Tag: Watchdog

The Obama administration has refused to publicly attribute the OPM breach to China, but the revelation indicates that the government seems sure that the hack was based in China.Â (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Baby pictures lead cyber sleuths to Chinese hacker

Rudy Takala · September 24, 2015 4:50 pm

Clinton started editing emails 8 months earlier than thought

Sarah Bedford · September 24, 2015 4:01 am

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, asked for "all attachments and all documents that include the estimated cost," in addition to any documents "referring or related to the source(s) of funding to cover the cost ... during the base period and options."Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Oversight chairman: What does OPM do with its money?

Rudy Takala · September 23, 2015 7:53 pm

Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court cast doubt on the State Department's argument that processing the requested Hillary Clinton records will not be completed for weeks. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Report: FBI said finding deleted Clinton emails ‘not very hard’

Sarah Bedford · September 23, 2015 6:05 pm

Emails showing Clinton charity ties withheld

Sarah Bedford · September 23, 2015 5:56 pm

The estimated number of individuals whose fingerprints were stolen in a breach this year has increased from 1.1 million to 5.6 million, OPM spokesmanÂ Samuel Schumach said.Â (Tibor Rosta/MTI via AP)

Why millions of fingerprints make OPM hack worst ever

Rudy Takala · September 23, 2015 3:04 pm

Clinton struggles to answer new email questions

Sarah Bedford · September 23, 2015 1:28 pm

From left, Sean Kirkpatrick of Chicago; Phoenix VA Health Care System Addiction Therapist Dr Brandon Coleman; VA Caribbean Healthcare System Credentialing Program Support Joseph Colon, and Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Licensed Clinical Social Worker Shea Wilkes are sworn on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Whisteblowers say VA’s watchdog is also retaliating

Sarah Bedford · September 23, 2015 11:00 am

"States with smaller governments tend to provide for perceived public needs by giving more to charity to fill that gap," aÂ report found.Â (Photo by AP images)

Yes, tax hikes do cut charitable giving

Rudy Takala · September 23, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., speaks during the Senate Appropriations State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee markup of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senator says U.S. ‘under attack’ by cyber enemies

Rudy Takala · September 22, 2015 11:01 pm

Rep. Frank Guinta, R-N.H.,Â said wasteful spending is "one of the biggest complaints I hear from my constituents back home."Â (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Lawmakers introduce bill to force spending cuts

Sarah Bedford · September 22, 2015 9:12 pm

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Sec. Robert McDonald looks at a envelope given to him by Army veteran Victor Zavala, left, Monday Sept. 14, 2015 during a tour at the Veterans War Memorial of Texas in McAllen, Texas. (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP)

VA downplays, dodges despite ‘overwhelming’ problems

Pete Kasperowicz · September 22, 2015 7:09 pm