Tag: Watchdog

Monterey County District attorney Dean Flippo, left, and Monterey County Sheriff Scott Miller answer questions during a news conference, Tuesday in Salinas, Calif. (AP Photo/The Monterey County Herald, Vern Fisher)

Third of California town’s officers tied to scheme

Channing Joseph · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Panel finds lapses by Sacramento social workers

Associated Press · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

"Personally identifiable information" is any information that can be used to find an individual, such as Social Security number, home address or medical history. (Thinkstock)

Personal information managed by EPA is at risk, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

28 new indictments in NY disability fraud case

Jennifer Peltz · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Charles Moreau, the former mayor of Central Falls, R.I., outside leaves Federal Court in Providence, RI., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Moreau struck a deal that would allow him to be freed from prison after serving half his two-year sentence. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Rhode Island ex-mayor strikes deal to get out of prison

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Top VA official disputes mass purge of medical appointments cited in ‘scurrilous’ Examiner investigation

Mark Flatten · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Credit Suisse Group helped American customers hide as much as $10 billion in assets from the Internal Revenue Service, more than double the amount previously known, according to a U.S. Senate committee. (AP/Gaetan Bally)

Credit Suisse helped clients hide billions, Senate says

Bloomberg News · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Lawsuit: Ohio feud has led to botched death probes

Amanda Lee Myers · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Missouri lawmakers divided on ethics law process

Jordan Shapiro · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Former Pittsburgh police chief Nathan Harper, right, who pleaded guilty to stealing police funds by depositing them into unauthorized credit union accounts, leaves federal court in Pittsburgh with his wife, Cynthia Harper, center, and his attorney Robert Del Greco, left, after being sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Pittsburgh ex-chief gets 18 months in federal pen

Joe Mandak · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Since establishing himself in Washington as a Freedom of Information Act-wielding attorney and now a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Chris Horner has been busy busting what he sees as absurd global warming claims and the federal government's deepening lack of transparency. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Energy and Environment

Chris Horner, FOIA watchdog, demands transparency from government’s global warming advocates

Andrea Billups · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Report: Va commerce secretary broke lobbying rule

Alan Suderman · February 25, 2014 11:11 pm