D.C. workers traveling the world on taxpayers' dime

District government staff ran up nearly a quarter million dollars in travel expenses through the first three months of the year, spending significant time in Florida, Jamaica and Las Vegas even as D.C. faces a historic economic downturn.

The 594 travel-related charges totaling about $214,000 and expensed on government travel credit cards constitute roughly 6 percent of all purchase card activity in January, February and March.