Tag: Inspectors General

The Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix is seen in this file photo from April 28, 2014. Among other problems, a recent Joint Commission report said that the hospital's medication workroom in oncology was "unclean and cluttered, the sink and faucet contained sediments, and a medication bottle inside the cabinet was sticky," increasing the risk of contamination of medications. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Phoenix VA cited for leaving chemicals, other dangerous items near veterans with mental health problems

Eric Hannel · March 6, 2018 8:28 pm

"I was happy to see Attorney General Jeff Sessions appoint Mr. [Michael] Horowitz, because we welcome more people investigating these serious issues that we're working on," Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said in an interview Saturday about investigating alleged FISA abuses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Devin Nunes breaks with Trump, welcomes DOJ inspector general investigation into FISA abuse allegations

Daniel Chaitin · March 3, 2018 5:28 pm

Jerry Falwell Jr. tweeted after President Trump asked why Jeff Sessions has having the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General to examine FISA abuse, instead of the department's own lawyers. (AP)

Jerry Falwell Jr. piles on, says Jeff Sessions might be a ‘coward’

Mandy Mayfield · February 28, 2018 7:44 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the inspector general will be investigating alleged FISA abuses, but President Trump wants Justice Department lawyers to investigate instead. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump publicly shames Jeff Sessions over investigation into alleged FISA abuses

Caitlin Yilek · February 28, 2018 2:57 pm

The results of the investigation showed that Richard Ruggiero, international conservation chief with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, violated federal ethics laws by participating in a federal cooperative agreement that financially benefited a family member. (Wikipedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

Inspector general: Obama Interior official broke law to enrich family member

John Siciliano · February 20, 2018 11:54 pm

"I have no reason to believe otherwise," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters during the White House press briefing when asked if the president remains confident in EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sarah Sanders: ‘No reason to believe’ Trump no longer has confidence in Pruitt, Shulkin after travel controversy

Melissa Quinn · February 20, 2018 9:12 pm

In November, the Federal Communications Commission voted to ease media ownership rules after a monthslong effort led by Chairman Ajit Pai. That same year, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced it would buy Tribune Media. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FCC watchdog investigating rules change that facilitated possible Sinclair-Tribune merger

Daniel Chaitin · February 16, 2018 12:17 am

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, (pictured above) and House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, called on Internal Revenue Service acting commissioner David Kautter, a Trump appointee, to stop the agency from handing out bonuses to employees who have been disciplined for misconduct. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans call foul on IRS giving bonuses to employees disciplined for drug use, sex harassment

Joseph Lawler · February 15, 2018 8:48 pm

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General released a report Wednesday that said VA staff purposefully bent the rules to allow David Shulkin's wife to travel with him on the taxpayers' dime. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers scold VA secretary for fraud that led to taxpayer-funded Europe trip

Pete Kasperowicz · February 15, 2018 1:56 pm

"We act with the highest ethical character. I relied upon my staff to do this, and in retrospect, I wish that I had asked more questions," Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said on Wednesday, reversing his initial denial and criticism of the VA's internal watchdog. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

VA Secretary David Shulkin regrets misusing taxpayer funds for European trip, reimburses government

Naomi Lim · February 14, 2018 11:11 pm

Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey and other Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are urging the EPA's inspector general to expand an existing probe of Scott Pruitt's travel habits to include the circumstances behind the waiver. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

Democrats ask EPA watchdog to investigate Scott Pruitt’s ‘blanket waiver’ for first-class flights

Josh Siegel · February 14, 2018 9:14 pm

According to an inspector general report, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin's 11-day Europe trip cost taxpayers more than $122,000 and was subsequently misrepresented to ethics lawyers after Shulkin returned to the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump’s VA secretary misused government funds for European trip, watchdog says

Gabby Morrongiello · February 14, 2018 5:14 pm