According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s No FEAR Act Annual Reports from 2004-2011, DOT spent $10.8 million reimbursing prevailing litigants in discrimination and retaliation suits for damages and attorneys’ fees. This figure does not include the cost of government attorneys’ salaries, cost of investigations, and litigation costs for non-prevailing litigants.
Sources:
- No FEAR Act Annual Report to Congress 2011
- No FEAR Act Annual Report to Congress 2010
- No FEAR Act Annual Report to Congress 2009
- No FEAR Act Annual Report to Congress 2008
- No FEAR Act Annual Report to Congress 2007
- No FEAR Act Annual Report to Congress 2006
- No FEAR Act Annual Report to Congress 2005
- No FEAR Act Annual Report to Congress 2004
$10.8 million of taxpayer money spent to attempt to defend a dysfunctional DOT, with FAA being the lions share. The FAA’s consistent ranking at the bottom of all federal agencies in the annual employee satisfaction survey should have Congre$$ looking at all this waste. Did I say Congress? Know anyone accountable these days?