Tag: Watchdog

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at an U.S. Agency for International Development event in Kabul, Afghanistan. A watchdog found USAID couldn't reconcile its financial records with the actual number of active contracts in the country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.S. can’t keep track of Afghan spending

Sarah Bedford · December 15, 2015 5:01 am

GAO said the American role in the Internet had been a —œstewardship—£ role. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)

Cyber bill set to pass as part of omnibus spending package

Rudy Takala · December 15, 2015 12:41 am

Bryan Pagliano, center, a former State Department employee who helped set up and maintain a private email server used by Hillary Rodham Clinton, departs Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, to give his deposition to a House panel on the Benghazi investigation. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Man behind Clinton’s server has missing emails too

Sarah Bedford · December 14, 2015 7:50 pm

Feds move to require drone registration

Rudy Takala · December 14, 2015 5:49 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves to supporters as her husband former President Bill Clinton, second from right, Chelsea Clinton, second from left, and her husband Marc Mezvinsky, join on stage Saturday, June 13, 2015, on Roosevelt Island in New York. Mezvinsky is part of a hedge fund with links to the Cayman Islands. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Watchdog pushes for probe into Clinton favors for son-in-law

Sarah Bedford · December 14, 2015 4:41 pm

The social media website has begun notifying users that they are being targeted by state-backed hackers trying to access their accounts.

State-sponsored hackers targeting Twitter users

Rudy Takala · December 14, 2015 3:44 pm

David Fitzsimmons, chief of staff to Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., convinced Emmer to run for governor. Now Fitzsimmons runs his Washington office. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

How a Capitol Hill career began with a $500 check

Rudy Takala · December 14, 2015 5:01 am

As the legal architecture surrounding surveillance capability evolves, indiscriminate data collection is becoming more difficult, and calls for targeted deterrence mechanisms are becoming a hallmark of this year's end.

Targeted surveillance could be the new weapon against terrorism

Rudy Takala · December 14, 2015 5:01 am

OPM said it was unable to locate the seven percent who have not been notified, or approximately 1.6 million people. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Feds nearly finished notifying victims of OPM breach

Rudy Takala · December 11, 2015 10:07 pm

An inspector general audit found $1.2 million of $4.6 million spent by a wildlife group was unsupported. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Energy and Environment

Watchdog questions costs by conservation contractor in Afghanistan

Kyle Feldscher · December 11, 2015 9:07 pm

Anonymous targets Donald Trump for statement on police officers

Rudy Takala · December 11, 2015 6:22 pm

Energy and Environment

Clinton fundraises with Solyndra financier

Sarah Bedford · December 11, 2015 5:28 pm