Mark Tapscott

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Department of Justice officials appear to be going to unusual lengths to prevent a former IRS attorney from talking to Congress about his time working for Lois Lerner, the woman at the center of the IRS scandal. (iStock)

Justice Department blocking House panel from talking to former IRS attorney

Mark Tapscott · September 5, 2014 9:00 am

49 percent of the complaints received in 2012 and 2013 saw no work done on them for at least two months, the report said.

Half of complaints about tax preparers gather dust at IRS for months, IG says

Mark Tapscott · September 4, 2014 7:19 pm

The compressed natural gas tank is seen stored behind the backseat in the trunk of a Honda Civic on Friday, Sept. 23, 2005, in East Liberty, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Energy and Environment

Colorado buys CNG vehicles, but state workers fill’em up with petrol

Mark Tapscott · September 3, 2014 12:00 pm

Treasury Department officials change data they receive from financial institutions that received federal assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a special inspector general said. (iStock)

Treasury doctors banks’ TARP data

Mark Tapscott · September 2, 2014 11:04 pm

Border Patrol vehicles patrol along a barrier that runs along the US-Mexico border on October 4, 2007 east of San Luis, Calif. (Photo by David McNew/Getty images)

National Security

DHS lacks plan, info to manage its $534 million vehicle fleet

Mark Tapscott · September 2, 2014 5:58 pm

Afghan officials can't account for $3.3 billion in U.S. military aid to their country's military and security forces, according to the Pentagon's inspector general. (iStock image)

Billions in U.S. aid can’t be accounted for by Afghan officials

Mark Tapscott · September 2, 2014 9:00 am

A chunk of the Justice Department's $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America may go to a government-chartered non-profit that gives hundreds of millions of dollars to housing activists once associated with the infamous ACORN group.ÃÂ (AP/David Goldman)

ACORN-linked groups may profit in Bank of America settlement

Mark Tapscott · August 30, 2014 10:00 am

The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 requiresÃÂ the 72 federal IGs to appoint whistleblower ombudsmen and to disseminate information about the rights of whistleblowers in the federal workforce. (iStock image)

Some IGs slow to publicize whistleblower rights and protections

Mark Tapscott · August 29, 2014 4:15 pm

U.S. Postal Service officials spent more than $39 million leasing trailers last year. (Getty images)

USPS leases 10k trailers but can’t track them or confirm their receipt

Mark Tapscott · August 28, 2014 1:30 pm

Republicans hoping for another wave election like 2010 when they regained the House majority are probably going to be disappointed come November. (iStock Photo)

Maybe 2014 won’t be such a great election for the GOP after all

Mark Tapscott · August 28, 2014 12:41 pm

There is virtually no way Obama could muster the 67 Senate votes required for treaty approvals because Republicans would oppose a new climate change pact, as would more than a few Senate Democrats. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Is Obama’s war on coal burying the Democrats’ New Deal coalition for good?

Mark Tapscott · August 27, 2014 12:34 pm

Why did the government wait until now to disclose doomsday email backup?

Mark Tapscott · August 27, 2014 1:06 am