Tag: Watchdog

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, during a House Select Committee on Benghazi hearing on the implementation of the Accountability Review Board recommendations. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Louisiana clinic defrauds Medicare of $50 million, Roskam wants new strategy

Sarah Bedford · March 24, 2015 5:40 pm

It was found that agencies spent nearly $500 million in 2013 on contractors concerning geospatial data.

Feds waste billions creating duplicative geospatial databases and images

Ethan Barton · March 23, 2015 8:56 pm

President Barack Obama gestures during a town hall meeting on immigration with Jose Diaz-Balart hosted by Telemundo and MSNBC, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at Florida International University in Miami. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Homeland Security let 166,000 criminal illegal immigrants stay in U.S.

Sarah Bedford · March 23, 2015 8:15 pm

"Their housing units are so nice that 95 percent of people could not live in this building," said Heritage Foundation scholar Robert Rector [AP Photo

Government pays to house poor in luxury apartments with pools, wine cellars

Luke Rosiak · March 23, 2015 9:00 am

When the House Committee on Veterans Affairs drafted a bill to enable employees to report issues to their bosses, and then to their bosses' superiors if necessary, Meghan Flanz, director of the department's Office of Accountability Review, said that the new protections weren't necessary or workable, and claimed the current system works well as it is. (AP File)

Veterans Affairs against new whistleblower protections from retaliation

Luke Rosiak · March 22, 2015 4:14 pm

A man walks past sandbags place in front of a retaining wall in a Glendora neighborhood on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles on February 28, 2014 in California. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

Federal officials paid twice for Los Angeles County wall they didn’t authorize

Sarah Bedford · March 21, 2015 2:53 pm

Of 38 donors listed on the foundation's website,Â 18 declined to answer, and the other 18 either responded suspiciously or stuck to generalities and refused to address follow-up questions. [AP Photo

We asked Clinton donors why they gave. Here’s what they said

Mark Tapscott · March 20, 2015 9:00 am

Horror stories abound among patchwork of state public records access laws

Sarah Bedford · March 20, 2015 9:00 am

Amtrak employees get lavish bonuses for only losing $214 million last year

Sarah Bedford · March 19, 2015 10:11 pm

Air carriers can voluntarily report inadvertent violations of hazardous material transportation regulations to the Federal Aviation Administration. However, the administration consistently fails to follow up to ensure that air carriers' subsequent corrective plans are successful, or even implemented, allowing dangerous consequences. (iStock)

Feds’ flawed oversight may allow unsafe transportation of hazardous cargo

Ethan Barton · March 19, 2015 9:15 pm

Foster care children enrolled in Medicaid aren't getting proper healthcare thanks to ineffective oversight. (iStock Photo)

Thousands of foster care kids not getting required medical exams

alicia-hesse · March 19, 2015 6:09 pm

"Right now, VA leaders owe the public an explanation," House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., wrote in a statement. (AP Photo/File)

Key congressman demands VA honchos be sacked following construction fiascos

Luke Rosiak · March 18, 2015 10:53 pm