Tag: Watchdog

Massachusetts Department of Children and Families Commissioner Olga Roche has resigned amid mounting pressure after Oliver's disappearance and death, and after two infants in families receiving DCF services had died in April 2014. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Child welfare official resigns after kids’ deaths

Associated Press · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

A trio of Arizona congressmen on Tuesday sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki asking him to remove Sharon Helman and her leadership team. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Congressmen want Phoenix Veterans Affairs health chief removed

Associated Press · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

A subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a report Thursday detailing a series of ethical allegations against Charles Edwards, a former acting inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security who resigned his post in December and was transferred to different position with the agency. (AP Photo/Homeland Security)

Watchdogs want more answers about DHS inspector general’s abuse of power

Susan Crabtree · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

NYC payroll scandal defendants each get 20 years

Larry Neumeister · April 28, 2014 11:14 pm

Federal judges acknowledge conflicts of interest

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 12:49 pm

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Obama: US takes VA neglect claim ‘very seriously’

Associated Press · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Doctors get millions from Medicare after losing their licenses

caroline-chen, david-armstrong · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Prospective buyers, above, preview guns for sale at the James G. Murphy Co. auction of Kesselring Gun Shop inventory in Sedro-Woolley, Wash., April 22, 2014. The shop, seen below, was a fixture in Skagit County for decades but had failed for years to comply with federal regulations. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Mark Harrison)

National Security

Feds needed 8 years to shut down Skagit gun shop

Associated Press · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Throughout the House Ethics Committee's meeting last week reviewing the actions of House Speaker Pro Tem Eric Turner, Democrats and Republicans consistently noted the troubles they see in balancing the demands of a part-time legislature against the need for clear ethics rules. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, file)

Indiana lawmakers struggle with ethics system

Tom LoBianco · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Rep. Michael Grimm was taken into custody Monday to face federal charges stemming from a two-year investigation of his campaign financing, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New York lawmaker Michael Grimm pleads not guilty to U.S. fraud charges

Tom Hays · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

DynCorp International won $2.8 billion in State Department contracts between 2002 and last year, primarily to train and equip law enforcement and counter-narcotics forces in Afghanistan, according to a new report by SIGAR.

Defense contractor DynCorp reaps two-thirds of State Dept.’s Afghanistan reconstruction dollars

Michal Conger · April 26, 2014 4:00 am

This undated photo obtained from the Department of Homeland Security shows former Acting Inspector General Charles Edwards. A Senate subcommittee says Edwards was too cozy with the political appointees of President Barack Obama whose activities he was supposed to oversee. A 27-page report from a Senate homeland security subcommittee says Charles Edwards improperly rewrote, delayed or classified reports to accommodate the department. It says he also asked for guidance from senior Homeland Security Department officials instead of his own staff. (AP Photo/Homeland Security)

Ex-DHS watchdog put on leave after critical report

Alicia Caldwell · April 25, 2014 8:21 am