But while most of the corruption allegations centre on the Iraqi money, the financial chaos also extended to projects financed by US taxpayers.

BBC: NEWS | Business | Baghdad's 'missing' billions

The prize is to support documentary artists - working alone or in teams - who are involved in extended, ongoing fieldwork projects that rely on and exploit, in intriguing and effective ways, the interplay of words and images in the creation and presentation of their work.

BBC: The business of photojournalism

It begins with isolated cases of experimentation within the organization which develops into wider cross-organization social business projects with the eventual possibility of spreading across the extended enterprise relationships with partners, customers and other constituencies.

FORBES: Constellation Research Group's Maturity Model for Social Business

His spending targets include extended unemployment benefits, teacher hiring (unions), and construction projects (unions).

FORBES: The President's Political Circus

Back in March, Switched On discussed a number of Kickstarter projects (all of which have now shipped) that extended sensor-based monitoring and notification to remote locations (provided there was WiFi or Bluetooth connectivity).

ENGADGET: Switched On: The fork, the ficus and the flandoodle

They also have skewered certain Energy Department programs that extended millions in taxpayer loans and other aid to alternative energy companies or projects that faltered or did not meet expectations.

CNN: Wind farm gets US approval despite controversy