Tag: Inspectors General

The Labor Department inspector general reported Thursday that officials there failed to post descriptions of five of the most expensive conferences on the agency's website, as they were required to do by a 2011 presidential executive order. (iStock Photo)

Labor Department officials missed reporting deadlines for employee conferences

Ethan Barton · April 3, 2015 6:55 pm

The same laws that protect government watchdogs from illicit retribution appear to be protecting the jobs of certain bad eggs. (iStock)

When inspectors general go bad

Washington Examiner · April 2, 2015 9:00 am

Jeff Neely pled guilty in a San Francisco federal court late Tuesday to submitting a false claim for reimbursement that his room charge was for official business. (AP Photo)

Champagne-sipping ex-GSA official pleads guilty to false reimbursement claim

Mark Tapscott · April 1, 2015 4:58 pm

"It is difficult to know how auditors from the IG's office could have so completely missed the signs of waste, fraud and abuse that have now been widely identified in this program," Johnson said. (Getty File Photo)

Democratic lawmaker calls for Obama to fire Commerce Department watchdog

Sarah Bedford · April 1, 2015 9:00 am

A member of the Afghan security forces stands guard at the site of a suicide attack targeting parliamentarian Gul Pacha Mujedi in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Pentagon poured billions into botched Afghanistan security contracts

Sarah Bedford · March 30, 2015 8:24 pm

Secret Service supervisors said agents weren’t drunk

Susan Crabtree · March 27, 2015 7:09 pm

"The absence of...inspectors general in these positions significantly diminishes the ability of OIGs to perform thorough and independent oversight," said committee chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis. (AP Photo)Â

Democrats, Republicans want Obama to nominate permanent inspectors general

Sarah Bedford · March 27, 2015 4:35 pm

On Thursday, the nonprofit government watchdog Cause of Action called for a review by the Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section of allegations that a top Homeland Security official improperly intervened on behalf of friends and political associates of Reid, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Anthony Rodham, brother of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (AP Photos)

Reid retirement follows call for probe of his role in visas-for-cash mess

Mark Tapscott · March 27, 2015 3:00 pm

"Taking full credit" for the Palestinian farmers' additional income "would go against the contract," the USAID inspector general said. (AP Photo)

Feds canceled Deloitte Palestinian contract on evidence of joint cover-up

Sarah Bedford · March 26, 2015 6:53 pm

Ten DEA agents admitted to attending the "sex parties" with prostitutes hired by drug cartels in Columbia, according to a new Justice Department Inspector General report. (Getty Images File)

Meanwhile in Colombia: DEA agents attend ‘sex parties’

Kelly Cohen · March 26, 2015 3:00 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection records showed the Justice Department had used its drones 95 times between 2010 and 2013, although the flight records did not indicate how involved Justice branches were in the operations. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, File)

Tax dollars flew out the window as Justice bureau bought drones it never flew

Sarah Bedford · March 25, 2015 6:02 pm

The TSA PreCheck program allows individuals who have passed prior background checks to move quickly through designated lanes of airport security so that security agents can focus on travelers going through the regular lanes.Â (John Moore/Getty Images)

House panel to know why ‘notorious felon’ got expedited airport screening

alicia-hesse · March 25, 2015 12:25 pm