Tag: Inspectors General

Nearly a dozen reports on closed fuel theft investigations were obtained by the Washington Examiner in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. (Thinkstock)

Postal workers, contractors use government credit cards for fuel scams

Michal Conger · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

Expired contracts backlog costing NASA millions, IG says

Lejla Sarcevic · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

At a Jan. 28 hearing, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray stunned lawmakers with an admission that renovation costs for the agency's building ballooned to $145 million. NowÃÂ Federal Reserve investigators want to know why costs have soared to more than three times the original estimate, the Washington Examiner has learned. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner file)

Federal Reserve inspector general to probe spiralling building renovation costs at CFPB

Richard Pollock · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

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Fraudsters get jail time for housing scams

Logan Porter · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

NASA runs into issues with a $2.5 billion IT contact, agency’s IG finds

Kelly Cohen · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

Serious digital vulnerabilities continue to nag the federal government, according to a new report from the minority staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. (Photo: Thinkstock)

National Security

Data breaches happen too often in federal computer systems, says new Hill report

Kelly Cohen · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after faulting the department for disregard of public safety in Operation Fast and Furious in this Sept. 20, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justice Department needs better oversight of grant programs, IG says

Kelly Cohen · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Approximately 4.2 million Medicare summary notices -- or paper forms that summarize processed claims -- were reported as "undeliverable" to beneficiaries in 2012, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspector general.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Millions in Medicare, Medicaid checks go undelivered, making fraud harder to track

Kelly Cohen · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Although President Obama called the massive abuse of Tea Party and other right-wing groups by the IRS "inexcusable," his administration has found plenty of excuses not to "get to the bottom of it," as his press secretary, Jay Carney, initially promised it would.ÃÂ

Getting to the truth about Obama’s IRS scandal

Charles Johnson · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

A Peace Corps employee submitted inflated invoices for tire services to the organization and pocketed the difference, according to an inspector general's report. (Thinkstock)

Peace Corps worker embezzled funds through tire service scheme

Michal Conger · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Construction on WMATA's Silver Line rail project. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Almost a billion dollars meant for the Silver Line is being mismanaged, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

A recent inspector general report says that computers at the State Department are still vulnerable to being hacked. (Thinkstock)

National Security

State Department’s computers are wide open to another Edward Snowden, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · January 16, 2014 5:00 am