressional districts found on the website were the result of confusion by fund recipients, who apparently didnt know who their congressman was.
But who would give millions of dollars to somebody who doesnt even know their own zip code?
The newspaper was formerly distributed only in the suburbs of Washington, under the titles of Montgomery Journal, Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. Their parent company, Journal Newspapers Inc., was purchased by conservative benefactor Philip Anschutz in October 2004. On February 1, 2005, the paper's name changed to the Washington Examiner, and it adopted a logo and format similar to that of another newspaper owned by Anschutz, the San Francisco Examiner.[1] The Examiner's parent company, Clarity Media Group, also owns the conservative opinion magazine, The Weekly Standard.
The newspaper was formerly distributed only in the suburbs of Washington, under the titles of Montgomery Journal, Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. Their parent company, Journal Newspapers Inc., was purchased by conservative benefactor Philip Anschutz in October 2004. On February 1, 2005, the paper's name changed to the Washington Examiner, and it adopted a logo and format similar to that of another newspaper owned by Anschutz, the San Francisco Examiner.[1] The Examiner's parent company, Clarity Media Group, also owns the conservative opinion magazine, The Weekly Standard.
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The newspaper was formerly distributed only in the suburbs of Washington, under the titles of Montgomery Journal, Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. Their parent company, Journal Newspapers Inc., was purchased by conservative benefactor Philip Anschutz in October 2004. On February 1, 2005, the paper's name changed to the Washington Examiner, and it adopted a logo and format similar to that of another newspaper owned by Anschutz, the San Francisco Examiner.[1] The Examiner's parent company, Clarity Media Group, also owns the conservative opinion magazine, The Weekly Standard.
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The ZIP Code filing errors echo the phantom congressional district scandal that tore through Capitol Hill in November. Recovery.gov more than doubled the size of congress, listing 440 non-existent congressional districts as stimulus recipients.
The transparency board, which oversees the $18 million website, began correcting the errors after factcheck.org called it one of the “biggest whoppers of 2009.” The nonexistent districts were taken off the site and categorized as “Unassigned Congressional Districts.”
The newspaper was formerly distributed only in the suburbs of Washington, under the titles of Montgomery Journal, Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. Their parent company, Journal Newspapers Inc., was purchased by conservative benefactor Philip Anschutz in October 2004. On February 1, 2005, the paper's name changed to the Washington Examiner, and it adopted a logo and format similar to that of another newspaper owned by Anschutz, the San Francisco Examiner.[1] The Examiner's parent company, Clarity Media Group, also owns the conservative opinion magazine, The Weekly Standard.
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Would you accept CBS News as a source?
Did "Phantom" Districts Get Stimulus Cash? - CBS News
Story goes back to mid November...
There are problems with the stimulus data being reported, problems that call into question how accurate the job count is. But the "phantom congressional districts" are being used as a phantom issue to suggest that stimulus money has been misspent.
Would you accept CBS News as a source?
Did "Phantom" Districts Get Stimulus Cash? - CBS News
Story goes back to mid November...
Thanks for the link, House.
From your article:
The response to the allegations... back in November... from Scarantino who found the issues in recovery.org to begin with:
There are problems with the stimulus data being reported, problems that call into question how accurate the job count is. But the "phantom congressional districts" are being used as a phantom issue to suggest that stimulus money has been misspent.
I'd say that's a fair representation.
Scarantino said Wednesday that his initial blog post was just trying to show problems in the data. The nonexistent congressional districts amount to a "huge red flag," he said. If the oversight board that released the data can't catch that, what else is missing?
Here is the problem Jillian, A simple "data entry" problem at the hospital can cause death. If these government workers cannot take the time to look up a zip code on a form prior to entering onto an official document, I don't want them entrusted with my medical data. I'm just silly that way.
Would you accept CBS News as a source?
Did "Phantom" Districts Get Stimulus Cash? - CBS News
Story goes back to mid November...
Thanks for the link, House.
From your article:
The response to the allegations... back in November... from Scarantino who found the issues in recovery.org to begin with:
There are problems with the stimulus data being reported, problems that call into question how accurate the job count is. But the "phantom congressional districts" are being used as a phantom issue to suggest that stimulus money has been misspent.
I'd say that's a fair representation.
Editorializing by the author...
This comment was more telling and gets at the real issue:
Scarantino said Wednesday that his initial blog post was just trying to show problems in the data. The nonexistent congressional districts amount to a "huge red flag," he said. If the oversight board that released the data can't catch that, what else is missing?
The real issue is that mistakes are being made with this government money and the oversight board isn't catching it.... It needs to be addressed.... I'm sure you can agree with that...
Here is the problem Jillian, A simple "data entry" problem at the hospital can cause death. If these government workers cannot take the time to look up a zip code on a form prior to entering onto an official document, I don't want them entrusted with my medical data. I'm just silly that way.
That was not the way I read it. However now that you mention it, it is axiomatic that whenever Gov't spends money there is fraud. It is non-partisan too - it happens regardless of which party is in control! We'll just have to wait for the proof and the inevitable investigations.Here is the problem Jillian, A simple "data entry" problem at the hospital can cause death. If these government workers cannot take the time to look up a zip code on a form prior to entering onto an official document, I don't want them entrusted with my medical data. I'm just silly that way.
That wasn't the implication of the O/P though. The initial implication was that there was some type of illicit activity with regard to the funds.
As for data entry and zip code errors...
you ever meet an insurance company claims rep??
Would you accept CBS News as a source?
Did "Phantom" Districts Get Stimulus Cash? - CBS News
Story goes back to mid November...
Thanks for the link, House.
From your article:
The response to the allegations... back in November... from Scarantino who found the issues in recovery.org to begin with:
I'd say that's a fair representation.
Editorializing by the author...
This comment was more telling and gets at the real issue:
Scarantino said Wednesday that his initial blog post was just trying to show problems in the data. The nonexistent congressional districts amount to a "huge red flag," he said. If the oversight board that released the data can't catch that, what else is missing?
The real issue is that mistakes are being made with this government money and the oversight board isn't catching it.... It needs to be addressed.... I'm sure you can agree with that...
Editorializing by the author...
This comment was more telling and gets at the real issue:
Scarantino said Wednesday that his initial blog post was just trying to show problems in the data. The nonexistent congressional districts amount to a "huge red flag," he said. If the oversight board that released the data can't catch that, what else is missing?
The real issue is that mistakes are being made with this government money and the oversight board isn't catching it.... It needs to be addressed.... I'm sure you can agree with that...
maybe, though I didn't read it the way you did.
FWIW, you won't get me to say the data entry is perfect. i think it has kinks they need to work out. i just don't think there's anything particularly nefarious in it. Personally, I'm still waiting to find out who was in the room with Cheney when he devised our energy policy... if we're actually talking about openness.
Here is the problem Jillian, A simple "data entry" problem at the hospital can cause death. If these government workers cannot take the time to look up a zip code on a form prior to entering onto an official document, I don't want them entrusted with my medical data. I'm just silly that way.
The incorrect ZIP codes are merely typos, Cheryl Arvidson, spokeswoman for the Recovery Board, told The Hill this week. Moreover, those numbers do not change the administration's initial projection that stimulus dollars have so far helped create or save more than 600,000 jobs, she added.
"The material was put in by the recipients [and] was transferred from the recipient reports on the website to these charts," Arvidson said. "Just because there are some typographical errors in ZIP codes doesn't mean this money is disappearing somehow."
Recovery Board says ZIP code stimulus errors with 'phantom' locales are 'typos'
The newspaper was formerly distributed only in the suburbs of Washington, under the titles of Montgomery Journal, Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. Their parent company, Journal Newspapers Inc., was purchased by conservative benefactor Philip Anschutz in October 2004. On February 1, 2005, the paper's name changed to the Washington Examiner, and it adopted a logo and format similar to that of another newspaper owned by Anschutz, the San Francisco Examiner.[1] The Examiner's parent company, Clarity Media Group, also owns the conservative opinion magazine, The Weekly Standard.
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