Tag: Waste and Fraud

Healthcare.gov, the Obamacare website, has been live for barely two weeks and has operated so poorly during its short existence that it seems certain to replace the Pentagon's infamous $600 toilet seats as the face of federal waste and fraud. (AP/David Mercer)

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Morning Examiner: Something very strange going on behind Healthcare.gov

Mark Tapscott · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan ReconstructionÃÂ John F. SopkoÃÂ

US can’t account for millions of military parts bought for Afghan military

Michal Conger · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

Republicans Should Fight or Give Up

Jay Cost · October 11, 2013 4:31 pm

$7 million Afghan border crossing may hinder security, watchdog warns

$7 million Afghan border crossing may hinder security, watchdog warns

Michal Conger · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., cut up a giant poster of a credit card on the Senate floor Tuesday, saying it demonstrated why Washington politicians must end their addiction to spending money they don't have. (AP Photo)

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Sen. Tom Coburn cuts up giant credit card on the Senate floor

Charlie Spiering · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

State Dept. Awards $5M Contract for Crystal Stem and Barware For Embassies

Jeryl Bier · October 7, 2013 3:12 pm

FEC Has 4 ‘Essential’ Employees on Staff of 339

FEC Has 4 ‘Essential’ Employees on Staff of 339

Daniel Halper · October 7, 2013 11:11 am

Senate report finds massive fraud in West Virginia Social Security office

Steve Contorno · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Tanya Pelcher-Herring told oversight bodies that the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service was breaking federal contracting rules and wasting tax dollars. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Part Five: Wounded vet blew whistle on FMCS, rewarded with pink slip, harassment

Luke Rosiak · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

FMCS employees who tried to negotiate with contractors for better rates found themselves berated by top FMCS officials, such as when one who objected to paying $42 per dozen cookies for a Florida soiree of FMCS employees.

Part Four: Federal officials cede power to contractors who write themselves sweetheart deals

Luke Rosiak · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Government agencies may have furloughed employees and blocked access to public sites, but they haven't stopped spending money. (AP Photo)

Shutdown or no shutdown, government agencies keep spending

Ethan Barton · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service employees' use of purchase cards amounted to rampant violation of federal procurement law, specialists say, and when an employee wrote to the General Services Administration to ask for a compliance review, the agency director and another top official forced her to send a âretraction,â according to documents reviewed by the Washington Examiner. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Part Three: FMCS executives forced whistleblower to retract fraud complaint

Luke Rosiak · October 3, 2013 4:00 am