Tag: Waste and Fraud

PresidentÃÂ ObamaÃÂ speaks during his end-of-the-year news conference in the Brady Press Room at the White House on Dec. 20. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Big majorities say government more corrupt, less transparent under Obama

Mark Tapscott · December 26, 2013 5:00 am

Taxpayer funds supplied 285 books for the U.S. Navy in August with topics ranging from the mundane to the more unusual, including one on the cultural role of the black superhero, according to an August contract. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Taxpayers fund superhero books for the military

Ethan Barton · December 26, 2013 5:00 am

FTC commissioner backs down from battle with LabMD

Kelly Cohen · December 26, 2013 5:00 am

The bizarre life and times of the original ‘welfare queen’

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

A Postal Service mail carrier makes deliveries in Montpelier, Vt., in December 2011. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

USPS struggles to track rural employee’s work time, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

John Bertrand Beliveau Jr., a Naval Criminal Investigative Service special agent, pleaded guilty Dec. 17 to accepting bribes in exchange for prostitutes, luxury travel and cash as part of a major corruption case that involves hundreds of millions of dollars in Navy contracts, according to the Department of Justice.

Navy investigator traded confidential information for prostitutes, luxury travel

Michal Conger · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., suggested at a Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight hearing Wednesday that several small international organizations run by the federal government consider consolidating. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Claire McCaskill scares two agency heads, suggests they consolidate

Luke Rosiak · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

Travis accepted a total of $211,890 in kickbacks for contracts, with bribes ranging between $4,000 and $7,000 per contract, according to DOD.ÃÂ

Soldier pleads guilty to taking bribes, stealing fuel in Afghanistan

Michal Conger · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

In 2012, of the $828 million worth of contracts doled out through agency reverse auctions, 99 percent were awarded to one contractor. (Thinkstock)

Reverse auctions could save taxpayers millions

Kelly Cohen · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

A modest proposal to abolish 11 federal departments

Scot Faulkner · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

EXography: Obscure federal agencies operate out of sight, and sometimes out of line

Luke Rosiak · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

The Pentagon ended the program to support Italian-made G222 planes for the Afghan Air Force after it became clear they were being poorly managed, underused and racking up extra costs in spare parts.

National Security

$500m worth of U.S. military transport planes sit unused in Afghanistan; investigation launched

Michal Conger · December 10, 2013 5:00 am