Tag: Watchdog

Outgoing DC mayor nominates new inspector general

Washington Examiner · September 25, 2014 4:19 pm

The department's anti-trust division paid $8.4 million hiring expert witnesses when none was necessary. (iStock)

Feds paid millions for unneeded expert witnesses

Richard Pollock · September 25, 2014 10:00 am

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was asked to provide Congress with documentation of the project-selection process. (AP/Cliff Owen)

$4.2 billion DOT program hands out unjustified stimulus grants, IG reports

Sarah Bedford · September 25, 2014 9:00 am

China is flooding the United States with fake driver's licenses produced by high-tech forgery rings that are so accurate they could lead to breaches in homeland security.Â (iStock image)

National Security

China flooding U.S. with fake driver’s licenses

Richard Pollock · September 24, 2014 4:18 pm

A private nonprofit government watchdog group will soon work with congressional committees to help them oversee federal spending and programs. (iStock Photo)

Nonprofit to train Hill oversight sleuths

Sarah Bedford · September 24, 2014 1:00 pm

The White House on Friday expressed confidence that Obamacare subsidies would withstand the scrutiny of Supreme Court justices in the wake of the nation's highest court announcing it would hear a new challenge to President Obama's healthcare law.Â (iStock Photo)

Insurance brokers say they are ‘worse off’ due to Obamacare

Richard Pollock · September 24, 2014 1:00 pm

There is no documentation for more than $22 million worth of repairs that postmasters and other postal officials paid for last year with credit cards, according to USPS inspector general. (iStock)

Postal officials resist upgrade to verify $22 million in repairs

Mark Tapscott · September 24, 2014 9:00 am

The Vieques Sports City Complex was never built because an environmentalist lawsuit dragged on unresolved for nearly a decade before it was settled. (iStock)

Apathetic HUD officials lose $10.8 million on failed Puerto Rican sports complex

Mark Tapscott · September 23, 2014 6:00 pm

SEC officials said the widespread securities violations would have been difficult to detect were it not for the whistleblower. (iStock)

SEC hands whistleblower record-breaking $30 million award

Sarah Bedford · September 22, 2014 7:56 pm

Fla. AG says online diploma companies selling false documents

Emily Moore · September 22, 2014 7:50 pm

Broken culture, risky reforms leave unethical VA execs on public payroll

Mark Flatten · September 22, 2014 9:00 am

Journalists, whistleblowers and taxpayers are seeing anything but openness. (iStock)

Journos, whistleblowers decry Obama’s tightening noose on news, information

Mark Tapscott · September 21, 2014 12:21 pm