Tag: Watchdog

US safety agency offers online recall check

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 4:02 am

Assemblyman Isadore Hall, Compton, left, and Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, smile as Hall's measure prohibiting California state government departments from selling or displaying items with an image of the Confederate flag was approved by the Senate Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, AB2444, which excludes non government employees and businesses from the ban, to avoid violating constitutional free speech protections now goes to the governor. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Lawmakers target immigrant driver’s license scams

Fenit Nirappil · August 19, 2014 10:48 pm

Lianna "Lili" Ovsepian, of Tujunga, Calif., was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison for spearheading a scheme that involved more than $20 million using anti-psychotic drugs, the black market and repeated fraudulent billings of the government, according to the Department of Justice. (iStock)

$20 million California scheme billed Medicare over and over for the same prescription drugs

Kelly Cohen · August 19, 2014 10:18 pm

Did the federal government misplace almost $70 million in Africa?

Kelly Cohen · August 19, 2014 8:57 pm

Ex-West Texas sheriff gets 30 days for oppression

Washington Examiner · August 19, 2014 7:19 pm

New Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald has hardly had time to get comfortable in his office before being put on the defensive by fresh revelations of longstanding agency efforts to hide or downplay patient deaths and treatment delays. (Getty Images / Win McNamee)

Veterans Affairs still using old tricks to hide deaths and delays, new reports show

Mark Flatten · August 19, 2014 7:07 pm

CEO of bankrupt oil company sentenced to 33 months

Washington Examiner · August 19, 2014 5:03 pm

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, right, arrives at federal court with his attorney Henry Asbill in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. McDonnell is presenting the second day of his defense on corruption charges. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ex-governor’s sister takes stand in his defense

LARRY O'DELLMATTHEW BARAKAT · August 19, 2014 2:27 pm

Terry Weirick was an Army combat veteran who served nearly two years in Vietnam. He died in February after getting diagnosed with inoperable colorectal cancer. (Courtesy photo)

A fatal level of trust in Veterans Affairs care

Mark Flatten · August 19, 2014 10:00 am

Marilyn Tavenner, the federal government's top Medicare and Medicaid official, told a subordinate to delete a sensitive email to the Obama White House. (Photo: iStock)

Marilyn Tavenner’s deleted emails pose question: Is the FOIA the law federal officials break most often?

Mark Tapscott · August 19, 2014 9:00 am

EXography: Hope and change? Congressional re-election rates bolster status quo

Luke Rosiak · August 19, 2014 9:00 am

File - In this January 13, 2014 file photo, cows wait to be butchered at Rancho Veal slaughterhouse in Petaluma, Calif. A federal grand jury has indicted four officials at the Northern California slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall, alleging they slaughtered cows with cancer while inspectors were on their lunch breaks and distributed the diseased cattle, prosecutors announced Monday Aug. 18, 2014. Petaluma-based Rancho Feeding Corp. halted operations in February after a series of recalls, including one for 8.7 million pounds of beef. The meat was sold at Walmart and other national chains and used in products, including Hot Pockets. (AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Conner Jay, File)

4 at slaughterhouse behind beef recall indicted

Sudhin Thanawala · August 19, 2014 12:59 am