Tag: Inspectors General

"If we don't get these additional sanctions at the UN, as I mentioned over the weekend, I have an executive order prepared, that's ready to go to the president that will authorize to stop doing trade and put sanctions on anybody that does trade with North Korea," Mnuchin said Wednesday to reporters. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Treasury Inspector General opens probe into Steve Mnuchin’s travel on day of solar eclipse

Anna Giaritelli · September 1, 2017 2:30 am

The investigation is being started based on congressional requests and a hotline complaint, "all of which expressed concerns about Administrator Pruitt's travel -- primarily his frequent travel to and from his home state of Oklahoma at taxpayer expense," according to a letter sent by the EPA inspector's office to the agency's chief financial officer Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Energy and Environment

Inspector general to start probe into EPA chief Pruitt’s travel to Oklahoma

John Siciliano · August 28, 2017 7:30 pm

At $2,200 per test, the cost quickly crossed into the millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Government watchdog: CBP wasted $5M on unneeded polygraphs for disqualified applicants

Anna Giaritelli · August 11, 2017 3:36 pm

The interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is being investigated by his own agency's inspector general over reports that he threatened Sen. Lisa Murkowski. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke under investigation for healthcare pressure play

John Siciliano · August 3, 2017 9:08 pm

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, following testimony before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Inspector general: IRS is still hiring employees it fired for misconduct

Joseph Lawler · July 27, 2017 2:06 pm

Department of Defense's Office of the Inspector General released a report Thursday saying the Pentagon has failed to take advantage of 58 open recommendations to save money, and could save $33.6 billion if it followed these recommendations. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Watchdog: Pentagon ignoring recommendations to save $33.6 billion

Jamie McIntyre · July 13, 2017 3:04 pm

The thefts began in the fall of 2012 and continued through March 2013, according to a report. A worker with a sophisticated knowledge of computers devised the scheme, the report said. (PepsiCo via AP Images)

Watchdog: CIA contractors fired for stealing $3,000 in vending machine snacks

Melissa Quinn · June 21, 2017 9:54 pm

The U.S. government may have overpaid nearly $30 million dollars for uniforms for the Afghan National Army because it used a private contractor who offered a camouflage pattern that is unsuited to the country's terrain. (NATO photo by Kay M. Nissen)

National Security

Watchdog: Pentagon may have wasted $30 million on buying the wrong pattern of Afghan army uniforms

Jamie McIntyre · June 21, 2017 1:27 pm

"National trends should not be interpreted .. to conclude that Smart on Crime had a uniform impact." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Report throws cold water on Sessions’ claim ‘softened’ drug policies caused jump in crime

Kelly Cohen · June 20, 2017 9:48 pm

The HHS inspector general's office found that the government overpaid about $1.27 billion for the allergy antidote under the Medicaid rebate program. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Grassley: Mylan fleeced taxpayers $1.27 billion for EpiPen

Robert King · May 31, 2017 7:38 pm

The insects were found in and around the food service areas and even on food trays served to patients at the Edward Hines Jr. VA hospital in Hines, Ill. (Courtesy Veterans Health/Flickr)

Veterans Affairs hospital staff knew of roaches on food trays but didn’t get rid of them, report finds

Sean Higgins · May 24, 2017 1:37 pm

"If we don't get these additional sanctions at the UN, as I mentioned over the weekend, I have an executive order prepared, that's ready to go to the president that will authorize to stop doing trade and put sanctions on anybody that does trade with North Korea," Mnuchin said Wednesday to reporters. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Watchdog says IRS needs more money than Trump proposes

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 9:47 pm