Tag: Watchdog

Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, pauses during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Missouri contests $48 million owed to federal government for Medicaid

Ethan Barton · April 16, 2015 2:52 pm

The Philadelphia office has two divisions, the Veterans Service Center and the Pension Maintenance Center. The most severe wrongdoing occurred in the pension branch, which Hodge led. (AP File Photo)

Philly VA official promoted just hours after IG said his department manipulated data

Luke Rosiak · April 16, 2015 1:44 am

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations computer forensic investigators check computers in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. (AP Photo) Â

National Security

Sensitive docs, computer passwords left unsecured after-hours at five agencies

Ethan Barton · April 15, 2015 5:41 pm

The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Hospital is seen November 10, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Philly VA office altered wait times, doctored reviews, hid mail, ignored warnings

Luke Rosiak · April 15, 2015 4:54 pm

Using fake names and personal information, the former DEA official applied for and obtained 32 government credit cards, according to the Department of Justice. (AP Photo)Â

DEAer created fake workers for 32 government credit cards, got cash at ATMs

Sarah Bedford · April 15, 2015 3:18 pm

Poor planning and repeated delays in a program aimed at speedier processing of bulk mail could jeopardize nearly $90 million in potential cost savings for the United States Postal Service. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Delays, bad planning in program for faster mail risk $89.8m in postal savings

Ethan Barton · April 15, 2015 12:58 pm

Justice Department officials may have shared taxpayer info with White House

Sarah Bedford · April 15, 2015 10:29 am

Eugene Dodaro, the comptroller general, highlighted waste during a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Tuesday. (AP File)

Accountability official tells Senate cutting duplication saved $20 billion in four years

Sarah Bedford · April 14, 2015 7:09 pm

As government spending grows, special interest lobbyist paydays get bigger, too

Luke Rosiak · April 14, 2015 9:00 am

"These delays created an unnecessary waste of time and resources, both on the part of the OIG personnel and the component personnel," Horowitz will say. (Getty)

Justice Department watchdog will tell Congress FBI, DEA blocking probes

Mark Tapscott · April 14, 2015 9:00 am

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., introduced the VA Retaliation Prevention Act in January. (AP)

Veterans Affairs still plagued by ‘culture of retaliation and intimidation’

Sarah Bedford · April 13, 2015 11:42 pm

$753 million in federal agreements were approved by unqualified officials

Ethan Barton · April 13, 2015 7:44 pm