Tag: Watchdog

Cindy Harrington was caught performing a flip on a trapeze after she began collecting federal disability because of a reported neck injury sustained while lifting a mail tray. Harrington collected more than $193,000 in disability payments, using some of the money to buy a boat called âFree Ride.â She eventually pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
(Photos courtesy U.S. Postal Service Inspector General)

Fraud rampant in fed disability program

Mark Flatten · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

Consumer Finance Protection Board officials are spending $95 million renovating their headquarters building seen here at 1700 G Street, NW, in the nation's capital. The structure was building in the 1970s. (Photo by Graeme Jennings, Washington Examiner)

Costs spiral for CFPB’s lavish new headquarters as Congress fumes

Richard Pollock · July 11, 2013 4:00 am

Campaign work paid off with federal jobs for early Obama supporters

Campaign work paid off with federal jobs for early Obama supporters

Luke Rosiak · July 11, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said "maintaining the status quo is not an option" when it comes to federal worker disability fraud. (AP File)

House panel hears Labor Department plan to fight federal worker disability fraud

Mark Flatten · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, said he hopes the Department of Veterans Affairs will respond to requests from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for emails about training conferences. (AP File)

House panels deploy subpoenas, new website in quest for VA documents

Mark Flatten · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Brits Mark Sawyer, left, and John Bryant, both of Bath, England, are seen in front of the Elvis band at the 2013 Fourth of July celebration wearing their blue suede shoes. Bath is home of the American Museum of Britain, which houses the largest collection of Americana outside of the U.S. (Photo by Richard Pollock)

Celebrating America on July Fourth in the UK

Richard Pollock · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Stonewalling by the Department of Veterans Affairs over its lavish spending on a pair of training conferences in Orlando, Fla., triggered a subpoena Tuesday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

House panel issues subpoenas for VA training conference documents

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

More than $100 million in State Department grants to foreign organizations for reconstruction work in Afghanistan has never been audited. (Photo: Thinkstock)

State Department hands out millions in grants that are never audited

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

IG says Texas housing authority is auditors’ nightmare

Jon Cassidy · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

By the Social Security Administration's own figures, the national Disability Insurance Trust Fund is on a path to go broke in less than three years. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Social Security disability fund to go broke in 2016

Rob Nikolewski · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

EXography: Disability has become a way of life in many American counties

EXography: Disability has become a way of life in many American counties

Luke Rosiak · July 7, 2013 4:00 am

FAA pilot, aircraft register full of holes

Kelly Cohen · July 3, 2013 4:00 am