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Former White House aide Jeffrey Zients briefed reporters on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday, but continued to remain vague about both the problems and possible solutions. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal officials still mum on many Obamacare website problems

Richard Pollock · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Wednesday that 106,185 Americans had enrolled in Obamacare exchanges (AP/Jon Elswick)

Issues dog ‘other contractor’ as House panel convenes first hearing on healthcare.gov’s many troubles

Richard Pollock · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

The official federal government organizational chart for the Obamacare website project.

Troubled Obamacare website wasn’t tested until a week before launch

Richard Pollock · October 17, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama and his successors in the Oval Office are not obligated to make public the names of individuals visiting the White House, according to a decision of the federal Circuit Court for the District of Columbia made public Friday. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Energy and Environment

Obamacare website firm’s execs had White House access

Richard Pollock · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Federal officials considered only one firm to design the Obamacare health insurance exchange website that has performed abysmally since its Oct. 1 debut.

Feds reviewed only one bid for Obamacare website design

Richard Pollock · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Canadian provincial health officials last year fired the parent company of CGI Federal, the prime contractor for the problem-plagued Obamacare health exchange websites, the Washington Examiner has learned.

Canadian officials fired IT firm behind troubled Obamacare website

Richard Pollock · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

Michael Dickerson and Greg Gershman are being tapped to join the "tech surge" designed to rescue the malfunctioning Obamacare website. (Screenshot: Healthcare.gov)

Canadian firm hired to build troubled Obamacare exchange site

Richard Pollock · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Staff members from the Champaign Urbana Public Health District offices in Champaign, Ill., work with people trying to sign up for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday. (AP/David Mercer)

Obamacare health insurance co-ops mostly not ready for opening day

Richard Pollock · October 2, 2013 4:00 am

TheÃÂ Leadership in Energy and Environmental DesignÃÂ certification is a "mark of excellence" and it helps the public to compare "measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions" with non-LEED properties, according to the U.S.ÃÂ Green Business Council. (AP File)

Energy and Environment

Green group hides environmental ratings of buildings it certifies

Richard Pollock · October 1, 2013 4:00 am

Elizabeth Warren: ‘behavioral economics’ birthed CFPB’s credit card data-mining

Richard Pollock · September 23, 2013 12:00 am

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wants to know if CFPB has harmed the U.S. Trustee Program by improperly using it to capture millions of bankruptcy case files it couldnât otherwise obtain. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Rep. Spencer Bachus want answers on CFPB data-mining, bankruptcy files

Richard Pollock · September 18, 2013 12:00 am

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday before the House Financial Services Committee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

CFPB’s data-mining on consumer credit cards challenged in heated House hearing

Richard Pollock · September 13, 2013 4:00 am