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Official says agency audit freed $1 billion, defends Blotnik Bridge funding
Summary
Speakers described a recent audit of agency spending that identified about $1 billion in contract savings, plans to remove prior administration'era project requirements, and reassured that the Blotnik Bridge connecting Minnesota and Wisconsin was not at risk.
During a meeting, participants discussed a recent review of how agencies spend federal dollars and actions taken at the Department of Transportation to reduce contract waste, with officials saying the review freed roughly $1 billion and that major projects were not endangered.
Speaker 2, DOT representative, said the department removed certain requirements added under the prior administration so more money could go "toward building the project" rather than to compliance tasks. "So what I've done is try to pull those out," Speaker 2 said. "You've known that we're…
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