Tag: Watchdog

Securities and Exchange Commission officials circumvented federal salary rules to pay an employee a $315,000 salary and $120,000 in living expenses in just over a year, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner. (Washington Examiner)

SEC listed wrong duty station for professor so it could pay him $435,000

Luke Rosiak · March 4, 2015 2:14 pm

Small Business Administration officials issued nearly $18 million in hurricane disaster loans to businesses without verifying whether they actually had the ability to repay the government. (AP Photo)

Government handed out millions of ill-advised loans after Hurricane Sandy

Sarah Bedford · March 4, 2015 1:04 pm

Transparency advocates condemn Clinton’s secretive private email account

Mark Tapscott · March 3, 2015 7:37 pm

Soldiers of the 2nd Platoon Alfa Company of Combined Team Bastogne, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and personel of Afghan National Army patrol the Watahpur river area during a visit by the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to the Shamirkot Bridge near the forward base Honaker Miracle in Kunar province on April 14, 2013. The PRT visited the Shamirkot Bridge to make an assessment of its reconstruction. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)

Pentagon classified, then declassified controversial Afghan spending data

Sarah Bedford · March 3, 2015 6:08 pm

"[FOIA reform] may not be headline-grabbing," said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). "But it's important."

House lawmakers weigh transparency act’s effectiveness ahead of reform bill debate

Sarah Bedford · March 3, 2015 2:04 pm

Gov. Andrew Cuomo quietly informed lawmakers there of his plan to purge all state employee emails that are 90 days or older. (AP Photo)

New York Gov. Cuomo moves to erase state emails amid corruption scandal

Sarah Bedford · March 3, 2015 1:40 pm

Vitter has introduced a bill to steer Lifeline away from cell phones and back to landlines, which would maintain the program's ability of helping people seeking job interviews. (Bloomberg)

Obamaphone P.R. firm retains general to attack Sen. David Vitter

Luke Rosiak · March 3, 2015 10:00 am

Chelsea Clinton speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative Winter Meeting. (Greg Allen/Invision/AP)

Braverman era at Clinton Foundation is over but Chelsea is the rising power

Mark Tapscott · March 2, 2015 9:13 pm

Philly housing director fined $75k for illegally using tax dollars to lobby

Luke Rosiak · March 2, 2015 4:49 pm

"We love our air and our mountains and our streams," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. "But I do worry about how severe the EPA is in its approach. Let's also understand that there are impacts to jobs and the economy and people's livelihood." (AP File/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Proposed EPA regulations may overstep boundaries, hurt poor families

Ethan Barton · March 1, 2015 6:31 pm

Louisiana Attorney Gen. Buddy Caldwell "places strong emphasis on pursuing fraudulent conduct related to the theft of and the misappropriation of taxpayer dollars," said Louisiana Department of Justice spokeswoman Laura Gerdes. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

New York, Louisiana, Texas top Medicaid fraud recoveries in 2014 ranking

Ethan Barton · March 1, 2015 5:47 pm

The U.S. Department of Labor seal is seen on a sign outside of the headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Labor officials improperly awarded $200k PR contract, then didn’t review the work

Luke Rosiak · February 28, 2015 8:29 pm