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Gross didn't avoid conflicts of interest. Instead, any staff who advocated anything other than minimizing oversight were banished from meetings. (iStock)

HUD captured by lobbyists

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January 22, 2015 11:05 pm

Government waste stories usually focus on either a bureaucrat misspending federal tax dollars or the recipient of the funds doing so. (iStock Photo)

State Department miscues result in $32 million comedy of African grant errors

Ethan Barton -

January 22, 2015 8:09 pm

Legislation that would compel federal agencies to implement regulations in the cheapest way possible is heading for the Senate despite President Obama's threat to veto the measure if makes it to his desk.Â (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama threatens to veto bipartisan bill that limits costs of new regulations

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January 21, 2015 5:47 pm

Grassley probed into allegations that children running from violence and abuse were placed in adult jails. (iStock Photo)

Grassley hammers Justice Department for answers on foster care fraud

Sarah Bedford -

January 21, 2015 5:20 pm

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid overpaid hospitals by an estimated $4.6 million for returning patients. (iStock Photo)

Medicare officials refuse to seek recovery of nearly $5 million in lost funds

Ethan Barton -

January 21, 2015 10:00 am

Healthcare

Medicare gives hospice providers incentives to target lucrative patients

Sarah Bedford -

January 19, 2015 9:18 pm

The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons soaked up a quarter of the agency's budget last year. (iStock Photo)

Federal prison costs skyrocketing despite shrinking inmate population

Sarah Bedford -

January 17, 2015 10:00 am

Companies agree to $44.5m settlement for falsely billing federal agencies

Ethan Barton -

January 15, 2015 8:35 pm

Afghan National Police officers carry boxes of equipment during their graduation ceremony at a National Police training center in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, August 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Pentagon paid half million for buildings that ‘melted,’ had to be rebuilt

Sarah Bedford -

January 15, 2015 10:00 am

The owners of a Houston mental health clinic billed Medicare for treatments that weren't needed or performed. (iStock Photo)

Healthcare

Houston docs defraud Medicare for $97M with patients ‘watching TV, coloring’

Sarah Bedford -

January 14, 2015 5:15 pm

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