Tag: Watchdog

Legislature awards grant to group tied to lawmaker

Washington Examiner · May 1, 2014 10:31 pm

3 on leave over allegations on Phoenix vet care

Pauline Jelinek · May 1, 2014 10:20 pm

National Security

Lawmakers want resolution of whistle-blowers probe

Frederic J. Frommer · May 1, 2014 6:07 pm

As US draws down, Afghan opium production thrives

Washington Examiner · May 1, 2014 12:09 pm

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks to reporters at the state Capitol on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP/Seth Perlman)

GOP lawmakers want federal probe of Pat Quinn hires

Associated Press · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 10, 2013 in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Veterans Affairs puts 3 on leave; Congress threatens subpoena over destruction of ‘secret’ wait list

Mark Flatten · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Since May 2013, veterans' medical centers nationwide have been under pressure to clear out 2 million backlogged orders for patient care or services. (Thinkstock)

Veterans Affairs officials purged 1.5 million unfinished medical orders

Mark Flatten · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Ohio Democrats are calling for changes at the state watchdog's office after it mistakenly omitted then-Gov. Bob Taft's historic conviction from a report on a 2005 rare-coin investment scandal. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Ohio Dems want action after ‘Coingate’ report flaw

Associated Press · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

General Motors introduces the 2015 Chevrolet Trax at the New York International Auto Show, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in New York. The Chevrolet Trax will go on sale in the U.S. and China early next year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

U.S. lost $11.2 billion in GM bailout, latest TARP report says

Bloomberg News · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Afghan national army soldiers walk past the palace of the late King Amanullah Khan, which was destroyed during the civil war in early 1990s, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US auditor: Corruption threatens Afghan progress

Deb Riechmann · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

The Ohio watchdog's office plans to discuss Wednesday whether to reissue its report on a 2005 rare-coin investment scandal after information surfaced that the document presumed falsely that then-Gov. Bob Taft's criminal record had been expunged. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

Lawyer: Ohio ex-governor’s record wasn’t expunged

Associated Press · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

BMW recalls 156,000 cars and SUVs

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 12:09 pm