Tag: Watchdog

This Nov. 12, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a Greater Sage Grouse flying at the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,Tom Koerner)

Conflict of interest claims foul studies favoring more Sage Grouse protection

Ethan Barton · March 18, 2015 10:16 pm

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber listens as right as Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, before the House Oversight Committee health care hearing. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Judicial Watch sues for docs on Gruber’s sole-source Obamacare contract

Luke Rosiak · March 18, 2015 5:30 pm

Amazing ways feds hide info

Sarah Bedford · March 18, 2015 9:00 am

The coalition's letter was made public Tuesday, the same day a State Department spokesman said the department has no record of Clinton signing a mandatory form when she resigned in 2013. [AP Photo]Â

Transparency groups want Clinton’s emails preserved electronically for public

Mark Tapscott · March 17, 2015 8:57 pm

Tighter missions regulations may result in thousands of lost jobs and higher utility rates for consumers. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Nation is losing electrical power capacity as feds tighten emissions regs

Ethan Barton · March 17, 2015 7:58 pm

At the Puerto Rico facility, employees said they were never told the GSA would be closing all public restrooms in the building for an entire year. [AP Photo]Â

Energy and Environment

All courthouse bathrooms closed without notice in a year-long greening effort

Sarah Bedford · March 17, 2015 7:40 pm

Although the programs were originally intended to help employers fill openings for which there were no qualified U.S. candidates, critics claim both H-1B and L-1 visas displace American workers in favor of foreign workers as businesses search for new ways to save money. (iStock)

Experts tell Senate panel Obama is wrong about America’s tech labor shortage

Sarah Bedford · March 17, 2015 3:10 pm

Witnesses, from left, Daniel Bertoni, director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security; Judy Rivers of Logan, Ala.; Sean Brune, senior advisor to the deputy commissioner for Budget, Finance, Quality and Management, U.S. Social Security Administration; Patrick O'Carroll, Jr., inspector general, U.S. Social Security Administration; David Mader, controller, Office of Management and Budget; and Beryl Davis, director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office, are sworn in before they testify before the Senate Homeland and Government Affairs Committee's hearing related to issues of the Government's Death Master File list on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Chaos comes when Social Security Administration declares somebody living dead

Ethan Barton · March 17, 2015 2:57 pm

Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky (44) cuts the net after the Badgers beat Michigan State to win the Big Ten Tournament. [AP Photo]Â

Badgers will sweep March Madness … if federal funding counts for anything

Mark Tapscott · March 16, 2015 9:41 pm

China's internal security department is among the largest donors to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. [AP Photo]Â

Clinton Foundation got $2 million from firm linked to Chinese intelligence

Mark Tapscott · March 16, 2015 7:32 pm

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. His department earned an "F" onÂ Cause of Action's FOIA Report Card. [AP Photo

Three federal departments ignored law requiring FOIA compliance reports

Sarah Bedford · March 16, 2015 4:49 pm

Tito Santiago Martinez appears on the sex offender registry after being convicted of five counts of lewd acts. His duties include vetting government employment applicants and he helps select new hires. (Getty Images)

Convicted sex offender in charge of hiring, disciplining VA workers

Luke Rosiak · March 16, 2015 2:35 pm