Tag: Watchdog

US regulators tell railroads to report on backlog

Josh Funk · June 23, 2014 11:14 pm

FILE - In this April 21, 2005 file photo, a model poses by a Honda's CR-V at Auto Shanghai 2005 exhibition in Shanghai, China. Honda, Mazda and Nissan are recalling millions of vehicles globally for defective airbags manufactured by supplier Takata Corp. that could possibly explode. No accidents have been reported related to recalls Monday, June 23, 2014. Honda Motor Co. recalled 2.03 million vehicles for the airbag problem, including 1.02 million in North America and nearly 669,000 in Japan. The models recalled at Honda include the Fit, Element and CR-V, manufactured between 2000 and 2005. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Air bag recall spreads to more automakers

Washington Examiner · June 23, 2014 6:24 pm

Federal police for the Treasury Department are charged with enforcing the law and protecting the millions of dollars of cash that are printed at U.S. Mint facilities, but sworn officers were instead caught engaging in criminal activity and lying about it.ÃÂ (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Fake-handicap fraudsters foiled by reality TV appearances, LinkedIn spam

Luke Rosiak · June 23, 2014 3:02 pm

Seven U.S. Postal Service employees are facing their first court appearances in a Connecticut fraud and larceny case. (iStock Image)

7 postal employees due in court for unemployment fraud case

Associated Press · June 23, 2014 12:59 pm

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Oops: Here’s who wound up with half a million dollars in federal money

Kelly Cohen · June 21, 2014 10:00 am

Medicaid wrongly paid out more than $14 billion last year to managed care organizations, often for treatments or services that were not necessary, never performed or weren't eligible for coverage. (iStock Photo)

Here’s where $14 billion of taxpayer money for Medicaid went

Kelly Cohen · June 21, 2014 10:00 am

FILE - This March 19, 2014 file photo shows Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Army is stripping a brigadier general at the center of a sexual misconduct case by two grades for his retirement, in a rare move that will slash his benefits and force him to retire as a lieutenant colonel. Army Secretary John McHugh announced the decision Friday, saying that Sinclair "displayed a pattern of inappropriate and at times illegal behavior both while serving as a brigadier general and a colonel." (AP Photo/Ted Richardson, File)

National Security

General reduced 2 grades in sex misconduct case

Lolita Baldor · June 21, 2014 12:00 am

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows a Linear Personal Emergency Reporting System (PERS) Transmitter. The transmitters are being recalled because the batteries used in the transmitters can fail to emit a low battery warning leading the user to believe the transmitter is functioning and not generate a warning. (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)

Recalls this week: Emergency systems, chargers

The Associated Press · June 20, 2014 7:25 pm

Gina Farrisee, Assistant Veterans Affairs Secretary for Human Resources, testifies before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing Friday.ÃÂ (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

All top Veterans Affairs managers got high performance ratings despite long delays, patient deaths

Mark Flatten · June 20, 2014 7:14 pm

VIDEO: CFPB whistleblowers speak out about discrimination

Ed Sykes · June 19, 2014 1:40 pm

Ali Naraghi, southeast region examiner for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's division of Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending, testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

House panel to probe CFPB executive’s attempt to strike whistleblower’s testimony from official record

Richard Pollock · June 19, 2014 1:03 pm

Lawmakers press GM on report’s findings

durbintom-krisher, marcy-gordondeeann · June 18, 2014 9:28 pm