Tag: Watchdog

Crooked contractors, bribery and embezzlement are all subplots in a botched $153 million deal to build a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital near Pittsburgh, according to a report released Tuesday by the agency's inspector general.ÃÂ (Photo: Washington Examiner file)

Veterans Affairs whistleblowers face ‘long slog’ in fighting retaliation

Mark Flatten · May 22, 2014 2:45 pm

GAO finds federal contractors being suspended more often

GAO finds federal contractors being suspended more often

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 1:03 pm

This 1990 photo provided by Curtis Griffin of his step-son Bradley Ballard shows Ballard in Houston when he was 16. In September of 2014, (AP Photo/Curtis Griffin)

Inmate died after 7 days in NYC cell

Jake Pearson · May 22, 2014 12:42 pm

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

CFPB misses diversity mark, outside consultant says

Richard Pollock · May 22, 2014 11:30 am

Dietitians, athletic trainers and massage therapists will no longer be able to prescribe and order Medicare drugs.Ã (Thinkstock Image)

New Medicare rule hopes to crack down on excess drug prescriptions

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2014 4:00 am

US charges egg company, 2 execs in 2010 outbreak

Ryan Foley · May 21, 2014 9:49 pm

This Jan. 31, 2009, file photo provided by the US Air Force shows a CV-22 Osprey aircraft from the 8th Special Operations Squadron over the Emerald Coast outside Hurlburt Field, Fla.(AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Julianne Showalter)

A desire to excel may have caused deadly 2000 aircraft crash

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2014 8:00 pm

Wanted posters for the accused Chinese military hackers. (AP)

National Security

Cyberespionage case spotlights Chinese state-owned enterprises publicly traded in America

Richard Pollock · May 21, 2014 6:08 pm

Probe finds scant oversight of chemical plants

Probe finds scant oversight of chemical plants

Hope Yen · May 21, 2014 11:52 am

Homes sit smoldering after Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in the Breezy Point Neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Hurricane Sandy recovery money recipient didn’t need the funds, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2014 10:00 am

Housing authority police in Richmond may have overstepped their bounds

Housing authority police in Richmond may have overstepped their bounds

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2014 10:00 am

In this Feb. 20, 2014 photo, a man walks through a hall at Secret Service offices in Washington.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Exclusive: Secret Service agents accused of ordering ‘Operation Moonlight’ remain on the job

Susan Crabtree · May 21, 2014 9:00 am