80 economic development programs in four agencies; why?

By Laurel Adams

GAO: economic development duplication still rampant among four agencies spending $6.2 billion

Grants.gov struggles to track its expenses while managing $500 billion in grants

By Laurel Adams

Grants.gov, created to streamline bureaucracy for grants, is failing

Excerpts from this story referencing "Department of Housing and Urban Development":

"… ulation results vary greatly for agencies with similar usage profiles. The Department of Housing and Urban Development posted 40 grant opportunities, received 4,817 applications through the web …"

Philadelphia Housing Authority spent millions improperly

By Aaron Mehta

The agency in charge of low-income housing for Philadelphia paid $30.5 million to outside law firms over a three-year period and couldn’t fu
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Obama cabinet officials visit swing districts in final weeks before Nov. 2 election

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Earlier this month in Orlando, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan unveiled a $1.56 million grant to install energy-effici

Main Street chases transportation money

By Matthew Lewis

chases transportation money

Excerpts from this story referencing "Dubuque":

"… lin Ginley also contributed to this report. …"

"… des, all climbed aboard the city’s green trolley car. Among their stops: Dubuque’s renovated harbor area, and then the historic millwork district — onc …"

"… g, a depression-era department store undergoing a grand remodel.Meanwhile, Dubuque’s private sector guest, IBM, was over at the convention center announcin …"

"… of course, a catch. In order to begin turning this vision into a reality, Dubuque wants a federal investment of $50 million. The economic returns would be 5 …"

Public housing, private frustration

By Brian Ross, Avni Patel, John Solomon and Laurel Adams

HUD-funded housing projects wasted money on belly dancers, sex offenders and dead residents....

Excerpts from this story referencing "Department of Housing and Urban Development":

"… vestigation by ABC News and the Center for Public Integrity found that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has struggled to combat theft, corruption, and mismanagement in the more t …"

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The Clinton top 100: Where are they now?

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2003 — Two years after they left the federal government and one year after a ban that limited their lobbying activitie

Excerpts from this story referencing "managing director":

"… y Frank Carlucci, left the Reagan White House in January 1989 and became a managing director at the private global investment firm Carlyle Group later that year. He ha …"

"… ulated the telecommunications industry during the Clinton presidency, is a managing director responsible for global telecommunications and media at the company. Levitt …"

The Bush 100

By Derrick Wetherell

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2002 — The average net worth of the individual members of the Bush cabinet, including the President and Vice Preside

HUD criticized for sloppy management of automated underwriting

By Julie Vorman

Serious flaws in the Federal Housing Administration’s automated underwriting process resulted in more than $6.1 billion in loans winning aut

Starr Struck: Part one

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — The Kenneth Starr assailed by the Clinton administration as an agent of a vast right-wing conspiracy is the same Ken

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