Tag: Watchdog

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Philadelphia man defrauds welfare for eight years, racks up $350k

Kelly Cohen · April 25, 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)

National Security

DHS sec’y puts ex-watchdog on leave after report

Alicia Caldwell · April 24, 2014 10:34 pm

GM says securities regulators are probing recall

DEE-ANN DURBINTOM KRISHER · April 24, 2014 8:04 pm

Freedom of information training video available

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 6:56 am

Ohio state representative Pete Beck, center, stands in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court with his lawyers Chad Ziepfel, left, and Ralph Kohnen during a hearing, Monday, April 7, 2014, in Cincinnati. The southwestern Ohio lawmaker is charged with misleading investors about a company's financial status and using their money for personal gain. Beck pleaded not guilty in July to 16 felony counts. A trial date has yet to be set. (AP Photo/Amanda Myers)

Ohio lawmaker charged with fraud to get trial date

Associated Press · April 24, 2014 4:00 am

Capt. Greg McWherter, commanding officer and flight leader of the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, responds to the crowd at the Guardians of Freedom Air Show in Lincoln, Neb. The U.S. Navy says McWherter has been relieved of duty over misconduct while he was commanding officer of the Blue Angels. McWherter allegedly allowed and in some cases encouraged sexually explicit humor, lewd speech and inappropriate comments among the famed precision flying team. McWherter's most recent post was as executive officer of Naval Base Coronado. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Jen Blake)

Complaint: Ex-Blue Angels head led lewd workplace

Associated Press · April 24, 2014 4:00 am

Va. toll road could cost $500m, not be built

Alan Suderman · April 23, 2014 7:00 pm

Scam threatens to turn off Pennsylvanians’ electricity

Bryan Cohen · April 23, 2014 6:32 pm

CNN: 40 vets die waiting for care from Veterans Affairs in Phoenix

Washington Examiner · April 23, 2014 4:00 am

Math mistakes lead government to pay contractors up to 3 times market rate under Davis-Bacon

Logan Porter, Luke Rosiak · April 23, 2014 4:00 am

Drug firm exec gets 16 months in inside-trade case

Washington Examiner · April 22, 2014 8:58 pm

Forms and a newspaper article are spread on a table as a representative of Marketplace Nebraska, a health insurance broker under the new Affordable Care Act, explains the health insurance enrollment process and the options that are available. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Judicial Watch sues HHS for documents on faulty Obamacare ‘834’ insurance forms

Michal Conger · April 22, 2014 4:00 am