Tag: Waste and Fraud

Energy and Environment

Department of Energy doubles down on troubled uranium project

Luke Rosiak · November 27, 2013 5:00 am

San Diego Reader: Assistant San Diego sheriff took $10,000 trip to Israel

San Diego Reader: Assistant San Diego sheriff took $10,000 trip to Israel

Washington Examiner · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, believes DOD's Defense Finance and Accounting Service is producing error-ridden financial statements.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Chuck Grassley report questions accuracy of Pentagon financial statements

Kelly Cohen · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George Cohen is resigning only days after learning he is a target of a congressional inquiry spurred by a Washington Examiner series. (AP Photo)

Head of scandal-plagued FMCS to resign following Washington Examiner series

Luke Rosiak · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Hardly anybody outside the arbitration industry had ever heard of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, or its current director, George Cohen. (AP Photo)

EXAMINER EDITORIAL: Wasteful agency’s director resigns following Washington Examiner watchdog series

Editorial Writer · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Cyber weaknesses continue to nag the Department of Energy -- as does the agency's failure to fix them, its inspector general has found. (Courtesy photo)

Energy and Environment

GAO says Energy Department not properly overseeing agencies borrowing its facilities

Kelly Cohen · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott is the lead prosecutor in criminal immigration fraud cases against eight Romanians who investigators say secured green cards and citizenship through sham marriages, falsified documents and perjury. (AP/John Miller)

Idaho Romanians face removal for immigration fraud

Associated Press · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

An inspector general's report found that theÃÂ Small Business Administration's HUBZone program is not working as intended. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Firms receiving most money from federal small business program were ineligible

Michal Conger · November 23, 2013 5:00 am

An IG report found that a large amount of USPS mail transport equipment (MTE) and mail processing equipment (MPE) was found unsheltered and unprotected outside. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Maryland facility leaves unused postal equipment to rot, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · November 23, 2013 5:00 am

A report in February explained in detail how the F-35 can't fly at night or in clouds or near lightning. That's right. For now, the Pentagon can only use its pricey toy in warm sunny weather. (Courtesy photo)

Conservatives should stop defending Pentagon waste and fraud

Veronique de Rugy · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia on Nov. 5. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Attorney General Eric Holder blocked IG seeking Fast and Furious, FISA documents

Michal Conger · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

The General Services Administration has released 13 years of federal contract data. (Thinkstock)

Sunlight Foundation wins FOIA lawsuit for federal contracts

Michal Conger · November 21, 2013 5:00 am