Tag: Watchdog

More than 90 percent of the world's opium poppy is produced in Afghanistan. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Despite U.S. efforts, Afghan opium trade thrives

Sarah Bedford · October 30, 2014 9:00 am

Obama announced his intention to nominate Beck for the permanent position in September. (Getty images/Kristoffer Tripplaar)

WH won’t say if Obama still has confidence in FMCS chief nominee

Luke Rosiak · October 29, 2014 9:00 am

Veterans Affairs acting Inspector General Richard Griffin, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Veterans Affairs IG denies damning 2008 report on wait-time abuses was hidden

Mark Flatten · October 28, 2014 2:34 pm

President Obama's ambitious $30 billion subsidy program to encourage doctors and hospitals to use electronic health records may be "effectively dead," as doctors and hospitals flee the program. (iStock)

Experts say Obama’s digital health records effort may be ‘effectively dead’

Richard Pollock · October 28, 2014 9:00 am

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National Security

Lax cybersecurity risks personal data

Sarah Bedford · October 27, 2014 7:19 pm

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., prepares for a debate in Richmond, Va., Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Law sparked by K Street Project scandal may ensnare Warner

Luke Rosiak · October 27, 2014 9:00 am

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan Aug. 30. (AP Photo)

State Dept. spent millions on TV trucks it still hasn’t touched

Sarah Bedford · October 25, 2014 2:00 pm

VA fires first staffer under new rules

Mark Flatten · October 24, 2014 9:06 pm

This laptop was left unsecured on top of a bay of lockers at the General Services Administration Central Office.Â

IG takes sensitive docs, laptops from new GSA office, unmissed by employees

Sarah Bedford · October 23, 2014 8:33 pm

More than two dozen staffers from the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction were among the 85 individuals and groups whose oversight service was recognized during the 17th annual Inspectors General Community awards ceremony. (Photo courtesy: www.SIGAR.mil)

SIGAR honored at watchdog awards ceremony

Sarah Bedford · October 22, 2014 8:36 pm

Afghan construction workers install steel reinforcement bars on a building to be used by the Afghan National Army in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The site is just one of many construction projects in the capital, where skilled workers earn about $20 per day and laborers earn around $10 daily. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

USAID not collecting ineligible contractor costs

Sarah Bedford · October 22, 2014 4:02 pm

Watchdog report on Veterans Affairs kept secret for years

Mark Flatten · October 22, 2014 3:32 pm