Tag: Watchdog

"The community service and self-sufficiency requirement is intended to assist adult public housing residents in improving their own economic and social well-being and to give these residents a greater stake in their communities," said the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general. (iStock)

No work for public housing residents

Mark Tapscott · September 16, 2014 3:57 pm

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

DOD unit ignored audit, overpaid millions

Sarah Bedford · September 16, 2014 12:00 pm

"There is a 'revolving door' between the EPA and the various environmental pressure groups," the report said. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

EPA rife with green conflicts of interest

Mark Tapscott · September 16, 2014 9:00 am

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)

Fed used tax dollars to build dream house

Mark Flatten · September 15, 2014 6:58 pm

$This 2012 image provided by Stanford University, shows fracking operations at a wellpad overlying the Marcellus Formation in Pennsylvania. A new study says that the drilling procedure called fracking didn't cause much-publicized cases of tainted water, blaming contamination on leaky natural gas wells instead. (AP Photo/Stanford University, Rob Jackson)$ News

Study: Leaky wells, not fracking, taint water

Seth Borenstein · September 15, 2014 5:51 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks during the National Council for Behavioral Health's Annual Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on May 6, 2014 in National Harbor, Maryland. Clinton discussed various topics including mental health and social issues. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Clintons’ speeches are cozy for Wall Streeters but closed to journalists

Richard Pollock · September 15, 2014 9:00 am

The U.S. Senate's 380-page handbook -- which has never before been released to the public -- has been made public for the first time. (iStock)

Senate’s secret handbook published online for first time

Jennifer Peebles · September 14, 2014 9:37 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)

Endangered Colo. Republican exploited loophole on taxpayer-funded ads

Luke Rosiak · September 14, 2014 7:36 pm

"The bottom line is that it appears we've created a government that the Afghans simply cannot afford," saidÃÂ John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Corruption still huge in Afghanistan: SIGAR

Mark Tapscott · September 14, 2014 6:00 pm

A group set up to help minorities register to vote may have actually engaged in voter fraud, according to an investigation by the Georgia secretary of state.

Group connected to top Georgia Dem accused of possible voter fraud

Luke Rosiak · September 14, 2014 10:00 am

Members of Arizona's congressional delegation wrote VA Secretary Robert McDonald, requesting that a new permanent director be named to the Phoenix VA hospital. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Permanent director needed for embattled Phoenix VA hospital, Arizona officials say

Mark Flatten · September 13, 2014 12:00 pm