Tag: Watchdog

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Richard Cordray was picked by President Obama to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without being confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

CFPB could be hit by Supreme Court ruling on recess appointments

Richard Pollock · June 24, 2013 4:00 am

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USAID gave Pakistani group millions to create jobs, got none

Michal Conger · June 21, 2013 4:00 am

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Canadian oil pipeline company TransCanada began stockpiling pipe in North Dakota in 2008, when it first applied for permits to complete Keystone XL.

Pipe waits on the prairie as Keystone XL debate rages almost 5 years

Deena Winter · June 20, 2013 4:00 am

Cory Goodman, a neurobiologist and elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, took on the National Park Service in 2007 when a Marin County supervisor asked him to evaluate National Park Service claims that oyster farming was harming harbor seals and plant life in Drakes Bay. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Federal officials spinning science to suit agenda, critics claim

Michal Conger · June 20, 2013 4:00 am

Revolving door spinning at CFPB, raising ethics issues

Richard Pollock · June 19, 2013 4:00 am

Paralysis in Congress keeps federal worker disability fraudsters cashing the checks

Paralysis in Congress keeps federal worker disability fraudsters cashing the checks

Mark Flatten · June 19, 2013 4:00 am

Disability can be easy street for federal bureaucrats

Disability can be easy street for federal bureaucrats

Mark Flatten · June 18, 2013 4:00 am

Federal workers' compensation program is vulnerable to overpayments.

VIDEO: Workers’ comp system vulnerable to fraud

Washington Examiner · June 17, 2013 4:00 am

Experts say fraud rampant in federal worker disability program

Mark Flatten · June 17, 2013 4:00 am

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has agreed to order a review of the policy that separates pediatric and adult cases. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House panel subpoenas HHS Obamacare co-op documents

Richard Pollock · June 17, 2013 4:00 am

Performance ratings more VIP to IRS workers than nailing fraud, IG report finds

Performance ratings more VIP to IRS workers than nailing fraud, IG report finds

Michal Conger · June 16, 2013 4:00 am

Prince George's County is expecting to receive an additional $12.5 million after a successful bid to change the way the state accounts for county wealth. (Photo: Thinkstock)

GAO says Pentagon doesn’t know how much it loses to improper payments

Kelly Cohen · June 14, 2013 4:00 am