Tag: Watchdog

Allison Hickey is undersecretary for benefits at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She is a former Air Force brigadier general. (VA Photo)

EXCLUSIVE: VA exec calls meeting of ‘big brain’ folks to seek backlog fixes

Mark Flatten · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Jerry Ensminger holds a portrait of his daughter, Janey, in this May 9, 2007 file photo in White Lake, N.C. (Photo: Gerry Broome/AP file)

Watchdog: Lejeune Marine lost daughter but still fights bureaucrats, politicians

Mark Flatten · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama signs legislation directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide medical care to veterans who developed cancer or other illnesses after serving a Camp Lejeune, N.C., where jet fuel leaked into the drinking water for years. On Obama's right is Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo)

Watchdog: VA bureaucrats fiddle while Camp Lejeune veterans die

Mark Flatten · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Left: Bruce Furtado as a young Marine. Right: Bruce Furtado in 2013.

Watchdog: VA knows it will live long after Marine Bruce Furtado dies

Mark Flatten · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

A new GAO report requested by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK, and released today estimates that $95 billion is lost annually on federal programs and services that duplicate each other. (AP Photo)

New GAO report identifies $95 billion in overlapping programs

Richard Pollock · April 9, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama signs executive orders Jan. 21, 2009, on government transparency and FOIA, saying "for a long time now, there's been too much secrecy in this city. The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for not disclosing something to the American people, then it should not be disclosed. That era is now over." (AP Photo)

For good government groups, what did all that access earn?

Mark Lisheron · April 7, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this March 6, 2011 file photo, Denis McDonough speaks in Sterling, Va. President Barack Obama's budget proposal will include an additional $2.5 billion to attack a growing backlog of veterans disability claims, a problem officials said is likely to worsen in coming months. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough told reporters Friday that more money for the VA in tight budgetary times reflects Obama's commitment to veterans. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Budget calls for 4 percent spending increase at VA

Associated Press · April 5, 2013 4:00 am

Talk show host Jon Stewart devoted seven minutes of "The Daily Show" to satirical barbs ridiculing the ineffectiveness of the Department of Veterans Affairs and its leaders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)

Watchdog: Uh-oh, VA, Jon Stewart is watching you

Mark Flatten · April 3, 2013 4:00 am

Millions of Americans may get their health insurance coverage through co-operatives being established under a $2 billion Obamacare program that has been shielded in secrecy and is now under investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (AP Photo)

Groups led by inside trader, child abuser got Obamacare co-op loans

Richard Pollock · April 3, 2013 4:00 am

Drawing three checks from Pennsylvania agencies is about to become much more difficult, if not impossible, for retired state employees, thanks to reforms now before lawmakers there.

State watchdogs: Triple-dippers targeted for reform in Pennsylvania

melissa-daniels · April 2, 2013 4:00 am

Watchdog: Eric Shinseki’s chief of staff leaving Veterans Affairs

Watchdog: Eric Shinseki’s chief of staff leaving Veterans Affairs

Mark Flatten · March 27, 2013 4:00 am

Stephen Ringlee is chief financial officer and a co-founder of CoOpportunity Health, an Ames, Iowa-based health insurance provider that received $112 million loan from the federal government under the Obamacare program. (CoOportunity Health photo)

Failed Iowa entrepreneur awarded $112 million for Obamacare co-ops

Richard Pollock · March 26, 2013 4:00 am