Tag: Watchdog

Approximately 4.2 million Medicare summary notices -- or paper forms that summarize processed claims -- were reported as "undeliverable" to beneficiaries in 2012, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspector general.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Millions in Medicare, Medicaid checks go undelivered, making fraud harder to track

Kelly Cohen · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. USIS, the company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on. (AP Photo/The Guardian)

National Security

Background check company hit by gov’t complaint

Pete Yost · January 23, 2014 11:04 pm

Bill would bar political donors from DC contracts

Ben Nuckols · January 23, 2014 7:33 pm

DC police facing scrutiny over arrested officers

Eric Tucker · January 23, 2014 7:30 pm

The Pentagon has lifted a hold on deliveries of the F-35 fighter jet, built by Lockheed Martin. Â

Defense contractors spent millions lobbying Congress, get billions in new budget

Eric Boehm · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Kentucky Senator Robert Leeper, I-Paducah, introduces part of the senate's spending plan Thursday March 22, 2012, at the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/John Flavell)

Kentucky Senate OKs change to rein in ‘supersized’ legislative pensions

Associated Press · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Feds: Illegal donations fueled San Diego campaigns

Elliot Spagat · January 22, 2014 6:42 am

A former clerk for New Jersey's Labor and Workforce Development Department has been sentenced for stealing nearly $19,000 in unemployment benefits. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Ex-New Jersey state worker sentenced for stealing funds

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

FILE -This Dec. 3, 2012 file photo shows Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne at the Historic Senate Chambers at the Capitol in Phoenix. Horne is being investigated by the State Bar over allegations stemming from an investigation into alleged campaign finance violations. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne seeks settlement in campaign finance case

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

A company that handles moves for some military members in South Carolina and Georgia is being accused of inflating costs and overbilling the federal government, allegations that could potentially result in millions of dollars in penalties and fines. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Government accuses military moving company of fraud

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

Hewlett-Packard Co. received $10 million from an Arkansas incentive fund the governor controls to go toward infrastructure for the Conway center, but the agreement included provisions for the state to reclaim money if employment goals aren't met. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Hewlett-Packard to repay $459K in Arkansas state incentives

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

Former President Ronald Reagan speaks by radio-phone from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in April 1984. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)

National Security

Mad about government spying and snooping? Look at Ronald Reagan’s executive order

Yael Ossowski · January 22, 2014 5:00 am