Tag: Waste and Fraud

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin once declared that "in this war on poverty, poverty is winning." (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Examiner Editorial: New tactics are needed to win the war on poverty

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2013 4:00 am

A mental health counselor from Shelby, N.C., oversaw a scheme that defrauded Medicaid of about $6.1 million. (Thinkstock)

Feds nail N.C., Tenn. women in Medicaid fraud cases

Kelly Cohen · August 10, 2013 4:00 am

A local contractor from an Afghan construction and supply company counts desks with villagers in the Kohi Sofi district of Afghanistan's Parwan province as Task Force Gladiator soldiers distribute school supplies in 2008. (Photo: U.S. Army)

U.S. freezes bank account of Afghan contractor accused of bribery

Michal Conger · August 10, 2013 4:00 am

Few in Congress seem to care about veterans preference fraud

Few in Congress seem to care about veterans preference fraud

Mark Flatten · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

Examiner reports California local pay abuses; Santa Ana hires manager for $559K

Luke Rosiak · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

The case illustrates how little federal officials know about where goods and services they purchase come from.

Feds give millions in contracts to firms owned by fictitious people

Luke Rosiak · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

A sign of the Department of Veterans Affairs is shown above.

Veterans preference fraud widespread but government prosecutes few cases

Mark Flatten · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

Social Security Disability Insurance costs are exploding

Veronique de Rugy · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

Legitimately disabled veteran entrepreneurs are the real victims when fraud occurs, said Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, a retired Air Force officer who chaired a House Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing on the issue last year. (AP File)

VA slow to clean up broken veterans preference contracting mess

Mark Flatten · August 7, 2013 4:00 am

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton works on a filing in a Freedom of Information Act case. (Photo by Graeme Jennings, the Washington Examiner)

Exposing government’s dark places is Tom Fitton’s daily passion

Neil McCabe · August 7, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Washington Examiner reporter Mark Flatten exposes fake wounded vets ripping off program to help heroes

Charlie Spiering · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

‘Trust me’ is federal policy on policing preference fraud

Mark Flatten · August 6, 2013 4:00 am