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  1. August 17, 2009, 7:00 am
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    The Daily Watchdog: August 17, 2009

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

    “CONSUMER SAFETY: Better Information and Planning Would Strengthen CPSC's Oversight of Imported Products” (Government Accountability Office). Finds that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has been constrained by competing priorities and limited resources, and it does not have a long-term plan to prevent the entry of unsafe products. Read more

  2. August 13, 2009, 7:00 am
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    The Daily Watchdog: August 13, 2009

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

    “FAIR LENDING: Data Limitations and the Fragmented U.S. Financial Regulatory Structure Challenge Federal Oversight and Enforcement Efforts” (Government Accountability Office). Finds that the data used by enforcement agencies and regulators to identify outliers is limited. As a result, many federal lending violations may go undetected. Read more

  3. August 10, 2009, 7:00 am
    From the Vaults

    The Daily Watchdog: August 10, 2009

    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. Read more

  4. July 29, 2009, 8:45 am

    ACCOUNTABILITY: Defense Auditors Tighten Rules for Contractors

    The management of the Defense Contract Auditing Agency has issued new policies that extend the organization’s traditional green eyeshade mission into non-traditional matters of monitoring contractor ethics, according to an internal memo obtained by PaperTrail. And those changes are proving to be controversial, according to at least one lawyer who represents industry. Read more

  5. April 09, 2009, 10:47 am

    ACCOUNTABILITY: Disclosure Filings by Lobbyists Still Incomplete

    After a rash of congressional ethics scandals, Congress toughened up lobbying disclosure rules by passing the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act in 2007. But just how transparent have lobbyists become since then? The answer appears to be ‘more,’ but there remains plenty of room for improvement. Read more

  6. April 02, 2009, 3:58 pm

    TRANSPORTATION: How Does High-Speed Rail Get From Here to There?

    Backers of high-speed rail service have never been more excited. Thanks to the unabashed enthusiasm of the Obama administration, $13 billion in new federal funding may suddenly be available, courtesy of the stimulus package and the president’s budget proposal. But as a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing made clear Wednesday, there’s still a long path to travel in transforming American high speed rail from pipe dream to reality. Read more

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