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An inspector general has questioned the competence of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, which oversees safeguards for electronic protected health information. (Thinkstock)

New security risks found concerning HIPAA

Kelly Cohen · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

According to the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general, the annual cost of health care fraud is between $75 and $250 billion. (Thinkstock)

Electronic patient records may be at risk, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

In 2012, of the $828 million worth of contracts doled out through agency reverse auctions, 99 percent were awarded to one contractor. (Thinkstock)

Reverse auctions could save taxpayers millions

Kelly Cohen · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Fifth Third Bank's holding company is in hot water -- and now owes more than $6 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Photo: PR Newswire/AP)

Fifth Third Bank charged with bad accounting during financial crisis

Kelly Cohen · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Cause of Action asks court to order release of financial crisis panel documents

Kelly Cohen · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Postal Service loses almost $30,000 worth of mail loaders

Kelly Cohen · December 6, 2013 12:00 am

The Mentor-ProtÃ©gÃ© Program seeks to encourage small businesses to be prime contractors or subcontractors -- or "protÃ©gÃ©s." The small businesses are then groomed by larger contractors to produce better work for the Energy Department and eventually other federal agencies. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Energy Department lets the incorrect small businesses into a program, audit finds

Kelly Cohen · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, believes DOD's Defense Finance and Accounting Service is producing error-ridden financial statements.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Chuck Grassley report questions accuracy of Pentagon financial statements

Kelly Cohen · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Cyber weaknesses continue to nag the Department of Energy -- as does the agency's failure to fix them, its inspector general has found. (Courtesy photo)

Energy and Environment

GAO says Energy Department not properly overseeing agencies borrowing its facilities

Kelly Cohen · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

An IG report found that a large amount of USPS mail transport equipment (MTE) and mail processing equipment (MPE) was found unsheltered and unprotected outside. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Maryland facility leaves unused postal equipment to rot, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · November 23, 2013 5:00 am

More than 825,000 Medicare residents in nursing home care were transferred to hospitals in 2011 -- an action costing the agency $14.3 billion. (Photo: Thinkstock)

IG: Feds need new way to measure nursing home quality

Kelly Cohen · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

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IG says EPA fumbling classified documents

Kelly Cohen · November 21, 2013 5:00 am