Tag: Inspectors General

A report said if the Veterans Affairs OIG had not stepped in, "it is likely that. ... staff would have inappropriately destroyed the nine claims-related documents we found."Â (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

VA caught sending veterans’ mail to the shredder

Pete Kasperowicz · August 18, 2015 8:48 pm

A plume of toxic debris from the mine spill contained a number of hazardous chemicals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury, saidÂ EPA Assistant Inspector General Carolyn Copper in a memo.Â (AP Photo/Matt York)

Energy and Environment

EPA starts investigation into its toxic mine spill

John Siciliano · August 17, 2015 11:29 pm

Title 39 of the U.S. Code states that the mission of the USPS is "to bind the Nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people." (Scott Eisen/Bloomberg)

USPS thinks political candidates are first class, sees voters as bulk mail

Rudy Takala · August 14, 2015 8:30 pm

MichaelÂ Horowitz's proposal is in response to a controversial opinion issued by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel last month. (AP Photo)Â

Watchdog slams government’s legal opinion limiting access to information

Nicole Duran · August 13, 2015 11:05 pm

A person signs up for the Affordable Care Act.Â A new report said it identified weaknesses in the federal marketplace's procedures for resolving inconsistencies.Â (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Watchdog: Government failing to fully screen Obamacare applications

Robert King · August 10, 2015 2:26 pm

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing August 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Watchdogs: Justice Department handcuffing IGs, whistleblowers

Nicole Duran · August 6, 2015 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference Monday, July 13, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

National Security

Intelligence watchdog was denied access to Clinton emails

Sarah Bedford · August 5, 2015 6:51 pm

The Government Accountability Office announced Tuesday that the Marine Corps did not properly account for nearly $1 billion in transactions. (AP Photo)Â

Pentagon unable to account for nearly $1 billion spent

Barbara Boland · August 5, 2015 5:02 pm

An inspector general probe suggested Huma Abedin leveraged her State Department job to benefit her two other employers at the time. (AP Photo)

Clinton aide may have ‘delivered favors’ for friends, IG finds

Sarah Bedford · August 3, 2015 4:42 pm

The IGs' finding may go against Clinton's comments for the last few months that she never sent any information over her private email account that was classified at the time it was sent.Â (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

State says its process for vetting Clinton emails is ‘solid’ despite calls for investigation

Pete Kasperowicz · July 24, 2015 8:12 pm

"As President, I will continue to fight to make our health care system more value-driven and cost-efficient, and to drive down costs for patients and families," saidÂ Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Inspectors general urge investigation into State’s handling of Clinton emails

Kelly Cohen · July 24, 2015 7:49 pm

In this Friday, May 22, 2015 photo, an Afghan police stops a motorbike at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Audit: Government has no rule-of-law strategy for Afghanistan

Nicole Duran · July 9, 2015 3:39 pm