Tag: Inspectors General

Consultant Stewart Liff filed suit in July against the government for more than $10 million, revealing that the government paid him $33,000 a month, the Examiner found. (iStock)

$33k-per-month federal anti-waste consultant sues government for $10m

Luke Rosiak · September 30, 2014 9:00 am

The IRS handled more than 482,000 delinquent tax cases in 2012, the most recent year for which data was available. (iStock)

IRS may give up too soon on half or more of delinquent tax cases, IG says

Richard Pollock · September 29, 2014 8:24 pm

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GSA travel card fraud, abuse still a problem despite repeated reform calls

Sarah Bedford · September 29, 2014 6:49 pm

Federal agencies are inflating the number of economically-disadvantaged small businesses they say they're contracting with, handing out more than $400 million to ineligible firms last year alone. (iStock Photo)

Feds gave $400 million in contracts to ineligible firms

Sarah Bedford · September 28, 2014 9:00 am

Environmental Protection Agency officials spent millions of tax dollars over a dozen years on an alternative asbestos removal study that "threatened human health."Â (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Lax EPA asbestos study endangered public health, wasted millions, IG says

Mark Tapscott · September 27, 2014 6:00 pm

Marine One flies over flooded areas of Coralville, Iowa, as President Bush surveys damage from flooding in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas on June 19, 2008. (AP/Liz Martin)

FEMA makes a $12 million mistake on Iowa flood

Sarah Bedford · September 27, 2014 9:00 am

The department's anti-trust division paid $8.4 million hiring expert witnesses when none was necessary. (iStock)

Feds paid millions for unneeded expert witnesses

Richard Pollock · September 25, 2014 10:00 am

There is no documentation for more than $22 million worth of repairs that postmasters and other postal officials paid for last year with credit cards, according to USPS inspector general. (iStock)

Postal officials resist upgrade to verify $22 million in repairs

Mark Tapscott · September 24, 2014 9:00 am

The Vieques Sports City Complex was never built because an environmentalist lawsuit dragged on unresolved for nearly a decade before it was settled. (iStock)

Apathetic HUD officials lose $10.8 million on failed Puerto Rican sports complex

Mark Tapscott · September 23, 2014 6:00 pm

Department of Homeland Security officials can't say if their program to keep foreign terrorists and criminals from getting U.S. visas is working, according to a government watchdog. (iStock Photo)

UPDATED: IG says visa security can’t be verified

Mark Tapscott · September 19, 2014 7:17 pm

Three Florida women will serve lengthy prison terms and make more than $2.4 million in restitution for their participation in a $20 million scheme to defraud Medicare. (iStock Photo)

Three Florida women get slammer for Medicare fraud

Mark Tapscott · September 19, 2014 6:00 pm

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Feds spend $167 million, audit $150K

Sarah Bedford · September 19, 2014 9:00 am