Tag: Waste and Fraud

A con artist fooled more than 100 Drug Enforcement Administration employees into investing in a Ponzi scheme for almost two decades. (iStock Photo)

DEA agents fooled for 20 years by Ponzi schemer paid with taxpayer funds

Luke Rosiak · December 4, 2014 9:31 pm

Retaliation complaints have followed Todd Zinser throughout much of his career. As inspector general for the Department of Commerce, it is his job to protect whistleblowers and root out misconduct. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Few fixes available for problem IGs

Mark Flatten · December 4, 2014 10:00 am

Whistleblower Terrance Peterson tried to report wrongdoing to theÂ Veterans Affairs IG-- and faced retaliation from administrators. (Courtesy photo)

Bad things happen to whistleblowers when watchdogs become attack dogs

Mark Flatten · December 3, 2014 10:00 am

Mary Kendall does not hide her desire to be the Department of Interior's permanent inspector general.Â She has held the job on an interim basis since 2009.Â (Getty images)

Temporary IGs subject to agency manipulators covering up waste

Mark Flatten · December 2, 2014 10:00 am

HaroldÂ Geisel spent 25 years in State Department management, eventually reaching the rank of ambassador, before becoming acting inspector general in 2008.Â (Getty images)

IGs form front line of war on waste and fraud, but weak links remain

Mark Flatten · December 1, 2014 10:00 am

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HUD fires almost no one, not because its workers are stellar

Luke Rosiak · November 26, 2014 2:00 pm

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IRS gave out $1 billion in fraudulent refunds for prisoners

Sarah Bedford · November 25, 2014 8:09 pm

Four Environmental Protection Agency employees have been on paid administrative leave for more than a year. (iStock Photo)

Legions of federal workers on paid leave for months

Luke Rosiak · November 25, 2014 7:10 pm

Congress exempted the Federal Aviation Administration from major civil service and procurement rules 19 years ago. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

IG: FAA has done little with major reforms approved in 1995

Mark Tapscott · November 25, 2014 10:00 am

The hospice company forged Medicare claims that showed its nurses had visited their terminally ill patients when, in fact, they had not. (iStock)

Hospice owner faces prison for Medicare fraud

Sarah Bedford · November 22, 2014 6:00 pm

‘Sheriff Biden’ Versus The Weed Agency

Jeryl Bier · November 21, 2014 8:01 pm

States can handle disasters better than FEMA, Cato study finds

Mark Tapscott · November 20, 2014 9:17 pm