Tag: Watchdog

The loading area for incinerators at Forward Operating Base Sharana was so narrow that they wouldÃÂ have required manual labor to load and unload waste, and the incinerators were so poorly constructed that even when fixed, they would have run only at partial capacity.ÃÂ

Energy and Environment

US tax dollars going up in smoke at Afghanistan base trash incinerators

Michal Conger · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

An inspector general has questioned the competence of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, which oversees safeguards for electronic protected health information. (Thinkstock)

New security risks found concerning HIPAA

Kelly Cohen · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

EXography: States say most uninsured still won’t be covered in 2014

EXography: States say most uninsured still won’t be covered in 2014

Richard Pollock · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

This cylinder hauler at Paducah's Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services plant delivers the first of DOE's 14-ton depleted uranium cylinders to USEC for re-enrichment as part of a five-party agreement that is extending enrichment operations at the 60-year-old plant for another year, delaying increased costs at the site for DOE.

Energy and Environment

Solyndra-like USEC to file for bankruptcy, wants $750m more from DOE

Luke Rosiak · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

As more people have taken to air travel, the practice of "capacity discipline," or "right-gauging," has resulted in airlines scheduling fewer flights, and those flights that are on the schedule are typically packed to the gills. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Not-so-friendly skies: Airline industry faces immense problems, but there are solutions

Neil McCabe · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

According to the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general, the annual cost of health care fraud is between $75 and $250 billion. (Thinkstock)

Electronic patient records may be at risk, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

An Obamacare rule cuts Medicare payments to home health care providers by 3.5 percent each year beginning in 2014. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Obamacare forcing 14 percent cut in Medicare’s home health care program

Richard Pollock · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

Whenever airline companies, such as Delta and Northwest, attempt a merger or acquisition lawyers from the Department of Justice's Antitrust Department jump onto the process, often blocking, delaying and perverting the deal, Delta Airlines CEO Richard Anderson said.

Not-so-friendly skies: Deregulation didn’t fail, it was never really tried

Neil McCabe · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., suggested at a Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight hearing Wednesday that several small international organizations run by the federal government consider consolidating. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Claire McCaskill scares two agency heads, suggests they consolidate

Luke Rosiak · December 12, 2013 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)

Darrell Issa warns Kathleen Sebelius about criminal obstruction of Congress on healthcare.gov

Michal Conger · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Travis accepted a total of $211,890 in kickbacks for contracts, with bribes ranging between $4,000 and $7,000 per contract, according to DOD.ÃÂ

Soldier pleads guilty to taking bribes, stealing fuel in Afghanistan

Michal Conger · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Small-hub airports like the Colorado Springs Airport must compete against large-hub airports like Denver International Airport for the same passengers. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Not-so-friendly Skies: Colorado Springs Airport faces adversity, gets entrepreneurial

Neil McCabe · December 11, 2013 5:00 am