Tag: Watchdog

VA errors force more vets into years-long appeals on disability claims

VA errors force more vets into years-long appeals on disability claims

Mark Flatten · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

New York Times: Con men prey on confusion over health care act

Washington Examiner · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Times-Picayune: Nursing homes pump millions into Louisiana campaigns while benefiting from favorable state policies

Washington Examiner · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Edward Woodard, former CEO of the Virginia Bank of the Commonwealth, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for masterminding a massive fraud scheme that lined his own pockets and led to the bank's failure. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Banker gets 23 years for TARP fraud, must repay $333 million

Ethan Barton · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

This undated photo provided by United States Enrichment Corp shows Ronnie Kineman, a member of USEC's cylinder handling crew, moving a Department of Energy-owned depleted uranium "tails" cylinder into a staging area at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. This is one of the roughly 1,100 tails cylinders whose contents were re-enriched at the plant 15 miles west of Paducah as part of the contract in 2012 that extended USEC jobs at the plant until May of this year. (AP Photo/United States Enrichment Corporation)

Energy and Environment

Privatizing energy project enriched bureaucrats, drained federal coffers

Luke Rosiak · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

A pair of California brothers pleaded guilty to an attempted beef theft. (Photo: Thinkstock).

Brothers pleaded guilty to failed beef theft scheme

Ethan Barton · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

This photo taken March 22, 2013, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities, with some of the money going to addresses in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland, according to a Treasury report released Thursday. The IRS sent a total of 655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Report: IRS refunded $4B to identity thieves

Associated Press, Stephen Ohlemacher · November 7, 2013 9:16 pm

Stanford Medicine: Federally funded health care lags on Rosebud Indian reservation

Stanford Medicine: Federally funded health care lags on Rosebud Indian reservation

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

NY Times: CIA is said to pay AT&T for call data

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

NPR: From social welfare groups, a river of political influence

NPR: From social welfare groups, a river of political influence

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Center for Inv. Reporting: Rehab clinics cut off for questionable billing still reaped federal funds

Center for Inv. Reporting: Rehab clinics cut off for questionable billing still reaped federal funds

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

William D. Montague, 61, took payoffs in exchange for inside information on future construction and other contracts, according to the federal indictment. (Thinkstock)

VA official charged with taking bribes for inside info on $1b in contracts

Mark Flatten · November 7, 2013 5:00 am