A daily roundup of just-released investigative reports, drawn from oversight agencies, congressional committees, and government offices across Washington.

IRAQ: “Status of the Defense Emergency Response Fund in Support of the Global War on Terror” (Defense Department’s Inspector General). Finds that not all funding from the Defense Emergency Response Fund was used as intended, and the Defense Department needs to transfer a total of $260 million to the Treasury Department because the law to transfer that money to the Iraq Freedom Fund has expired.

HEALTH CARE: “State Medicaid Fraud Control Units, Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2008” (Health and Human Services Department’s Inspector General). During this year, State Medicaid Fraud Control Units, which investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse, “recovered more than $1.3 billion in court-ordered restitution, fines, civil settlements, and penalties.”

GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: “Allegations of Conflict of Interest Regarding Licensing of PROTECT by Argonne National Laboratory” (Energy Department’s Inspector General).

GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: “America Competes Act: NIST Applied Some Safeguards in Obtaining Expert Services, but Additional Direction from Congress Is Needed” (Government Accountability Office).

“DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: Additional Analysis Needed to Capture Cost Differences Between Conventional and Nuclear Propulsion for Navy’s Future Cruiser” (Government Accountability Office).

EDUCATION: “Teacher Quality: Sustained Coordination among Key Federal Education Programs Could Enhance State Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality” (Government Accountability Office).

ENVIRONMENT: “EPA Should USE FMFIA to Improve Programmatic Operations” (Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General).

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