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Among other missteps, the Missile Defense Agency paid $73 million to the contractor it should have withheld. (iStock)

DOD unit ignored audit, overpaid millions

September 16, 2014 12:00 pm

Retail chains that accept food stamps are fighting a regulatory initiative to make public store-by-store data on their participation in the $80 billion government program. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

Retailers want food stamp data secret

Luke Rosiak -

September 15, 2014 7:09 pm

A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who remodeled her home using taxpayer dollars was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of theft in federal court. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Crime

Fed used tax dollars to build dream house

Mark Flatten -

September 15, 2014 6:58 pm

Rep. Doug Lamborn sent out a mailing boasting of his accomplishments and attacking President Obama just before a tight election, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Politics

Endangered Colo. Republican exploited loophole on taxpayer-funded ads

Luke Rosiak -

September 14, 2014 7:36 pm

Federal officials paid nearly eight times the average price of homes in Ajo, Ariz., to build 21 family-type residences for U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees. (iStock image)

Feds’ tab for 21 desert homes: $680K each

Mark Tapscott -

September 11, 2014 5:52 pm

Owners of a North Carolina construction company face charges they fraudulently obtained federal contracts using preferences reserved for small businesses run by disadvantaged minorities or disabled veterans, according to federal prosecutors. (iStock)

Crime

Company owners charged with bilking federal preference programs

Mark Flatten -

September 11, 2014 9:00 am

Ex-teachers’ union treasurer admits stealing $100K

Washington Examiner -

September 10, 2014 11:10 am

Business

Audit: La Medicaid overpaid $3.1M to 13 hospitals

Washington Examiner -

September 9, 2014 11:19 am

GMMB partner Jim Margolis, left, with President Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina in 2012. Margolis was a key advisor during Obama's last two camaigns. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama’s chief ad agency lands $5.7 million CFPB contract that has produced no ads to date

Richard Pollock -

September 9, 2014 9:00 am

News

Ex-US diplomat Khalilzad contests financial probe

Deb Riechmann -

September 8, 2014 8:46 pm

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