Tag: Watchdog

Morgan professor gets 3 years for grant fraud

Morgan professor gets 3 years for grant fraud

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2014 10:21 pm

Feds investigate Idaho Medicaid contractor

Feds investigate Idaho Medicaid contractor

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2014 8:30 pm

Recalls this week: laptop power cords, helmets

Recalls this week: laptop power cords, helmets

The Associated Press · August 29, 2014 8:04 pm

Feds critical of California twin tunnel project

Feds critical of California twin tunnel project

Scott Smith · August 29, 2014 7:29 pm

Chief in $800M fraud gets 20 years prison

Chief in $800M fraud gets 20 years prison

Curt Anderson · August 29, 2014 6:27 pm

The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 requiresÃÂ the 72 federal IGs to appoint whistleblower ombudsmen and to disseminate information about the rights of whistleblowers in the federal workforce. (iStock image)

Some IGs slow to publicize whistleblower rights and protections

Mark Tapscott · August 29, 2014 4:15 pm

FILE -This Sept. 30, 2011 file photo shows a collection of giant African land snails in Miami. The Giant African Snail eats buildings, destroys crops and can cause meningitis in humans. But some people still want to collect, and even eat, the slimy invaders. The Department of Agriculture is trying to stop them. Since June, USDA has seized more than 1,200 of the large snails, also known as Giant African Land Snails, all of them traced back to one person in Georgia who was illegally selling them. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

Energy and Environment

USDA seizes more than 1,200 illegal giant snails

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 29, 2014 8:09 am

Mark Flatten, senior investigative reporter for the Washington Examiner, receives the American Legion's Fourth Estate Award. With him is Robert E. Newman, the Legion's national vice commander. Flatten was recognized for his 2013 series, "Making America's Heroes Wait."

Washington Examiner’s Mark Flatten receives American Legion’s Fourth Estate Award

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 4:50 pm

In a guest editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Rand Paul argued that U.S. interventionist abetted the rise of ISIS, which the U.S. is now fighting in Iraq. (AP Photo)

Rand Paul argues U.S. actions led to rise of ISIS

Kelly Cohen · August 28, 2014 2:53 pm

U.S. Postal Service officials spent more than $39 million leasing trailers last year. (Getty images)

USPS leases 10k trailers but can’t track them or confirm their receipt

Mark Tapscott · August 28, 2014 1:30 pm

A privilege known as "franking" allows members of the House and Senate to send publicly funded radio, postal mail and telephone messages. (iStock)

Frequent frankers in Congress face tough re-election fights

Luke Rosiak · August 28, 2014 9:00 am

SEC adopts rules on loan-backed securities

SEC adopts rules on loan-backed securities

Marcy Gordon · August 27, 2014 11:24 pm