What's the greatest waste of government money you seen that hasn't made the news?

One example I've seen. Local bus driver applies to local college to cover trips and the likes. Gets told he can't apply because he's not on the procurement list. A company 100miles away wins the contract and realises he can't cover it because of distance so he subs it out to the original local guy. Local guy gets paid and so does the other company. I'm sure this shit is replicated across the country.