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Small Business Administration officials issued nearly $18 million in hurricane disaster loans to businesses without verifying whether they actually had the ability to repay the government. (AP Photo)

Government handed out millions of ill-advised loans after Hurricane Sandy

Sarah Bedford -

March 4, 2015 1:04 pm

Soldiers of the 2nd Platoon Alfa Company of Combined Team Bastogne, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and personel of Afghan National Army patrol the Watahpur river area during a visit by the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to the Shamirkot Bridge near the forward base Honaker Miracle in Kunar province on April 14, 2013. The PRT visited the Shamirkot Bridge to make an assessment of its reconstruction. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)

Pentagon classified, then declassified controversial Afghan spending data

Sarah Bedford -

March 3, 2015 6:08 pm

Beltway Confidential

Welfare fraud of the corporate kind

Timothy P. Carney -

March 2, 2015 6:13 pm

Louisiana Attorney Gen. Buddy Caldwell

New York, Louisiana, Texas top Medicaid fraud recoveries in 2014 ranking

Ethan Barton -

March 1, 2015 5:47 pm

The U.S. Department of Labor seal is seen on a sign outside of the headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Labor officials improperly awarded $200k PR contract, then didn’t review the work

Luke Rosiak -

February 28, 2015 8:29 pm

The Air Force's suspension of FedBid ended Feb. 20 in an administrative agreement instead of debarment. (iStock Photo)

Suspension of embattled contractor lifted after ousting controversial CEO

Sarah Bedford -

February 25, 2015 7:47 pm

The high ratings raises questions over whether the evaluation system is credibly measures job performance. (iStock Photo)

Most career federal execs get high performance ratings, are paid big bonuses

Ethan Barton -

February 25, 2015 7:11 pm

Nine Department of Health and Human Services inspector general reports, published in 2012, 2013, 2014 and earlier this month, focused on cases in which state Medicaid programs could potentially save millions of dollars on equipment like oxygen supplies, hospital beds and mail-order diabetic supplies, as well as standard power wheelchairs, oxygen systems and oxygen concentrators. (iStock image)

Seven states overpaid for Medicaid durable medical equipment

alicia-hesse -

February 24, 2015 1:20 pm

Identity theft drains billions more tax dollars from IRS than it projects

Sarah Bedford -

February 23, 2015 2:51 pm

IRS Employee Indicted for Filing False Tax Returns

IRS Employee Indicted for Filing False Tax Returns

Jeryl Bier -

February 20, 2015 11:10 pm

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