Tag: Watchdog

John Arensmeyer, CEO of Small Business Majority, a non-profit advocacy group that vigorously supports President Obama, posed for AP Photographer Jacquelyn Martin on July 11, 2o12.

Obama’s small business advocate has big credibility problems

Richard Pollock · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

New union groups skirt labor law to pressure eateries

New union groups skirt labor law to pressure eateries

Eric Boehm · August 11, 2013 4:00 am

Few in Congress seem to care about veterans preference fraud

Few in Congress seem to care about veterans preference fraud

Mark Flatten · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

The case illustrates how little federal officials know about where goods and services they purchase come from.

Feds give millions in contracts to firms owned by fictitious people

Luke Rosiak · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

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HHS IG fears Obamacare co-ops will run out of money before enrolling first customers

Michal Conger · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

A sign of the Department of Veterans Affairs is shown above.

Veterans preference fraud widespread but government prosecutes few cases

Mark Flatten · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

Legitimately disabled veteran entrepreneurs are the real victims when fraud occurs, said Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, a retired Air Force officer who chaired a House Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing on the issue last year. (AP File)

VA slow to clean up broken veterans preference contracting mess

Mark Flatten · August 7, 2013 4:00 am

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton works on a filing in a Freedom of Information Act case. (Photo by Graeme Jennings, the Washington Examiner)

Exposing government’s dark places is Tom Fitton’s daily passion

Neil McCabe · August 7, 2013 4:00 am

EXography: County employees can earn twice as much as residents they serve

EXography: County employees can earn twice as much as residents they serve

Luke Rosiak · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

‘Trust me’ is federal policy on policing preference fraud

Mark Flatten · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

The U.S. Postal Service's Enterprise Technology Services Program awards four information technology service contracts â otherwise known as task orders â as a means of encouraging competition and innovation among its suppliers. (Getty Images File)

IG decries lax oversight of Postal Service tech contracts

Kelly Cohen · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

Warren Parker's company, Silver Star Construction, won more than $7 million in federal contracts as a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business, despite Parker never seeing combat.

Fraud rampant in veterans preference contracts

Mark Flatten · August 5, 2013 4:00 am