Tag: Watchdog

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spent $6.7 billion in 2010 for evaluation and management services claims that were wrongly coded or lacked required documentation, according to the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services. (Thinkstock)

The simple reason why doctors were overpaid billions for Medicare and Medicaid

Monica Perez · June 4, 2014 5:20 pm

(AP File)

Massachusetts state vehicles have phony license plates, investigation finds

Kelly Cohen · June 4, 2014 4:45 pm

A General Services Administration executive responsible for intelligence agency customers went to China for a year -- without telling anyone.ÃÂ

National Security

GSA exec with top-secret clearance had a checkered history

Kelly Cohen · June 4, 2014 4:04 pm

The Yonkers, N.Y., school system budgeted anticipated state aid that wasn't coming in both 2012-13 and 2013-14, according to the city's inspector-general. (Thinkstock)

New York school district financial screwup leaves $55 million budget hole

Kelly Cohen · June 4, 2014 3:55 pm

Man pleads guilty in Texas to voting twice

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 11:23 am

Co-owner of bitcoin-linked sites settles SEC case

Marcy Gordon · June 3, 2014 11:30 pm

Jurors hear tape of bribe allegedly counted out

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 11:02 pm

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Civil rights commissioner wants documents, answers from CFPB on discrimination charges

Richard Pollock · June 3, 2014 10:23 pm

(AP File)

Delays, spiraling costs weigh down openings of new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2014 9:31 pm

FILE - In this April 15, 2014 file photo, Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, right, and Mark Reuss, Executive Vice President of Global Product Development for GM and President of GM America, watch the introduction of new Chevrolet cars at the New York International Auto Show, in New York. GM's corporate structure _ as well as what Barra has called a culture that valued cost-savings over safety _ will likely be a prime target in a report expected this week from former U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Before recalls, safety was low in GM hierarchy

Tom Krisher · June 3, 2014 6:18 pm

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, left, listens to a question as she stands outside the office of the New Jersey Department of State in the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Guadagno is also concurrently the secretary of state of New Jersey. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Chris Christie ally escapes charges in New Jersey’s ‘Doublegate’ state pensions scandal

Mark Lagerkvist · June 3, 2014 5:58 pm

Charter school founder accused of diverting funds

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 5:22 pm