Tag: Watchdog

This two-picture combo, framegrabs from an iPhone show two tweets from the Education Department. The Education Department on Wednesday apologized for a tweet that depicted a scene from the movie "Bridesmaids" with the words "Help me. I'm poor" imprinted on it as part of an effort to get students to apply for federal aid, left. "If this is you, then you better fill out your FAFSA: fafsa.gov," the tweet reads. The quote in the movie is said during a comedic scene on an airplane by the character played by actress Kristen Wiig. The apology tweet that was moved later is at right. (AP Photo/Education Department)

Education Dept. removes tweet with movie scene

Kimberly Hefling · June 25, 2014 8:40 pm

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Amidst crisis, CFPB quietly offers legal services to worried managers

Richard Pollock · June 25, 2014 5:10 pm

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Top OPM officials routinely use set-aside contracting to circumvent rules, IG says

Luke Rosiak · June 25, 2014 5:06 pm

The State Department's Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications has hired a contractor to provide it with six staffers toÃÂ conduct "a digital English-language campaign designed to counter propaganda by al Qaeda and other extremist groups" outside the U.S., according to Fed Biz Opps, a website for government contract solicitations and related information.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

State Department going online to counter terrorism messages

Kelly Cohen · June 25, 2014 5:02 pm

Energy and Environment

You won’t believe where EPA employees are pooping

Washington Examiner · June 25, 2014 4:45 pm

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The reason the U.S. government is investing huge money in social media

Kelly Cohen · June 25, 2014 10:00 am

US weighs lawsuits on alleged insurance kickbacks

Jeff Horwitz · June 25, 2014 7:33 am

15 medical professionals indicted in $25M scheme

Tami Abdollah · June 25, 2014 1:26 am

Defendant Paul Konigsberg leaves federal court in New York on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 after he plead guilty to conspiracy and two counts of falsifying books and records in a co-operation deal with the government. The 78-year-old Konigsberg, an accounting firm executive who worked for Bernard Madoff, told the court he was not aware of Madoff's "horrific and evil Ponzi scheme." Madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence after admitting his fraud in 2009. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)

Executive accused in Madoff scam pleads guilty

Larry Neumeister · June 24, 2014 8:42 pm

FILE - In this July 14, 2010 file photo, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation stand near a tank farm where highly radioactive waste is stored underground near Richland, Wash. Few of the U.S. Department of Energy workers who are helping build the plant feel they can openly challenge decisions made by management, according to a report obtained Tuesday, June 24, 2014, by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny, File)

Survey probes Hanford worker dynamic

Nicholas Geranios · June 24, 2014 8:13 pm

Ex-Texas school administrator stole $500K in scam

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 12:51 pm

New Tom Coburn report describes Veterans Affairs Department wracked by incompetence, corruption, coverups

Mark Flatten · June 24, 2014 5:00 am