Tag: Watchdog

Bank regulators colluded with Justice Department officials to smother legitimate industries the administration wanted to eliminate, a congressional report found. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

FDIC, Justice officials teamed up to target legal businesses they disliked

Sarah Bedford · December 10, 2014 2:21 pm

Depiction of the Swarm vs. Swarm Grand Challenge Competition swarm vs. swarm scenario, where two teams each comprising large numbers of UAVs must respectively defend a high value unit (e.g., the "surface combatant") against the opponent's swarm attack.

National Security

Navy buys 100 drones for ‘swarm vs. swarm’ training exercise

Luke Rosiak · December 10, 2014 2:20 pm

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$500 billion a year in taxes lost to loopholes

Ethan Barton · December 9, 2014 8:23 pm

In a Sept. 29, 2010, email from an unnamed DOJ official, arrangements were made for a meeting the following month between attorneys from the election crimes unit of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section and the IRS to "discuss 501(c)(4) issues." (AP Photo)

New emails show IRS’ Lerner met with DOJ prosecutors before 2010 elections

Mark Tapscott · December 9, 2014 4:30 pm

A North Carolina nonprofit awarded billions of tax dollars over the years by the U.S. Agency for International Development keeps a revolving door swinging for former government officials while spending heavily to lobby Congress to keep the federal money pouring into its corporate treasury. (iStock)

Revolving door lets USAID officials get jobs with major N.C. contractor

Sarah Bedford, Richard Pollock · December 9, 2014 10:00 am

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., placed a hold on the FOIA Improvement Act, which every member of the Senate Judiciary Committee approved. (AP/Susan Walsh)

UPDATED: Retiring Rockefeller’s last stand is fight against government transparency

Luke Rosiak · December 8, 2014 11:30 pm

Years after a child was killed by a poorly-maintained wall in Lassen Volcanic National Park, the Department of the Interior Inspector General is investigating allegations of a cover-up by government officials. (iStock)

Interior IG launches probe of alleged cover-up in child death case

Sarah Bedford · December 8, 2014 10:00 am

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Incidents of abuse by National Park Police spark outrage, demands for probe

Sarah Bedford · December 5, 2014 5:37 pm

A con artist fooled more than 100 Drug Enforcement Administration employees into investing in a Ponzi scheme for almost two decades. (iStock Photo)

DEA agents fooled for 20 years by Ponzi schemer paid with taxpayer funds

Luke Rosiak · December 4, 2014 9:31 pm

Retaliation complaints have followed Todd Zinser throughout much of his career. As inspector general for the Department of Commerce, it is his job to protect whistleblowers and root out misconduct. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Few fixes available for problem IGs

Mark Flatten · December 4, 2014 10:00 am

It's virtually impossible to gauge the full extent of federal expenditures, because government agencies don't have a unified method of reporting how much they spend, a congressional watchdog said. (iStock Photo)

Comptroller says feds improperly reported $619 billion

Sarah Bedford · December 3, 2014 8:00 pm

Baptists paid $183 million for four months of illegal immigrant childcare

Mark Tapscott · December 3, 2014 6:55 pm