Air Force Program Built on Earmarks

By Paul Singer
Roll Call Staff
May 12, 2009, 12 a.m.

In 2006, the Air Force created a technology development program at a Florida air base with the understanding that it would cost no Air Force money to run. Instead, contractors who would be doing business with the new unit would lobby Congress for the earmarks to support its work.



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