Vaguely worded federal regulations allow the Defense Department to pick up costs relating to employee morale among its contractors. Among the bills found in an audit were $14,000 for Boston Red Sox tickets (including parking), $5800 for running shoes to improve employee's health, $12,000 for cable TV for retired workers, $62,000 to maintain a 46-foot sport-fishing boat, $24,000 for liquor, and $383,000 for management conferences in Bermuda, the Grand Cayman islands, Hawaii and Mexico.

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