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Security clearance investigators must protect data, watchdog says

By Laurel Adams

The federal agency that investigates applicants for senior government jobs and for top-secret national security positions must ensure that i

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Pentagon improves security clearance process but focus on quality still needed, report says

By Laurel Adams

WikiLeaks and the classification follies

By Julian Hattem

Boxes of top secret documents go missing

By Aaron Mehta and R. Jeffrey Smith

White House sets "CUI" designation for sensitive government documents

By Amy Biegelsen

Treasury Dept. subpoenas TransOcean about Myanmar operations

By Julie Vorman and Laurel Adams

TransOcean Ltd., the offshore drilling company facing numerous investigations about its rig explosion and the ensuing BP oil spill, says the

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National Academy releases interim report on Deepwater Horizon

By Aaron Mehta

BP spill report underscores government complacency

By Aaron Mehta

Science panel investigates firefighting preceding BP oil spill

By Aaron Mehta

Haphazard firefighting might have sunk BP oil rig

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

Nine states don’t deploy radiation safeguards

By John Aloysius Farrell and Laurel Adams

Critics in Congress question state claims that quick evacuations make iodine pills unnecessary; Japan is distributing iodine to people in th

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Congressman says 10-mile policy on iodine pills is irresponsible

By Jeremy Borden

A science panel's curious end

By Marina Walker Guevara

Officials turn to cheaper detectors to find a terrorist's nuclear materials

By Zach Toombs and R. Jeffrey Smith

Food safety labs may not have capacity to handle a crisis like Japan's

By Aaron Mehta and Laurel Adams

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More than 40,000 cyber threats to government last year

By Laurel Adams

Cyber attacks against the U.S. government are on the rise, and agencies are struggling to protect important information from hackers....

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Failures in cybersecurity

By The Center for Public Integrity

Senate report says national intelligence fusion centers have been useless

By R. Jeffrey Smith

U.S.-Mexico "virtual fence" plagued by problems

By Laurel Adams

Drugs, guns and child porn at Homeland Security

By Aaron Mehta

GAO: 15 agencies in charge of 30 food-related laws

By Laurel Adams

The haphazard government approach to food safety remains a roadblock to a cohesive national strategy on food regulation....

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Federal agencies falling short in protecting U.S. food supply

By Max Levy and Mattea Kramer

Federal produce-testing program spared — for now

By The Associated Press

Rhode Island case illustrates poor food handling practices

By Joanne Ingram

Salmonella lurks from farm to fork

By Jeffrey Benzing, Esther French and Judah Ari Gross

Japanese quake is taking a toll on US economy, from cars to debt financing

By Laurel Adams

Agency warns of long lasting impact of Japanese earthquake and tsunami on the US economy

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FACT CHECK: Biden bungles talking point on debt

By FactCheck.Org

What would your Pentagon budget look like?

FACT CHECK: Debt default 'danger' revisited

By FactCheck.Org

Special interests woo Super Congress members with campaign cash

By Sandy Johnson and Aaron Mehta

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Oxygen-starved “dead zones” in U.S. waters growing, report warns

By John Solomon

The number of “dead zones” in U.S. coastal waters — where oxygen is so depleted that it can harm marine life — has soared 30-fold over the l

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Eastern Shore homebuilder investigated for storm water runoff

By Joe Eaton

Lords of the fish

By Juan Pablo Figueroa Lasch

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By The Int'l Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Methodology: Behind the numbers

By The Int'l Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Equipment failure at refinery leads to toxic HF release

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A hydrofluoric acid leak from an oil refinery in Ohio sent a worker to the hospital

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New oil refinery in South Dakota says it will use alternative to toxic acid

By Chris Hamby

Fourth fire this year strikes refinery that relies on toxic acid

By Chris Hamby

Refinery settles violations from ‘avoidable’ HF release

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

Regulatory flaws, repeated violations put oil refinery workers at risk

By Jim Morris, Chris Hamby and M.B. Pell

The nation’s refineries are plagued by equipment failures and sometimes-fatal accidents that in many cases could have been prevented.

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BP pays another fine for Texas refinery

By Amy Biegelsen

Renegade Refiner: OSHA says BP has “systemic safety problem”

By Jim Morris and M.B. Pell

Use of toxic acid puts millions at risk

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

The forgotten ones: Few remedies for injured contractors

By Jim Morris

Refinery settles violations from ‘avoidable’ HF release

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A Texas oil refinery featured in a joint Center for Public Integrity-ABC News investigation into the dangers of hydrofluoric acid has agreed

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Communities at risk from oil refineries that use toxic chemical

By Kimberly Leonard

Highly toxic acid used by refineries sends workers to hospital — again

By Chris Hamby

IMPACT: Refinery's use of toxic chemical spurs hearing

By Jim Morris

Report urges phaseout of deadly acid

By Chris Hamby

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