The Pig Book

http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_pigbook2006

...The 2006 Pig Book identified 9,963 projects in the 11 appropriations bills that constitute the discretionary portion of the federal budget for fiscal 2006, costing taxpayers $29 billion. 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....

* Requested by only one chamber of Congress;
* Not specifically authorized;
* Not competitively awarded;
* Not requested by the President;
* Greatly exceeds the President’s budget request or the previous year’s funding;
* Not the subject of congressional hearings; or
* Serves only a local or special interest.....

"University of Southern Mississippi" the the 2006 Pig Book database:

http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_pigbook2006_database


MS $1,000,000 Toxin Alert Development Project at the University of Southern Mississippi (Small Business Administration) NBR, S

MS $2,000,000 University of Southern Mississippi Forensic Teaching Laboratory (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance - Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR, C

MS $500,000 University of Southern Mississippi - Family Network Partnership (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance - Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR, C

MS $3,200,000 Mississippi Automated System Project, University of Southern Mississippi (Crime Identification Technology Act Grants) NBR, C

MS $500,000 Univeristy of Southern Mississippi's School of Polymers and High Performance Materials Improved Materials for Fuel Cell Membranes Program (Legacy Management) NBR, S

Key:

NBR, S = No Budget Request, only requested by the Senate

NBR, C = No Budget Request, added in Conference