Tag: Watchdog

The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 requiresÃÂ the 72 federal IGs to appoint whistleblower ombudsmen and to disseminate information about the rights of whistleblowers in the federal workforce. (iStock image)

Some IGs slow to publicize whistleblower rights and protections

Mark Tapscott · August 29, 2014 4:15 pm

FILE -This Sept. 30, 2011 file photo shows a collection of giant African land snails in Miami. The Giant African Snail eats buildings, destroys crops and can cause meningitis in humans. But some people still want to collect, and even eat, the slimy invaders. The Department of Agriculture is trying to stop them. Since June, USDA has seized more than 1,200 of the large snails, also known as Giant African Land Snails, all of them traced back to one person in Georgia who was illegally selling them. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

Energy and Environment

USDA seizes more than 1,200 illegal giant snails

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 29, 2014 8:09 am

Mark Flatten, senior investigative reporter for the Washington Examiner, receives the American Legion's Fourth Estate Award. With him is Robert E. Newman, the Legion's national vice commander. Flatten was recognized for his 2013 series, "Making America's Heroes Wait."

Washington Examiner’s Mark Flatten receives American Legion’s Fourth Estate Award

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 4:50 pm

In a guest editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Rand Paul argued that U.S. interventionist abetted the rise of ISIS, which the U.S. is now fighting in Iraq. (AP Photo)

Rand Paul argues U.S. actions led to rise of ISIS

Kelly Cohen · August 28, 2014 2:53 pm

U.S. Postal Service officials spent more than $39 million leasing trailers last year. (Getty images)

USPS leases 10k trailers but can’t track them or confirm their receipt

Mark Tapscott · August 28, 2014 1:30 pm

A privilege known as "franking" allows members of the House and Senate to send publicly funded radio, postal mail and telephone messages. (iStock)

Frequent frankers in Congress face tough re-election fights

Luke Rosiak · August 28, 2014 9:00 am

SEC adopts rules on loan-backed securities

Marcy Gordon · August 27, 2014 11:24 pm

Report: FBI official used ‘poor judgment’ in suit

Eric Tucker · August 27, 2014 10:57 pm

Food stamp fraud is so widespread that Government Accounting Office investigators found dozens of examples merely by searching online e-commerce sites like Craigslist.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Online food stamp fraud growing, GAO reports

Kelly Cohen · August 27, 2014 7:08 pm

"While the case reviews in this report document poor quality of care, we are unable to conclusively assert that the absence of timely quality care caused the deaths of these veterans," Veterans Affairs Acting Inspector General Richard Griffin said in a report on the manipulation of patient waiting lists in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Veterans Affairs IG finds no direct links between patient deaths and scheduling scams at Phoenix hospital

Mark Flatten · August 26, 2014 10:19 pm

The EPA's Office of Environmental Information spent $2.2 million for cloud computing services in 2011 in an attempt to reduce the agency's computing costs and speed up processing. (iStock)

Big contractors fail to deliver promised services, but EPA paid them anyway

Kelly Cohen · August 26, 2014 10:02 pm

DEA payments to Amtrak employee being investigated

Washington Examiner · August 26, 2014 9:54 pm