Inspectors General

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid overpaid hospitals by an estimated $4.6 million for returning patients. (iStock Photo)

Federal healthcare officials have ignored watchdog ideas worth billions

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March 24, 2015 6:16 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, during a House Select Committee on Benghazi hearing on the implementation of the Accountability Review Board recommendations. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Healthcare

Louisiana clinic defrauds Medicare of $50 million, Roskam wants new strategy

Sarah Bedford -

March 24, 2015 5:40 pm

A man walks past sandbags place in front of a retaining wall in a Glendora neighborhood on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles on February 28, 2014 in California. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

Federal officials paid twice for Los Angeles County wall they didn’t authorize

Sarah Bedford -

March 21, 2015 2:53 pm

Amtrak employees get lavish bonuses for only losing $214 million last year

Sarah Bedford -

March 19, 2015 10:11 pm

Air carriers can voluntarily report inadvertent violations of hazardous material transportation regulations to the Federal Aviation Administration. However, the administration consistently fails to follow up to ensure that air carriers' subsequent corrective plans are successful, or even implemented, allowing dangerous consequences. (iStock)

Feds’ flawed oversight may allow unsafe transportation of hazardous cargo

Ethan Barton -

March 19, 2015 9:15 pm

Healthcare

Thousands of foster care kids not getting required medical exams

alicia-hesse -

March 19, 2015 6:09 pm

Politics

Clancy: ‘Element’ in Secret Service has a drinking problem

Susan Crabtree -

March 17, 2015 4:54 pm

Witnesses, from left, Daniel Bertoni, director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security; Judy Rivers of Logan, Ala.; Sean Brune, senior advisor to the deputy commissioner for Budget, Finance, Quality and Management, U.S. Social Security Administration; Patrick O'Carroll, Jr., inspector general, U.S. Social Security Administration; David Mader, controller, Office of Management and Budget; and Beryl Davis, director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office, are sworn in before they testify before the Senate Homeland and Government Affairs Committee's hearing related to issues of the Government's Death Master File list on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Chaos comes when Social Security Administration declares somebody living dead

Ethan Barton -

March 17, 2015 2:57 pm

The trip will highlight steps new VA Secretary Bob McDonald has taken to improve care at VA hospitals. [AP Photo

Politics

Obama fails to name VA watchdog for 437 days

Susan Crabtree -

March 13, 2015 6:08 pm

Investigators say many State Department officials avoid saving official emails

Sarah Bedford -

March 11, 2015 6:05 pm

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Tag: Inspectors General

Federal healthcare officials have ignored watchdog ideas worth billions

Louisiana clinic defrauds Medicare of $50 million, Roskam wants new strategy

Federal officials paid twice for Los Angeles County wall they didn’t authorize

Amtrak employees get lavish bonuses for only losing $214 million last year

Feds’ flawed oversight may allow unsafe transportation of hazardous cargo

Thousands of foster care kids not getting required medical exams

Clancy: ‘Element’ in Secret Service has a drinking problem

Obama fails to name VA watchdog for 437 days

Investigators say many State Department officials avoid saving official emails

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