Tag: Follow the Money

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Energy and Environment

Group tells IRS Sierra Club evading taxes, colludes with commercial firms

Mark Tapscott · September 17, 2014 1:00 pm

One reason healthcare costs continue to spiral upward despite Obamacare may have something to do with the federal government's left hand not knowing how much its right hand is paying for certain drugs. (iStock Photo)

Medicare’s right hand doesn’t know what its left hand pays for cancer drugs

Mark Tapscott · September 17, 2014 9:00 am

The Missile Defense Agency shows a $73 million contractor of missiles lined in a row.

DOD unit ignored audit, overpaid millions

Sarah Bedford · September 16, 2014 12:00 pm

Retail chains that accept food stamps are fighting a regulatory initiative to make public store-by-store data on their participation in the $80 billion government program. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

Retailers want food stamp data secret

Luke Rosiak · September 15, 2014 7:09 pm

A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who remodeled her home using taxpayer dollars was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of theft in federal court. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Fed used tax dollars to build dream house

Mark Flatten · September 15, 2014 6:58 pm

Rep. Doug Lamborn sent out a mailing boasting of his accomplishments and attacking President Obama just before a tight election, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Endangered Colo. Republican exploited loophole on taxpayer-funded ads

Luke Rosiak · September 14, 2014 7:36 pm

Federal officials paid nearly eight times the average price of homes in Ajo, Ariz., to build 21 family-type residences for U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees. (iStock image)

Feds’ tab for 21 desert homes: $680K each

Mark Tapscott · September 11, 2014 5:52 pm

Owners of a North Carolina construction company face charges they fraudulently obtained federal contracts using preferences reserved for small businesses run by disadvantaged minorities or disabled veterans, according to federal prosecutors. (iStock)

Company owners charged with bilking federal preference programs

Mark Flatten · September 11, 2014 9:00 am

Ex-teachers’ union treasurer admits stealing $100K

Ex-teachers’ union treasurer admits stealing $100K

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2014 11:10 am

Audit: La Medicaid overpaid $3.1M to 13 hospitals

Audit: La Medicaid overpaid $3.1M to 13 hospitals

Washington Examiner · September 9, 2014 11:19 am

GMMB partner Jim Margolis, left, with President Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina in 2012. Margolis was a key advisor during Obama's last two camaigns. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama’s chief ad agency lands $5.7 million CFPB contract that has produced no ads to date

Richard Pollock · September 9, 2014 9:00 am

Ex-US diplomat Khalilzad contests financial probe

Deb Riechmann · September 8, 2014 8:46 pm