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Government agencies with big spending also have big waste

Government agencies with big spending also have big waste

Ethan Barton -

May 2, 2015 9:00 am

Valid identification numbers were missing from 800,000 Colorado claims in 2011. (iStock Photo)

Healthcare

Medicaid frauds may have gotten up to $213 million from federal government

Ethan Barton -

April 23, 2015 10:51 pm

Education

Politically-connected nonprofit can’t prove how it spent $1.8m in grant funds

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April 23, 2015 8:03 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, joined at right by Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., heads to a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

IRS diverted millions from taxpayer assistance to pay for employee bonuses

Sarah Bedford -

April 22, 2015 4:33 pm

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration finds big credit processing errors on business returns. (iStock Photo)

Tax man may have awarded $2.7 billion in improper business credits on returns

Ethan Barton -

April 18, 2015 1:03 pm

Former Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said the National Technical Information Service should be abolished because most federal publications it offered were available at no cost on the Internet. (AP Photo)

Federal office charges other agencies for reports they can get for free

Sarah Bedford -

April 18, 2015 10:55 am

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has told Congress his agency's ability to respond to taxpayers seeking assistance with their returns has been reduced by budget cuts. (AP Photo)

Far fewer callers seeking assistance are getting through on IRS help lines

Ethan Barton -

April 18, 2015 9:58 am

The Department of Housing and Urban Development employeeÂ spent his days at work selling stolen items on Craigslist and negotiating with buyers using his federal email address. (AP Photo)Â

Housing department employees used work time to steal electronics, watch porn

Luke Rosiak -

April 16, 2015 5:15 pm

The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Hospital is seen November 10, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Philly VA office altered wait times, doctored reviews, hid mail, ignored warnings

Luke Rosiak -

April 15, 2015 4:54 pm

These savings can be made by adopting more than 600 measures proposed by a nonprofit advocacy group. (iStock Photo)

‘Prime Cuts’ report lists 601 ways to cut $639b in wasteful federal spending

Ethan Barton -

April 5, 2015 9:00 am

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