Energy Department program meant to promote use of alternative energy sources for vehicles gave out about $5 million in funds to individuals with conflicts interesting, the agency's inspector general said.
The department's Clean Cities program made a good award to an individual who in return gave money to a family members member's company, Rickey Hass, the Energy Department's deputy home inspector general, told a House Scientific research subcommittee in testimony today.
In another case, a group the government entrusted to spread federal money gave 40 % of its available funds to organizations associated with board members, Hass stated.
The hearing is the newest by House committees looking into the power Department's alternative energy grant and loan programs following last year's collapse of solar panel maker Solyndra LLC.
Critics have said the particular administration was wrong as a measure to pick winners and nonwinners among emerging energy providers.
"We are spending taxpayers' money,In said Representative Andy Harris, your Maryland Republican who is chairman from the Energy and Environment Subcommittee. "We ought to remember that."
The Solyndra mortgage has become a focus on the presidential campaign trail, with Moncler Ireland Republican challenger Mitt Romney charging that President Barack Obama's attempts to use government capital to jump start green know-how industries have been marred simply by backroom deals with politically connected companies.
This Clean Cities program received $300 million to distribute for you to companies and local coalitions through the monetary stimulus package Congress approved in 2009.
The Energy Department requires almost all grant recipients to undergo audits, Kathleen Hogan, the department's assistant secretary intended for energy efficiency, told the House subcommittee.
The department's Clean Cities program made a good award to an individual who in return gave money to a family members member's company, Rickey Hass, the Energy Department's deputy home inspector general, told a House Scientific research subcommittee in testimony today.
In another case, a group the government entrusted to spread federal money gave 40 % of its available funds to organizations associated with board members, Hass stated.
The hearing is the newest by House committees looking into the power Department's alternative energy grant and loan programs following last year's collapse of solar panel maker Solyndra LLC.
Critics have said the particular administration was wrong as a measure to pick winners and nonwinners among emerging energy providers.
"We are spending taxpayers' money,In said Representative Andy Harris, your Maryland Republican who is chairman from the Energy and Environment Subcommittee. "We ought to remember that."
The Solyndra mortgage has become a focus on the presidential campaign trail, with Moncler Ireland Republican challenger Mitt Romney charging that President Barack Obama's attempts to use government capital to jump start green know-how industries have been marred simply by backroom deals with politically connected companies.
This Clean Cities program received $300 million to distribute for you to companies and local coalitions through the monetary stimulus package Congress approved in 2009.
The Energy Department requires almost all grant recipients to undergo audits, Kathleen Hogan, the department's assistant secretary intended for energy efficiency, told the House subcommittee.