Tag: Watchdog

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tries to comfort Alice Cimillo and other Moonachie, N.J. residents whose homes were damaged by Superstorm Sandy, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, during a tour of the flood-ravaged area. Federal officials are taking a closer look at how Christie's administration spent $25 million to promote the Jersey shore in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/The Record of Bergen County, Kevin R. Wexler, Pool)

HUD probes New Jersey’s $25M Sandy marketing campaign

Washington Examiner · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this Thursday, May 14, 2009 photo, the drill bit shaft at a carbon storage project site is seen in Hancock County, Ky.ÃÂ Emails between Environmental Protection Agency officials and the Sierra Club make clear the agency has been speaking with a forked tongue about carbon capture and storage emissions technology.ÃÂ (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Bill Luster)

Energy and Environment

Emails show green group’s influence on EPA coal rule

Michal Conger · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives promoted Bernard Zapor despite the controversy surrounding his "Operation Fearless," in which ATF agentsÃÂ operated storefronts posing as pawn and smoke shops in Milwaukee and five other cities across the country.ÃÂ (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Congressmen demand answers from ATF on botched storefront stings exposed by Wisconsin daily

Michal Conger · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

President Bush, center, joined by FEMA Administrator David Paulison, left, and Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., right, receive an update on the preparations for Hurricane Gustav on Aug. 31, 2008, at FEMA Headquarters in Washington. A financial institution is paying lawyers $700 per hour to help Livingston Parish fight FEMA's denials of $60 million in claims for Gustav-related cleanup costs. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Secret benefactor helping Livingston in FEMA fight

Washington Examiner · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Hacking attempt draws congressional investigation of FEC

Hacking attempt draws congressional investigation of FEC

Washington Examiner · January 12, 2014 5:00 am

The Chicago-area businessman wasn't charged in the Rob Blagojevich scandal, but is alleged to have "corrupted the political process." (AP File)

Feds to bring up Rod Blagojevich in Raghuveer Nayak sentencing

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this Sept. 12, 2013 photo provided by the Office of the Governor of New Jersey, Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly, right, stands with Gov. Chris Christie, left, during a tour of the Seaside Heights, N.J. boardwalk after it was hit by a massive fire. Christie fired Kelly Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, and apologized over and over for his staff's "stupid" behavior, insisting during a nearly two-hour news conference that he had no idea anyone around him had engineered traffic jams as part of a political vendetta against a Democratic mayor. (AP Photo/Office of Gov. Chris Christie, Tim Larsen)

Chris Christie aide is latest to use private emails

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 photo, Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr is interviewed at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Darr on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 said he would leave office Feb. 1, giving in to pressure from Democrats and fellow Republicans who said his impeachment was inevitable over ethics violations tied to his campaign and office spending. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr says he’ll resign over ethics case

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Contractors have received limited guidance in the past two years from CMS on fraud vulnerabilities from electronic health records. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Little is being done to address vulnerabilities in electronic health records, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Federal investigators withheld information from Congress in a report on claims that Interior Department officials improperly pressured contractors for political reasons. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Interior IG kept documents from Congress out of ‘respect’ for Interior Department

Michal Conger · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Agency hands out federal cash in Alaska but does nothing to make sure it’s spent properly

Energy and Environment

Agency hands out federal cash in Alaska but does nothing to make sure it’s spent properly

Luke Rosiak · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, right, is interviewed at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., as his wife Kim listens Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Darr said he won't resign over ethics violations tied to his campaign and office spending, despite growing calls for him to step down or face the threat of impeachment. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Plenty of unknowns in how to impeach Arkansas lieutenant governor Mark Darr

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am