Tag: Watchdog

In early morning darkness, a worker prepares heavy machinery for the day as rebuilding work continues on the beach area between Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, N.J., on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Millions of tax dollars that could go toward Hurricane Sandy recovery are instead going to research on the storm recovery process, according to a nonprofit government watchdog group. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Wednesday watchdogs: Storm relief grants funding recovery studies

Kelly Cohen, Michal Conger · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

‘Unethical behavior’ drove wasteful spending at Veterans Affairs conference

‘Unethical behavior’ drove wasteful spending at Veterans Affairs conference

Mark Flatten · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

EXography: LEED certification doesn’t guarantee energy efficiency, analysis shows

Energy and Environment

EXography: LEED certification doesn’t guarantee energy efficiency, analysis shows

Luke Rosiak · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

US lost $9.7b on GM through September, IG says

US lost $9.7b on GM through September, IG says

Bloomberg News · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

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Army police investigating equipment at landfill

Associated Press · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

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Granite Falls, Wash., sergeant demoted for chief card

Associated Press · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

60 Minutes’ yearlong investigation into Benghazi

Washington Examiner · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

NBC News: Senator demands answers from Pentagon on ‘phony’ MIA arrival ceremonies

Washington Examiner · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

Construction workers install steel reinforcement bars on a building to be used by the Afghan National Army in Kabul on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The site is just one of many construction projects in the capital, where skilled workers earn about $20 per day and laborers earn around $10 daily. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan projects funded with billions of U.S. tax dollars will soon be inaccessible to oversight officials

Michal Conger · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

The Federal Reserve System's IG found that the consumer bureau had such poor controls over its employees' use of travel credit cards that its own employees charged a total of $1,880 of unauthorized transactions on CFPB credit cards. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Federal consumer bureau that regulates credit cards can’t regulate its own employee card use

Richard Pollock · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Former White House aide Jeffrey Zients briefed reporters on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday, but continued to remain vague about both the problems and possible solutions. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal officials still mum on many Obamacare website problems

Richard Pollock · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

All Freedom of Information Act requests at the Department of Veterans Affairs will now be reviewed by four different FOIA officers, including the VA's director of FOIA service. (Examiner File)

House committee to probe ‘culture of irresponsible spending’ on Veterans Affairs conferences

Mark Flatten · October 25, 2013 4:00 am