Tag: Follow the Money

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Mislabeled hospitals cost Medicare too much, IG reports

Kelly Cohen · August 15, 2013 4:00 am

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USDA spends $4 million on time clocks, doesn’t know how long food inspectors work

Michal Conger · August 14, 2013 4:00 am

A convenience store in Washington D.C. displays signage for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Bigger food stamp program means more lost to waste, fraud

Michal Conger · August 14, 2013 4:00 am

The U.S. Postal Service's "Enterprise Data Warehouse" stores data from about 100 of its different computer systems, but an inspector general report says that processing the date is tedious and inefficient. (Thinkstock)

USPS stores data the expensive way, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

The case illustrates how little federal officials know about where goods and services they purchase come from.

Feds give millions in contracts to firms owned by fictitious people

Luke Rosiak · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

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HHS IG fears Obamacare co-ops will run out of money before enrolling first customers

Michal Conger · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

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Veterans preference fraud widespread but government prosecutes few cases

Mark Flatten · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

EXography: County employees can earn twice as much as residents they serve

EXography: County employees can earn twice as much as residents they serve

Luke Rosiak · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

The U.S. Postal Service's Enterprise Technology Services Program awards four information technology service contracts â otherwise known as task orders â as a means of encouraging competition and innovation among its suppliers. (Getty Images File)

IG decries lax oversight of Postal Service tech contracts

Kelly Cohen · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

The top watchdog in charge of U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan warned that the U.S. will waste billions of dollars without better contractor oversight. (AP File)

Billions at risk in Afghanistan without better contractor oversight, watchdog warns

Michal Conger · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Between 2008 and 2012, the Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency gave away almost $11 million to about 1,100 farmers who had been dead for a year or more. (Thinkstock)

Watchdog: USDA gives $11 million to dead farmers

Kelly Cohen · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

USAID program blows grant money on training conferences

Michal Conger · July 29, 2013 4:00 am