Tag: Waste and Fraud

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Feds paid for fighting fake fires

Sarah Bedford · October 2, 2014 9:00 am

Report reveals illicit romance, leaks and insider info in Veterans Affairs contract

Mark Flatten · October 1, 2014 9:00 am

Veterans with disability claims pending in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Houston office were left without a decision or explanation after a worker inappropriately dumped their cases, according to the agency's inspector general. (AP Photo)

Houston VA staffer tossed benefits cases

Mark Flatten · September 30, 2014 7:42 pm

Feds Pay $91K for Bat Population Survey

Jeryl Bier · September 30, 2014 9:44 am

"Federal agencies received credit towards their small business goals for contract actions awarded to ineligible 8(a) and HUBZone firms," the inspector general of the Small Business Administration found, referring to the programs for race, gender, veterans and impoverished-area set-aside programs.

One-third of ‘disadvantaged’ contracting dollars going to firms that are no longer disadvantaged

Luke Rosiak · September 30, 2014 9:00 am

Consultant Stewart Liff filed suit in July against the government for more than $10 million, revealing that the government paid him $33,000 a month, the Examiner found. (iStock)

$33k-per-month federal anti-waste consultant sues government for $10m

Luke Rosiak · September 30, 2014 9:00 am

The IRS handled more than 482,000 delinquent tax cases in 2012, the most recent year for which data was available. (iStock)

IRS may give up too soon on half or more of delinquent tax cases, IG says

Richard Pollock · September 29, 2014 8:24 pm

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GSA travel card fraud, abuse still a problem despite repeated reform calls

Sarah Bedford · September 29, 2014 6:49 pm

From 2009 to 2012, the number of Marylanders signed up for Lifeline grew to twice as many as Maryland's eligible residents. (iStock)

Obamaphone use grew 100-fold in 3 years in Md. to twice the number eligible

Luke Rosiak · September 29, 2014 9:00 am

Federal agencies are inflating the number of economically-disadvantaged small businesses they say they're contracting with, handing out more than $400 million to ineligible firms last year alone. (iStock Photo)

Feds gave $400 million in contracts to ineligible firms

Sarah Bedford · September 28, 2014 9:00 am

Environmental Protection Agency officials spent millions of tax dollars over a dozen years on an alternative asbestos removal study that "threatened human health."Â (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Lax EPA asbestos study endangered public health, wasted millions, IG says

Mark Tapscott · September 27, 2014 6:00 pm

Marine One flies over flooded areas of Coralville, Iowa, as President Bush surveys damage from flooding in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas on June 19, 2008. (AP/Liz Martin)

FEMA makes a $12 million mistake on Iowa flood

Sarah Bedford · September 27, 2014 9:00 am