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Medicare inappropriately paid $23 million for services that began after the death of more than 17,000 beneficiaries in 2011, according to the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Medicare paid $23 million for services after beneficiaries’ deaths

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Few of the IGs become public figures, even when, like Daniel Levinson, they and their staff have saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars over the years. Two new reports from Levinson this week cast a disturbing spotlight on the depth and durability of corruption in federal health care spending.
Beltway Confidential

Feds provide cradle-to-beyond-the-grave ‘security’

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Afghan National Army officers take part in a training exercise at a National Army base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on Oct. 8. (AP/Ahmad Jamshid)
National Security

Afghanistan reconstruction threatened by security transfer, official corruption, IG warns

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US embassy in Belarus plagued by inadequate staffing, unsafe offices

US embassy in Belarus plagued by inadequate staffing, unsafe offices

Ethan Barton -
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In early morning darkness, a worker prepares heavy machinery for the day as rebuilding work continues on the beach area between Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, N.J., on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Millions of tax dollars that could go toward Hurricane Sandy recovery are instead going to research on the storm recovery process, according to a nonprofit government watchdog group. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Wednesday watchdogs: Storm relief grants funding recovery studies

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US lost $9.7b on GM through September, IG says
Economy

US lost $9.7b on GM through September, IG says

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Federal contractor caught inflating prices, settles for $6.2 million with GSA

Federal contractor caught inflating prices, settles for $6.2 million with GSA

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Construction workers install steel reinforcement bars on a building to be used by the Afghan National Army in Kabul on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The site is just one of many construction projects in the capital, where skilled workers earn about $20 per day and laborers earn around $10 daily. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan projects funded with billions of U.S. tax dollars will soon be inaccessible to oversight officials

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A Department of Justice Inspector General audit found that a New Mexico nonprofit that received federal funds hired an employee's spouse and spent more than $1.3 million in questionable costs. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

New Mexico nonprofit’s director awarded federally funded contract to spouse

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A Texas physician was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $7 million in restitution after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to the Justice Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Texas doctor made millions in Medicare scheme, gets 52 months in slammer

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