Tag: Watchdog

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Energy and Environment

Group tells IRS Sierra Club evading taxes, colludes with commercial firms

Mark Tapscott · September 17, 2014 1:00 pm

One reason healthcare costs continue to spiral upward despite Obamacare may have something to do with the federal government's left hand not knowing how much its right hand is paying for certain drugs. (iStock Photo)

Medicare’s right hand doesn’t know what its left hand pays for cancer drugs

Mark Tapscott · September 17, 2014 9:00 am

A Michigan public housing commission is shot through with conflicts of interests, including two top officials with family members benefiting from the federal program, according to a government watchdog. (iStock)

Officials’ kin on public housing dole

Mark Tapscott · September 17, 2014 9:00 am

Dr. Sam Foote worked several decades at the Phoenix VA Medical Center. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace)

Whistleblower calls IG report clearing VA of deaths a ‘whitewash’ or cover up

Mark Flatten · September 16, 2014 10:00 pm

David Friedman, the acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, testifies at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Congress: Safety agency mishandled GM recall

JOAN LOWYTOM KRISHER · September 16, 2014 9:49 pm

A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who remodeled her home using taxpayer dollars was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of theft in federal court. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

‘Inexcusable’ changes in Veterans Affairs IG report slammed by veterans’ groups

Mark Flatten · September 16, 2014 8:14 pm

MIAMI, DEC. 23: Certified Enrollment Specialist, Yanelis Diaz, helps people sign up during the initial launch of www.healthcare.gov. (Getty images/Joe Raedle)

Healthcare.gov got go-ahead despite flaws

Sarah Bedford · September 16, 2014 8:01 pm

"The community service and self-sufficiency requirement is intended to assist adult public housing residents in improving their own economic and social well-being and to give these residents a greater stake in their communities," said the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general. (iStock)

No work for public housing residents

Mark Tapscott · September 16, 2014 3:57 pm

The Missile Defense Agency shows a $73 million contractor of missiles lined in a row.

DOD unit ignored audit, overpaid millions

Sarah Bedford · September 16, 2014 12:00 pm

"There is a 'revolving door' between the EPA and the various environmental pressure groups," the report said. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

EPA rife with green conflicts of interest

Mark Tapscott · September 16, 2014 9:00 am

Retail chains that accept food stamps are fighting a regulatory initiative to make public store-by-store data on their participation in the $80 billion government program. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

Retailers want food stamp data secret

Luke Rosiak · September 15, 2014 7:09 pm

A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who remodeled her home using taxpayer dollars was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of theft in federal court. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Fed used tax dollars to build dream house

Mark Flatten · September 15, 2014 6:58 pm