(Washington, D.C.) The Tennessee Center for Policy Research (TCPR), Tennessee’s free market think tank, and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the nation’s leading taxpayer watchdog, will publish the 2011 Tennessee Pork Report on Tuesday, June 28. This marks the sixth annual report exposing wasteful spending by state and local governments, and is the only publication of its kind in Tennessee.

What:     2011 Tennessee Pork Report Release

Who:      Tennessee Center for Policy Research and Citizens Against Government Waste

When:    Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 1:00 PM Central Time (2:00 Eastern)

Where:   Legislative Lounge (2^nd Floor) of the Tennessee State Capitol

Among the featured speakers are TCPR President Justin Owen, and Ben Cunningham, spokesman for Tennessee Tax Revolt.

CAGW’s publications the Congressional Pig Book and Prime Cuts influenced the creation of the Tennessee Pork Report, which exposes projects in the state budget that lead to wasteful spending. The report offers solutions to eliminate waste, and acts as an informative and valuable resource to legislators and taxpayers.

Hard copies will be distributed at the press conference. The report will also be available online at www.cagw.org and www.tennesseepolicy.org. For answers to further questions, to schedule an interview, or to order a hard copy, please contact Justin Owen (615-383-6431, justin@tennesseepolicy.org) or Leslie Paige (202-467-5334, lpaige@cagw.org).

About the Tennessee Center for Policy Research

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to providing concerned citizens, the media and public leaders with expert empirical research and timely free market policy solutions to public policy issues in Tennessee. Citizens Against Government Waste is a private, non-partisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government.

About Citizens Against Government Waste

Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.  To learn more, visit www.cagw.org.