Tag: Waste and Fraud

Jeffrey Neely, 59, was infamously pictured in a hot tub during a government-funded junket in Las Vegas that cost taxpayers $823,000.Â (Photo courtesy: NY Post)

Hot-tubbing GSA official indicted over lavish trips

Susan Ferrechio · September 26, 2014 3:09 pm

Fifty-six percent of Americans now believe the country's economic and political systems are stacked against them -- the highest number in 22 years, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. (iStock Photo)

Earmarks never went away — they changed addresses

Sarah Bedford · September 26, 2014 9:00 am

The department's anti-trust division paid $8.4 million hiring expert witnesses when none was necessary. (iStock)

Feds paid millions for unneeded expert witnesses

Richard Pollock · September 25, 2014 10:00 am

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was asked to provide Congress with documentation of the project-selection process. (AP/Cliff Owen)

$4.2 billion DOT program hands out unjustified stimulus grants, IG reports

Sarah Bedford · September 25, 2014 9:00 am

Treasurer’s employees cited for faking records

Kerry Lester · September 25, 2014 1:21 am

A private nonprofit government watchdog group will soon work with congressional committees to help them oversee federal spending and programs. (iStock Photo)

Nonprofit to train Hill oversight sleuths

Sarah Bedford · September 24, 2014 1:00 pm

There is no documentation for more than $22 million worth of repairs that postmasters and other postal officials paid for last year with credit cards, according to USPS inspector general. (iStock)

Postal officials resist upgrade to verify $22 million in repairs

Mark Tapscott · September 24, 2014 9:00 am

The Vieques Sports City Complex was never built because an environmentalist lawsuit dragged on unresolved for nearly a decade before it was settled. (iStock)

Apathetic HUD officials lose $10.8 million on failed Puerto Rican sports complex

Mark Tapscott · September 23, 2014 6:00 pm

Md. officer charged in workers’ comp fraud case

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 5:29 pm

SEC officials said the widespread securities violations would have been difficult to detect were it not for the whistleblower. (iStock)

SEC hands whistleblower record-breaking $30 million award

Sarah Bedford · September 22, 2014 7:56 pm

In a report issued Monday, the GAO said the IRS stopped $24.2 billion in theft, but the extent of the fraud is âÅunknown.âï¿½ (iStock Photo)

IRS paid $5.2 billion in fraudulent refunds

Susan Ferrechio · September 22, 2014 4:58 pm

Broken culture, risky reforms leave unethical VA execs on public payroll

Mark Flatten · September 22, 2014 9:00 am