Tag: Waste and Fraud

The U.S. Postal Service's Enterprise Technology Services Program awards four information technology service contracts â otherwise known as task orders â as a means of encouraging competition and innovation among its suppliers. (Getty Images File)

IG decries lax oversight of Postal Service tech contracts

Kelly Cohen · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform conducts the first hearing on incidents of wasteful spending by the General Services Administration, the real estate agency for federal buildings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 16, 2012. Being sworn in to testify, from left are, GSA Inspector General Brian Miller, former GSA Administrator Martha Johnson, Jeff Neely, former regional commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, Pacific Rim Region, GSA Chief of Staff Michael Robertson, and David Foley, deputy commissioner of the GSA Public Buildings Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Examiner Editorial: Waste and fraud cost feds hundreds of billions

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

Warren Parker's company, Silver Star Construction, won more than $7 million in federal contracts as a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business, despite Parker never seeing combat.

Fraud rampant in veterans preference contracts

Mark Flatten · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

Pentagon paid billions to defense firms that previously defrauded the government

Luke Rosiak · August 3, 2013 4:00 am

VIDEO: Luke Rosiak reports on bogus recipients of federal disability checks

Beltway Confidential

VIDEO: Luke Rosiak reports on bogus recipients of federal disability checks

Charlie Spiering · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Recipients of federal disability checks often admit that they are capable of working but cannot or will not find a job. (Photo: Thinkstock)

EXography: Many disability recipients admit they could work

Luke Rosiak · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Two insiders are claiming the International Brotherhood of Teamsters submittied forged signatures to a federal agency. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Teamster whistleblowers claim union submitted forged signatures to federal agency

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama speaks in Chattanooga, Tenn., about his proposals for private sector job growth and the economy. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

More of the same in Chattanooga from a one-tune president

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

USAID program blows grant money on training conferences

Michal Conger · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

The Detroit skyline is seen from Grand River in Detroit. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Examiner Editorial: America is driving down the same road that bankrupted Detroit

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2013 4:00 am

An abandoned house with an overgrown lot is seen in Brightmoor, on Detroitâs northwest side. Brightmoor is one of the cityâs more blighted neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Nine cities that could soon follow Detroit into bankruptcy

Eric Boehm · July 27, 2013 4:00 am

According to the Federal Reserve of New York, the percentage of 25-year-olds with student loan debt has grown from just 25 percent in 2003 to almost 50 percent today. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Student loans are enslaving a generation of young Americans

Washington Examiner · July 26, 2013 4:00 am