Pig book
Language: eng
Subjects: Waste in government spending; Government spending policy; Appropriations and expenditures
Other titles: Complete pork database
Description: The Congressional Pig Book is Citizens Against Government Waste's (CAGW) annual compilation of the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget.  A "pork" project is a line-item in an appropriations bill that designates tax dollars for a specific purpose in circumvention of established budgetary procedures.  To qualify as pork, a project must meet one of seven criteria that were developed in 1991 by CAGW and the Congressional Porkbusters Coalition. Each year is a searchable database and is accessed through the link for Complete Pork Database.
Notes: Viewed on (Apr. 14, 2006).