Tag: Watchdog

The rule would allow OSC to investigate allegations of wrongdoing from present or former contractors. (iStock Photo)

Proposed rule would extend whistleblower protections to federal contractors

Sarah Bedford · January 30, 2015 10:00 am

The U.S. recently gave Afghanistan $100 million, three-quarters of which was unconditional, which was use to pay Afghan government civil servants.Â

Afghan government headed for ruin without U.S. money

Ethan Barton · January 29, 2015 9:46 pm

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Pentagon classifies Afghan force data days after critical watchdog report

Sarah Bedford · January 29, 2015 8:23 pm

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Energy and Environment

Documents contradict EPA claim that it stopped diesel fume tests on kids

Ethan Barton · January 29, 2015 5:32 pm

Customs and Border Patrol officials aren't sure whether or why staff at various U.S. ports decline to examine maritime cargo shipments that have been deemed "high-risk" for smuggling weapons or drugs into the country because the agency doesn't keep reliable data on the process.Â (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Border patrol doesn’t screen all high-risk shipments

Sarah Bedford · January 29, 2015 1:58 pm

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Accredited colleges get billions in federal aid no matter how few they graduate

Sarah Bedford · January 29, 2015 10:00 am

International Relief and Development has received more than $1 billion in contracts for work in Afghanistan and $85 million for work in Iraq. (iStock)

Another top USAID contractor being investigated for ‘serious misconduct’

Sarah Bedford · January 29, 2015 10:00 am

Hospitals are using compounded drugs that aren't guaranteed proper oversight. (iStock Photo)

Loose oversight increases risk of deadly outbreak from contaminated drugs

Ethan Barton · January 28, 2015 8:05 pm

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald, center, speaks while surrounded by U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, left, R-Fla., Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and Kathleen Fogarty, Director of the James A. Haley Medical Center during a news conference after a visit to the James A. Haley Medical Center, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Top bureaucrat lobbyists say it’s ‘punitive’ to fire failed program executives

Luke Rosiak · January 28, 2015 6:32 pm

Postal worker loading mail at the United States Post Office in downtown Rochester, Michigan. (iStock Photo)

Millions in savings for USPS with better management of workhours, technology

Ethan Barton · January 28, 2015 5:23 pm

One wheelchair seller concocted notes about a wheelchair exam and added them to unrelated checkup notes.Â (iStock)

Medicare lost $35M on powered scooters, wheelchairs for ineligible recipients

Luke Rosiak · January 28, 2015 10:00 am

Mayday PAC was created by Larry Lessig as a super PAC to end all super PACs, advocating for campaign finance reform to end a system where, he says, corporate donors send secret donations to politicians who do them favors.

Liberal campaign finance reform group files faulty disclosures, risks federal audit

Luke Rosiak · January 27, 2015 7:10 pm