Tag: Watchdog

Delayed building maintenance and repair backlogs can cost as much as $20 billion from the General Services Administration, and the departments of Energy, Homeland Security, the Interior, and Veterans' Affairs in 2012. (Thinkstock)

Deferred building maintenance, repairs cost government billions, GAO says

Kelly Cohen · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

The Oregon Legislature is looking at two bills that would curtail access to public records. Lawmakers say they're protecting people's privacy, but government transparency advocates worry about adding even more exemptions to Oregon's public records law. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Oregon lawmakers make public records secret

Associated Press · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Seattle interim Police Chief Harry Bailey looks on at a news conference on police reform Feb. 4 in Seattle. Three days after holding a news conference to defend Seattle's police chief for erasing a misconduct finding against an officer, Mayor Ed Murray partially reversed course Monday, reinstating the original finding and saying the decision to lift it did not look like the kind of police reform his administration has promised. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Seattle mayor backtracks on officer’s discipline

Washington Examiner · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Pittsburgh former police chief Nathan Harper is facing sentencing for conspiring to create an unauthorized slush fund from which he spent more than $30,000 on himself. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Ex-Pittsburgh chief facing federal prison or probation

Associated Press · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

EXography: Ending improper federal payments could eliminate billions in waste and fraud

Veronique de Rugy · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

The Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington D.C., November 26th, 2013

Veterans Affairs purged thousands of medical tests to ‘game’ its backlog stats

Mark Flatten · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

"The American people expect Congress to prevent these boondoggles before they happen, not merely criticize them after the fact. That's why it's important for Congress to pass the Conference Accountability Act, which has passed the Senate unanimously in the past," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. (AP File)

UPDATED: New IG report finds more wasteful conference spending by NIST

Kelly Cohen · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

A woman who was the Victoria County Housing Authority commissioner for four years has been named in a three-count federal indictment charging her with theft and fraud over 15 years.

Former Texas county housing authority commissioner indicted

Associated Press · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

The owner of two Northern California medical-supply businesses has been arrested on fraud charges for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme to keep his firms afloat.

Owner of Sacramento firms accused of fraud

Associated Press · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

Attorney General Eric Holder is urging Congress to require businesses to quickly alert consumers and law enforcement agencies in the wake of significant data breaches like the ones at discount retailer Target and at Neiman Marcus.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Eric Holder urges congressional action on data breaches

Washington Examiner · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

The WTI crude oil price, the U.S. benchmark, tumbled to the lowest level in its history since markets started trading nearly four decades ago, falling to negative territory.

Newspaper investigation questions oil field safety

Associated Press · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

Meaghan Ybos discusses Memphis' backlog of untested rape kits on Feb. 20 in Memphis, Tenn. Ybos, a victim of rape, has been crusading for legislation to address the backlogs for several years. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz).

Bills seek to tackle backlog of untested rape kits

Associated Press · February 24, 2014 5:00 am