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The Coast Guard employs nearly 9,000 civilian workers in addition to about 42,000 active uniformed members. (AP Photo)Â

Coast Guard’s IT passwords compromised by too-chatty workers on telephones

alicia-hesse · April 2, 2015 6:36 pm

The TSA PreCheck program allows individuals who have passed prior background checks to move quickly through designated lanes of airport security so that security agents can focus on travelers going through the regular lanes.Â (John Moore/Getty Images)

House panel to know why ‘notorious felon’ got expedited airport screening

alicia-hesse · March 25, 2015 12:25 pm

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid overpaid hospitals by an estimated $4.6 million for returning patients. (iStock Photo)

Federal healthcare officials have ignored watchdog ideas worth billions

alicia-hesse · March 24, 2015 6:16 pm

Foster care children enrolled in Medicaid aren't getting proper healthcare thanks to ineffective oversight. (iStock Photo)

Thousands of foster care kids not getting required medical exams

alicia-hesse · March 19, 2015 6:09 pm

Nine Department of Health and Human Services inspector general reports, published in 2012, 2013, 2014 and earlier this month, focused on cases in which state Medicaid programs could potentially save millions of dollars on equipment like oxygen supplies, hospital beds and mail-order diabetic supplies, as well as standard power wheelchairs, oxygen systems and oxygen concentrators. (iStock image)

Seven states overpaid for Medicaid durable medical equipment

alicia-hesse · February 24, 2015 1:20 pm

VA rented space to a golf course in West Los Angeles, but it was not permitted to perform modifications. (iStock)

Underused VA facilities turned into parks, profit centers for others

alicia-hesse · February 10, 2015 10:00 am

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