Tag: Waste and Fraud

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

Millions spent by the State Department in grants to foreign agencies for Afghan reconstruction were never audited. (AP File)

Hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. Afghan aid given without audits

Michal Conger · 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

More than $100 million in State Department grants to foreign organizations for reconstruction work in Afghanistan has never been audited. (Photo: Thinkstock)

State Department hands out millions in grants that are never audited

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

By the Social Security Administration's own figures, the national Disability Insurance Trust Fund is on a path to go broke in less than three years. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Social Security disability fund to go broke in 2016

Rob Nikolewski · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

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Examiner Editorial: Congress can’t afford to ignore civil service disability fraud

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

The Fiasco That Is Obamacare

James Capretta · July 8, 2013 4:50 pm

EXography: Disability has become a way of life in many American counties

EXography: Disability has become a way of life in many American counties

Luke Rosiak · July 7, 2013 4:00 am

The Obama administration has announced it will delay the implementation of anti-fraud procedures in Obamacare. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

HHS gives up on Obamacare’s anti-fraud measures

Philip Klein · July 7, 2013 4:00 am

The Internal Revenue Service exists to tax production; taxing consumption instead could eliminate the need for it. (Thinkstock)

Don’t reform the IRS, shut it down

Leo Linbeck III · July 3, 2013 4:00 am

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

Michal Conger · July 2, 2013 4:00 am

Washington Secrets

Pentagon buying Russian copters for Afghans who aren’t ready to fly them

Paul Bedard · June 28, 2013 4:00 am