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Veterans representatives told Congress today they doubt the Department of Veterans Affairs will make significant progress in reducing the backlog of more than a million unprocessed benefits claims by 2015. (AP Photo)

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Watchdog: Veterans group skeptical of VA claims progress

February 28, 2013 5:00 am

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Federal green energy lab in Colorado handing fat paychecks to managers

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February 26, 2013 5:00 am

House Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., speaks on the House floor. Miller and Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, the committee's ranking minority member, agreed yesterday that Department of Veterans Affairs employees who can't perform as required to eliminate a mounting backlog of unprocessed benefits claims should be disciplined or terminated. (AP Photo)

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Bipartisan agreement on Veterans Affairs firings needed to speed up vets claims processing

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February 26, 2013 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner said the Department of Veterans Affairs is displaying

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UPDATED! House Speaker John Boehner challenges VA Secretary Eric Shinseki on veterans claims delays

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February 25, 2013 5:00 am

Video: One million veterans waiting on VA disability claims

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February 25, 2013 5:00 am

Electric vehicle charging stations like these at Nashville's airport are funded by taxpayers under a Department of Energy program. (Photo by Chris Butler, Tennessee Watchdog)

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STATE WATCHDOGS: Few drivers using tax-paid stations to recharge EVs

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February 23, 2013 5:00 am

A suburban Minnesota public school district expects to save millions of tax dollars by privatizing its bus system. The decision helps avoid cuts in classroom budgets but has upset members of the SEIU local that represents some of the bus drivers. (Photo courtesy of Watchdog.org)

STATE WATCHDOGS: Privatizing buses a $2M bonus for cash-strapped Minnesota school district

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February 22, 2013 5:00 am

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Insurer with NY’s ‘worst’ record of complaints gets $340M Obamacare loan

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February 21, 2013 5:00 am

Two veterans listen to President Obama during a Veterans Day address. A Department of veterans Affairs Inspector-General report says VA officials have fixed a computer glitch that delayed claims processing but VA employees aren't properly using the remedy. AP Photo

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Computer glitch fixed but Veterans Affairs IG says agency workers ignoring it

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February 21, 2013 5:00 am

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Acting EPA head, regional official ensnared in Windsorgate email scandal

Mark Flatten -

February 20, 2013 5:00 am

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Watchdog: Veterans group skeptical of VA claims progress

Federal green energy lab in Colorado handing fat paychecks to managers

Bipartisan agreement on Veterans Affairs firings needed to speed up vets claims processing

UPDATED! House Speaker John Boehner challenges VA Secretary Eric Shinseki on veterans claims delays

Video: One million veterans waiting on VA disability claims

STATE WATCHDOGS: Few drivers using tax-paid stations to recharge EVs

STATE WATCHDOGS: Privatizing buses a $2M bonus for cash-strapped Minnesota school district

Insurer with NY’s ‘worst’ record of complaints gets $340M Obamacare loan

Computer glitch fixed but Veterans Affairs IG says agency workers ignoring it

Acting EPA head, regional official ensnared in Windsorgate email scandal

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