Tag: Watchdog

Construction managers accompany members of the media during a tour of the new Veterans Administration hospital complex, which is under construction, in Aurora, Colo., just east of downtown Denver, Saturday April 18, 2015. Plumbers, electricians and drywall installers are still at work on the budget-busting Denver veterans hospital, even as the Veterans Affairs Department tries to coax another $830 million from Congress to finish the project, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

VA panel evaluating disastrous Denver project lacks construction expertise

Luke Rosiak · April 21, 2015 10:55 am

By one measure, Hillary earned more than America’s top 10 CEOs

Mark Tapscott · April 19, 2015 9:00 am

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration finds big credit processing errors on business returns. (iStock Photo)

Tax man may have awarded $2.7 billion in improper business credits on returns

Ethan Barton · April 18, 2015 1:03 pm

Former Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said the National Technical Information Service should be abolished because most federal publications it offered were available at no cost on the Internet. (AP Photo)

Federal office charges other agencies for reports they can get for free

Sarah Bedford · April 18, 2015 10:55 am

Opponents of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. appear to be losing support among people living near the project's construction route. (AP Photo)

New study finds growing Keystone support among liberals living near project

Mark Tapscott · April 18, 2015 10:38 am

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has told Congress his agency's ability to respond to taxpayers seeking assistance with their returns has been reduced by budget cuts. (AP Photo)

Far fewer callers seeking assistance are getting through on IRS help lines

Ethan Barton · April 18, 2015 9:58 am

"Today's action delivers on the president's Climate Action Plan and the administration's commitment to acting on climate," said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

Inhofe wants documents on EPA coordination with nonprofit environmental groups

Ethan Barton · April 17, 2015 9:17 pm

Commercial airline customers could find flight schedules severely disrupted if hackers play havoc with a new Federal Aviation Administration control system. (AP Photo)

Airliners subject to cyberattacks that could crash navigation systems

Ethan Barton · April 17, 2015 7:38 pm

The immigration agency spent nearly $12 million on flights that were less than 40 percent full. (AP Photo)

Feds wasted $41 million deporting illegal immigrants on nearly-empty charter flights

Sarah Bedford · April 17, 2015 2:59 pm

Most troubling was the concern about the potential motivation for why a liver doctor might perform a lung surgery that didn't appear to be needed. (Getty)

Patient died after VA doc and resident wife did unneeded procedure; then doc was promoted

Luke Rosiak · April 17, 2015 9:00 am

Agencies across the federal government with unspent on the books during the final weeks of the fiscal year often go into "use it now or lose it" mode in a concerted effort to spend as much as they can before Sept. 30. (iStock)

Federal bureaucracies go on end-of-year spending sprees to avoid budget cuts

Sarah Bedford · April 16, 2015 7:12 pm

The Department of Housing and Urban Development employeeÂ spent his days at work selling stolen items on Craigslist and negotiating with buyers using his federal email address. (AP Photo)Â

Housing department employees used work time to steal electronics, watch porn

Luke Rosiak · April 16, 2015 5:15 pm