(Salem, OR) -- Callers to Oregon's Government Waste Hotline identified nearly three-million-dollars in costs that were investigated. 219 reports were filed last year, which is below the ten-year average of 253. Eight reports got further investigation and only one was substantiated and resulted in 856 dollars in questioned costs. Two-point-nine million dollars in questioned costs carried over from 2024 and resulted in a management letter to the agency.