Tag: Waste and Fraud

Scot Beckenbaugh, FMCS's deputy director, had his duty station listed as Iowa for five years while he lived in D.C., with FMCS paying his apartment rent. He still files taxes in Iowa. (AP/Jack Dempsey)

FMCS OKs higher locality pay for employees working in distant low-tax states

Luke Rosiak · October 20, 2014 9:00 am

A Reporting Deficit

Jeffrey H. Anderson · October 17, 2014 12:19 pm

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is charged with combating international drug crime. (AP File)

State Dept. branch too disorganized to oversee $6 billion in foreign aid, IG says

Sarah Bedford · October 16, 2014 5:55 pm

Scot Beckenbaugh speaks at a press conference after NBA labor negotiations on October 19, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty images)

FMCS paid senior official’s rent, meals, other living expenses for six years

Luke Rosiak · October 16, 2014 9:00 am

Massachusetts caught in scheme to over-charge Medicaid by $106 million

Sarah Bedford · October 15, 2014 3:18 pm

The high-level procurement official at the Department of Veterans Affairs slammed for leaking inside information to a private contractor retired from the agency Tuesday, the Washington Examiner has learned. (Getty images File)

Embattled Veterans Affairs procurement official abruptly resigns

Mark Flatten · October 15, 2014 12:55 pm

FILE - In this March 11, 2011 file photo, Scot Beckenbaugh, deputy director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service listens during a news conference in Washington.Â Beckenbaugh draws a $174,000 salary for his job on K Street in Washington, yet he insists he is an Iowa resident for state tax purposes.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FMCS honcho lives in D.C. but claims Iowa tax residency

Luke Rosiak · October 15, 2014 9:00 am

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Feds often ignore market research

Sarah Bedford · October 14, 2014 1:37 pm

If you have never heard of FMCS, that is because it does very little with its $50 million annual budget. Its ostensible purpose is to provide voluntary arbitration services in labor disputes, but clearly it doesn't even do much of that. (iStock)

An outrageous agency that Congress should abolish now

Washington Examiner · October 13, 2014 9:00 am

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Extendicare reaches record settlement for providing ‘worthless’ nursing services

Luke Rosiak · October 11, 2014 6:00 pm

Most of the $41 billion in annual federal highway spending is not adequately tracked by the Federal Highway Administration, a new report from the Government Accountability Office found. (iStock Photo)

Lax reporting makes $41 billion in federal highway spending tough to track

Mark Flatten · October 11, 2014 9:00 am

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Pentagon lacks proper documentation of fair prices on $70 billion in contracts

Mark Tapscott · October 10, 2014 6:00 pm