Bush PR costs taxpayers $1.6 billion
Via the San Francisco Chronicle:
The Bush administration spent at least $1.6 billion on public relations and advertising campaigns over 30 months, according to a report released Monday by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress.
The report, requested by congressional Democrats, shows that government agencies are relying on outside consultants to help pitch their messages to the public
. The GAO report did not single out any project for special attention but, in a separate study a year ago, the agency said the Bush administration had illegally engaged in covert propaganda for paying conservative commentator Armstrong Williams to praise the No Child Left Behind Act, the 2002 education law, in newspaper columns and on television.
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