Tag: Mark Flatten

Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, said he hopes the Department of Veterans Affairs will respond to requests from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for emails about training conferences. (AP File)

House panels deploy subpoenas, new website in quest for VA documents

Mark Flatten · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Stonewalling by the Department of Veterans Affairs over its lavish spending on a pair of training conferences in Orlando, Fla., triggered a subpoena Tuesday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

House panel issues subpoenas for VA training conference documents

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

Washington’s ‘Spring Break’ culture seen in conference spending

Washington’s ‘Spring Break’ culture seen in conference spending

Mark Flatten · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

Washington’s ‘Spring Break’ culture seen in conference spending

Washington’s ‘Spring Break’ culture seen in conference spending

Mark Flatten · June 24, 2013 4:00 am

Paralysis in Congress keeps federal worker disability fraudsters cashing the checks

Paralysis in Congress keeps federal worker disability fraudsters cashing the checks

Mark Flatten · June 19, 2013 4:00 am

Disability can be easy street for federal bureaucrats

Disability can be easy street for federal bureaucrats

Mark Flatten · June 18, 2013 4:00 am

Experts say fraud rampant in federal worker disability program

Mark Flatten · June 17, 2013 4:00 am

Hardly a week goes by without the news media picking up on a report concerning the vulnerability of U.S. information and infrastructure to attack through the Internet and other networked computer systems. (Photo: Thinkstock)

UPDATED! Chinese, other nations hacked VA computers, officials can’t account for everything stolen

Mark Flatten · June 4, 2013 4:00 am

Newly released docs show inconsistencies in FBI training manual censorship

Mark Flatten · May 22, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, led a hearing into worries that the Department of Veterans Affairs is too focused on processing older disability claims and the expense of new ones. (Photo: Examiner file)

Watchdog: House takes wait-and-see view of new VA claims backlog plan

Mark Flatten · May 22, 2013 4:00 am

VA’s No. 2 lawyer is agency’s No. 1 bonus man

Mark Flatten · May 9, 2013 4:00 am

Claims paperwork piled high in the 6th Floor Claims Storage Filing Area of the VA regional office in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Photo: VA Inspector General's office)

EXAMINER EXCLUSIVE: Failing VA officials collected massive bonuses for years

Mark Flatten · May 8, 2013 4:00 am