Thanks to the morning crew at NewsRadio 740 AM for having us on to talk about our story looking at the overblown employmemt numbers in a stimulus project here in Texas.

We discussed one of our latest stories, in which we looked at an audit that found severe problems with how a Travis County program that recieved millions in stimulus cash was counting the jobs the claimed the stimulus created.

From the Texas Watchdog story:

The directors of a $2.3 million stimulus-funded summer youth program reported the program created or retained 556 more jobs than the 124 found in a review by the State Auditor's Office, a difference of more than 440 percent.

In a report released today, the state auditor said the Capital Area Workforce Development Board reported the summer employment jobs for low-income people aged 14 to 24 as full-time positions, although the program was designed to run eight to 10 weeks and be discontinued.

Read the whole story on the overblown employment numbers here.

Also read the other work we've done covering the stimulus:

San Antonio stimulus program investigated; one of 5 in TX fraught with problems

$5.6 million federal stimulus contract halted in Abilene, subpar work found statewide in Texas' weatherization program.

Sheltering Arms director out; shoddy work found in $22.3 million federal stimulus contract to fix up low-income homes

Job creation 'has not materialized' from Weatherization Assistance Program: Federal inspector general

Shoddy workmanship found in $22 million federal stimulus contract to improve the homes of the poor

Federal stimulus plan for solar power will take decades to return investment, if ever

47 homes retrofitted, $3.7M spent in Texas through Dec. under program to improve low-income homes

Trent Seibert can be reached at 832-316-4994 or at trent@texaswatchdog.org.