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The Des Moines Register published Sunday an online database of 45,197 unclaimed checks in Iowa for income tax refunds, contract work and a variety of other things. Officials say the money isn't supposed to stay in the state's accounts and the checks are considered outdated when uncashed for six months. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Iowa checks worth nearly $7 million go uncashed

February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki defends bonuses despite patient deaths and disability claims backlogs

Mark Flatten -

February 8, 2014 5:00 am

Technology

NASA runs into issues with a $2.5 billion IT contact, agency’s IG finds

Kelly Cohen -

February 6, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

Fraud in Army recruiting bonus program may cost nearly $100 million

Washington Examiner -

February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Healthcare

House panel says Obamacare co-op improperly diverted $25 million

Kelly Cohen, Richard Pollock -

February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Infographic: Buying union influence with official time

Chris Henderson -

February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Lobbying Congress is permitted. And high on the perennial list of union legislative priorities is killing any bill that would limit official time.

Too Big To Manage: Public pays for government unions to lobby for more federal spending

Mark Flatten -

February 4, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama is greeted by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory after Obama arrived on Air Force One at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, N.C. on Jan. 15. North Carolina state leaders are once again embarking on a top-to-bottom review of state government. And once again, there's bound to be resistance to carry out changes. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson)

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s team leading state government reform study

Washington Examiner -

February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

Who runs Freedom Industries? West Virginia’s chemical spill mystery

Washington Examiner -

February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Air traffic controllers, nurses, lawyers and others employed by the government spend thousands of hours each year doing union business on official time. (Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

708 federal workers spent more time on union work than their government jobs in 2012

Mark Flatten -

February 3, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Follow the Money

Iowa checks worth nearly $7 million go uncashed

Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki defends bonuses despite patient deaths and disability claims backlogs

NASA runs into issues with a $2.5 billion IT contact, agency’s IG finds

Fraud in Army recruiting bonus program may cost nearly $100 million

House panel says Obamacare co-op improperly diverted $25 million

Infographic: Buying union influence with official time

Too Big To Manage: Public pays for government unions to lobby for more federal spending

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s team leading state government reform study

Who runs Freedom Industries? West Virginia’s chemical spill mystery

708 federal workers spent more time on union work than their government jobs in 2012

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