Tag: Watchdog

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2010 file photo, a massive fire following a pipeline explosion roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. Top California regulators communicated often and enthusiastically with executives at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., even offering unsolicited advice on handling the media while they presided over a case to decide how much the utility should pay for a deadly explosion in a San Francisco Bay Area suburb, according to a trove of emails released Monday, July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

City: Emails show ‘cozy’ ties of PG&E, regulator

Garance Burke · July 28, 2014 9:38 pm

In this June 4, 2014 photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 comes in for a landing at Love Field in Dallas. The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, July 28, 2014 is proposing a $12 million civil fine against Southwest Airlines for failing to comply in three separate cases with safety regulations related to repairs on Boeing 737 jetliners. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

FAA proposes to fine Southwest Airlines $12M

Joan Lowy · July 28, 2014 7:33 pm

Smoke rises from a building which Taliban fighters used for cover during clashes with government troops, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 17. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

How the U.S. ended up giving weapons to the Taliban

Kelly Cohen · July 28, 2014 6:22 pm

US attorneys turn up heat on health care fraud

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2014 4:46 pm

2 Fla. brothers sentenced for food stamp fraud

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2014 7:09 am

Recalls this week: high chairs, cribs, bar stools

The Associated Press · July 25, 2014 7:31 pm

FILE - This undated file publicity photo provided by Hyundai shows the 2006 Hyundai Sonata. U.S. safety regulators are investigating whether an electrical problem can knock out the air bags on some older Sonatas. The probe announced Friday, July 25, 2014 covers about 394,000 midsize cars from the 2006 through 2008 model years. (AP Photo/Hyundai, File)

US agency probes Hyundai Sonata air bag problem

Washington Examiner · July 25, 2014 3:42 pm

Former FBI employee, wife admit to bank fraud

Washington Examiner · July 25, 2014 12:16 pm

Soybeans being processed in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan (Photo: SIGAR)

The U.S. spent $35 million trying to grow this crop in Afghanistan

Kelly Cohen · July 24, 2014 7:48 pm

Morgan Stanley paying $275M to settle SEC charges

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 6:06 pm

This Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, shows the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Six years ago the Social Security Administration embarked on an aggressive plan to replace outdated computer systems overwhelmed by a growing flood of disability claims. Nearly $300 million later, the new system is nowhere near ready and agency officials are struggling to salvage a project racked by delays and mismanagement.

Social Security’s $300M IT project doesn’t work

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 5:14 pm

This Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, shows the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Six years ago the Social Security Administration embarked on an aggressive plan to replace outdated computer systems overwhelmed by a growing flood of disability claims. Nearly $300 million later, the new system is nowhere near ready and agency officials are struggling to salvage a project racked by delays and mismanagement.

Social Security spent $300M on ‘IT boondoggle’

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 12:49 am