Inspectors General

Politics

30,000 missing emails from IRS’ Lerner recovered

November 22, 2014 11:39 am

DOT officials haven't decide when fixes will be made for one-fifth of their 5,600 cybersecurity problems. (iStock Photo)

Technology

IG finds big DOT cybersecurity flaws

Mark Tapscott -

November 22, 2014 10:00 am

An estimated 6,000 IRS employees have outside jobs or are involved in extracurricular businesses, but only half of them are doing so with permission from their superiors, according to a Department of the Treasury watchdog.Â (iStock)

IRS thinks its employees’ income info should be kept away from investigators

Mark Tapscott -

November 21, 2014 10:00 am

An United States Postal Office employee puts a bundle of mail onto a machine at the Processing and Distribution Center on December 16, 2013 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty images)

U.S. mail moves much slower in San Francisco than anywhere else

Mark Tapscott -

November 21, 2014 10:00 am

Delays, ineptitude mar Maya Lin public art project in Washington, Oregon

Sarah Bedford -

November 19, 2014 2:22 pm

Medicare's error rate for payments to hospitals, doctors and other service providers has spiraled upward from 8.5 percent to 10 percent in one year, according to a government watchdog. (iStock)

Healthcare

Growing Medicare error payments rate cost $45 billion in 2013, IG reports

Mark Tapscott -

November 18, 2014 11:15 pm

Social Security IG probe turns up check-cashing Texas daughter’s dead parents

Sarah Bedford -

November 18, 2014 10:00 am

A fraudulent commercial trucking operation that sparked a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration investigation and ended with a botched contract killing has left eight people dead and at least one behind bars for life. (iStock)

Crime

Huge trucking fraud run from behind bars ends with botched contract murders

Sarah Bedford -

November 17, 2014 7:00 pm

Wind and solar energy firm NextEra aggressively pulled strings to gain federal support for its projects. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Green firm NextEra pressured feds for approval despite environmental worries

Luke Rosiak -

November 17, 2014 10:00 am

Justice IG says Childhelp foundation failed on every count with six grants

Mark Tapscott -

November 16, 2014 10:00 am

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Tag: Inspectors General

30,000 missing emails from IRS’ Lerner recovered

IG finds big DOT cybersecurity flaws

IRS thinks its employees’ income info should be kept away from investigators

U.S. mail moves much slower in San Francisco than anywhere else

Delays, ineptitude mar Maya Lin public art project in Washington, Oregon

Growing Medicare error payments rate cost $45 billion in 2013, IG reports

Social Security IG probe turns up check-cashing Texas daughter’s dead parents

Huge trucking fraud run from behind bars ends with botched contract murders

Green firm NextEra pressured feds for approval despite environmental worries

Justice IG says Childhelp foundation failed on every count with six grants

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