https://www.wnd.com/2024/11/extra-courtrooms-built-at-huge-taxpayer-expense-by-accident/
" federal government built 33 new courthouses between 2000 and 2010, but poor planning and incorrect estimates led the buildings to collectively be 3.6 million square feet larger than Congress authorized — the equivalent of building nine extra courthouses....The waste did not stop there. As of 2010, there were almost 19,000 unused government properties and almost 47,000 underused properties, worth a total of $83 billion..."