Tag: Watchdog

Air traffic controllers, nurses, lawyers and others employed by the government spend thousands of hours each year doing union business on official time. (Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

Too Big to Manage: Taxpayers fund top-dollar federal employee union reps through official time

Mark Flatten · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Two Navy divers, out of reach

Washington Examiner · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., asks questions at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Menendez paid a law firm $250,000 in December 2013 for legal costs related to Justice Department and Senate Ethics Committee investigations into his ties with a major campaign donor. The Democrat also has set up a legal trust to raise money as the investigations continue.

Menendez sets up fund for ethics, Justice probes

Henry Jackson · January 31, 2014 11:52 pm

Fire lieutenant files for retirement after probe

Washington Examiner · January 31, 2014 10:58 pm

DC chancellor was informed of cheating claim

Ben Nuckols · January 30, 2014 5:54 pm

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray testifies before the House Financial Services Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 12. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Consumer agency FOIA officers help employees hide work calendars

Richard Pollock · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

USAID hides Afghan corruption, financial risks from Congress, watchdog says

Michal Conger · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

The pork Congress approves is just the tip of the spending iceberg

Luke Rosiak · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., shown here Nov. 13, revealed a potential conflict of interesting involving a Justice Department lawyer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

IRS probe chief must decide Thursday whether to testify before Congress

Mark Tapscott · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

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IRS needs better controls over health care tax credit claims, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

Bill de Blasio’s corruption watchdog pick raised funds for his campaign

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

Guides work the phones Dec. 31 in St. Paul, Minn. for shoppers scrambling to finalize health coverage before the new year at Minnesota's insurance marketplace. The call center was the fallback for health insurance shoppers vexed by the troubled MNsure website. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

14 Minnesota insurance exchange managers receive bonuses despite software troubles

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 5:00 am