Tag: Watchdog

Whistleblower Terrance Peterson tried to report wrongdoing to theÂ Veterans Affairs IG-- and faced retaliation from administrators. (Courtesy photo)

Bad things happen to whistleblowers when watchdogs become attack dogs

Mark Flatten · December 3, 2014 10:00 am

Yosemite Park Ranger Ron Morton waves goodbye to Ellie Simpson, from Chicago, at the front gate of Yosemite National Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

Some national park slammers left occupants unattended, monitored by remote TV

Sarah Bedford · December 3, 2014 10:00 am

Only 615 feds have been laid off since 2010 in RIFs -- "Reductions in Force" -- not including 1,350 from the military.Â (iStock Photo)

Despite dark sequester predictions, most federal agencies are getting bigger

Luke Rosiak · December 2, 2014 3:36 pm

Mary Kendall does not hide her desire to be the Department of Interior's permanent inspector general.Â She has held the job on an interim basis since 2009.Â (Getty images)

Temporary IGs subject to agency manipulators covering up waste

Mark Flatten · December 2, 2014 10:00 am

HaroldÂ Geisel spent 25 years in State Department management, eventually reaching the rank of ambassador, before becoming acting inspector general in 2008.Â (Getty images)

IGs form front line of war on waste and fraud, but weak links remain

Mark Flatten · December 1, 2014 10:00 am

Labor Department managers paid a contractor to decide what work it would do to get paid. (iStock)

Officials hurriedly gave $200k to plan labor centennial in under a month

Mark Tapscott · December 1, 2014 10:00 am

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HUD fires almost no one, not because its workers are stellar

Luke Rosiak · November 26, 2014 2:00 pm

FEMA unsure of major disaster costs

Mark Tapscott · November 26, 2014 10:00 am

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IRS gave out $1 billion in fraudulent refunds for prisoners

Sarah Bedford · November 25, 2014 8:09 pm

Four Environmental Protection Agency employees have been on paid administrative leave for more than a year. (iStock Photo)

Legions of federal workers on paid leave for months

Luke Rosiak · November 25, 2014 7:10 pm

Congress exempted the Federal Aviation Administration from major civil service and procurement rules 19 years ago. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

IG: FAA has done little with major reforms approved in 1995

Mark Tapscott · November 25, 2014 10:00 am

A right-leaning nonprofit watchdog group has filed a federal civil suit to force the IRS to disclose documents and details about its monitoring of political advocacy by churches. (iStock)

IRS sued for details about church political advocacy snooping

Mark Tapscott · November 24, 2014 5:53 pm