Tag: Inspectors General

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, wasted no time in offering legislation to create an Inspector General to monitor Richard Cordray, the man senators confirmed. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Senators propose independent IG to keep watch on financial oversight board

Kelly Cohen · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

Multiple inspector general reports criticize U.S. Agency for International Development foreign aid programs for chronic waste, fraud and mismanagement. (AP Photo)

U.S. Agency for International Development projects rife with mismanagement, lax oversight, IGs say

Michal Conger · July 13, 2013 4:00 am

Cindy Harrington was caught performing a flip on a trapeze after she began collecting federal disability because of a reported neck injury sustained while lifting a mail tray. Harrington collected more than $193,000 in disability payments, using some of the money to buy a boat called âFree Ride.â She eventually pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
(Photos courtesy U.S. Postal Service Inspector General)

Fraud rampant in fed disability program

Mark Flatten · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

In 2011 and 2012, the U.S. Postal Service paid out $6.84 billion in overtime. (AP File)

Postal Service pays too much overtime, IG audit finds

Kelly Cohen · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

IG says Texas housing authority is auditors’ nightmare

Jon Cassidy · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

(Thinkstock Image)

Afghan officials improperly fining U.S. contractors, harming war effort

Michal Conger · July 2, 2013 4:00 am

Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court in 2002, on which she served until 2009 (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Ex-FISA Court judge disputes inspector general report

Michael Barone · June 30, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas

Beltway Confidential

Obama caves to Ted Cruz, House GOP over lack of State Department watchdog

Joel Gehrke · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Even some volunteers are ripping off agency, Interior IG finds

Michal Conger · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., has been pushing the Obama administration to name a permanent inspector general for the State Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Obama to name top cop for State Department after leaving the post open for 2,000 days

Susan Crabtree · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

IG finds big problems in Big Brothers Big Sisters accounting

Kelly Cohen · June 26, 2013 4:00 am

Nerf footballs. (Courtesy photo)

Porn, wine, Nerf footballs bought with IRS credit cards, IG says

Kelly Cohen · June 25, 2013 4:00 am