One-fourth of Pentagon’s war zone pay to civilians was improper

By Julie Vorman

The Pentagon improperly spent $57.7 million on danger and hardship pay and other special allowances and pay differentials for nearly 9,000 c

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Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

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Nondisclosure forms needed as contractor ranks grow

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Federal courthouse security guards failed to detect mock bombs

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Sensitive information posted on Pentagon’s own public Websites, report says

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Excerpts from this story referencing "Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General":

"… 9,000 civilian employees working In Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General.The $57.7 million accounts for more than one-fourth of the total $212.9 mi …"

Pentagon failed to protect whistleblowers

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Aaron Mehta

Investigators routinely disregarded rules, while rejecting 50 percent of complaints of reprisals for reporting waste, fraud and abuse.

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Pentagon watchdog weak on whistleblowers

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Anti-whistleblower track record continues

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Whistleblower bill close to winning Senate approval

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Grassley says IRS whistleblower program needs more resources

By Michael Hudson

Excerpts from this story referencing "Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General":

"… gligent.The report, dated May 2011, accuses the officials, who work in the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General, of persistent sloppiness and a systematic disregard for Pentagon rules me …"