Tag: Watchdog

Bob Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, EPA, testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform full committee hearing, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 in Washington. A turf battle between the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general and an EPA unit run by President Barack Obama's political staff gets an airing before Congress. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Energy and Environment

EPA pledges cooperation in internal investigations

Dina Cappiello · May 7, 2014 6:14 pm

Gov’t report: Hospitals improving patient safety

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 1:00 pm

Packages wait to be sorted by a U.S. Postal Service employee. (AP/David Goldman)

Ten USPS employees, 1 Navy worker charged with disability fraud

Kelly Cohen · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Rep. Peter Beck. Beck, who faces felony charges, is among the 15 Republican incumbents in the Ohio House trying to defend seats. Beck, of Mason, is accused of misleading investors about a company's financial status and using their money for personal gain. He has denied the allegations. (AP Photo/Ohio House of Representatives, File)

Voters oust Ohio lawmaker accused in fraud case

Associated Press · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

SEC: Texas businessman Wyly lied at NYC trial

Larry Neumeister · May 6, 2014 11:27 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2013, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at her office in Washington. The EPA's inspector general is accusing a unit run by President Barack Obama's political staff inside the EPA of operating as a "rogue law enforcement agency" that is blocking independent investigations and violating federal law. Patrick Sullivan will tell a House oversight committee May 7 that the EPA's Office of Homeland Security, which is overseen by the chief of staff to McCarthy, has for years impeded inspector general investigations, citing national security interests. Sullivan's prepared testimony was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

EPA accused of blocking independent investigations

Dina Cappiello · May 6, 2014 11:19 pm

Watchdog reviews EPA handling of Alaska mine study

Becky Bohrer · May 6, 2014 10:59 pm

GM recalls about 60,000 Saturns to fix gear shifts

Tom Krisher · May 6, 2014 3:02 pm

On Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, Joyce Jackson holds a drawing made by her son Bobby Gerald Bennett, in Dallas. Jackson says Bennett, who is a schizophrenic, wanted to take the drawing with him out of the house leading to an argument that caused her to call police Monday. Surveillance video from a neighbor's camera shows Bennett standing as two officers approach him. Seconds later, Officer Cardan Spencer fires at Bennet who now remains in a hospital intensive care unit. Dallas police have opened a criminal investigation and placed the officer on administrative leave indefinitely. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)

Dallas cop indicted for shooting mentally ill man

Nomaan Merchant · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Contaminated soil is layered in a massive repository. Tailings piles where uranium was mined decades ago are now being removed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Matt York)

GAO releases report on Navajo uranium cleanup

Associated Press · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

New York Democrats introduce ethics legislation package

Associated Press · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Florida agency vows transparency in child death records

Associated Press · May 6, 2014 4:00 am