Tag: Inspectors General

Watchdog catches OPM trying to snow its critics

Nicole Duran · July 9, 2015 1:22 am

Richard Griffin,Â who spent 43 years working in the federal government and was serving as an interim IG, said his last day will be the Fourth of July.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top VA watchdog steps down amid harsh criticism

Susan Crabtree · June 30, 2015 11:47 pm

Eight months after Congress requested emails from embattled IRS official Lois Lerner, tax agency employees "magnetically erased" hundreds of backup tapes. (AP Photo)

IRS permanently destroyed up to 24,000 Lerner emails after subpoena

Sarah Bedford, Barbara Boland · June 25, 2015 8:33 pm

"In our opinion, the project management approach for this major infrastructure overhaul is entirely inadequate, and introduces a very high risk of project failure," the June 17 "flash audit" stated. (AP Photo)Â

Government watchdog has no confidence in OPM director

Nicole Duran · June 25, 2015 5:50 pm

JanetÂ Yellen said the central bank would provide documents related to the investigation to the House Financial Services Committee once the inspector general cleared them. (AP Photo)Â

Yellen rejects GOP charge that she’s hindering investigation into Fed leak

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2015 9:41 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sexual harassment complaints at State spiked under Clinton, Kerry

Susan Crabtree · June 18, 2015 10:06 pm

Citizens United spends modest sum on advertisement touting President Trump's agenda. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Citizens United demands answers in State Dept. coverup

Sarah Bedford · June 18, 2015 4:01 am

Jeb Hensarling and Sean Duffy said in the letter that the timing of the investigations was "suspect" and possibly aÂ Ã¢â¬Åpretext for the Fed and the [inspector general] to delay complying with this committeeÃ¢â¬â¢s requests.Ã¢â¬ï¿½ (AP Photo)Â

Republicans accuse Fed of ‘willful obstruction’ of leak investigation

Joseph Lawler · June 17, 2015 6:00 pm

A collection of prosthetic limbs, prosthetic legs, and AFO (Ankle-Foot Orthopedic) at PUSPADI Bali on October 4, 2013 in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. (Photo by Agung Parameswara/Getty Images)

Veterans Affairs IG to investigate strange prosthetic purchases

Nathan Rubbelke · June 16, 2015 8:21 pm

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement Thursday, June 4, 2015, that data from the Office of Personnel Management and the Interior Department had been hacked. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Massive data breach followed ‘long history’ of failed IT systems at OPM

Pete Kasperowicz · June 16, 2015 2:50 pm

Harold Geisel,Â the temporary inspector general of the State Department during Hillary Clinton's tenure,Â speaks during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Contracting Oversight Subcommittee on Capitol Hill November 18, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Image)

Official sued to keep Clinton State documents secret

Sarah Bedford · June 16, 2015 4:01 am

Two years later, Hillary’s time at State keeps getting worse

Washington Examiner · June 15, 2015 9:00 am