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Financial reform this week: Will SEC's final whistleblower rule require first filing internal complaint?

By Julie Vorman

Your guide to Dodd-Frank law deadlines, hearing and events for the week of May 23

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Reform reading: AEI urges closer look at derivatives, whistleblower, consumer agency rules

By Julie Vorman

Judge throws out tech executive's whistleblower claim against Bank of America

By Michael Hudson

IRS red tape, old guard slow whistleblowing on corporate tax cheats

By Michael Hudson

In setback for corporate lobbyists, whistleblowers can take tips first to government investigators

By Michael Hudson

IRS isn't catching fraudulent and excessive home energy credits

By Laurel Adams

IRS can't verify $6.8 billion in energy tax credits claimed by home owners

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IRS gets more tools to crack down on overseas tax cheats

By Laurel Adams

Tax credits for alternative-fuel vehicles went to prisoners, IRS employees

By Laurel Adams

IRS could save millions through e-filing

By Laurel Adams

IRS not paying attention to 527 groups’ disclosures

By Aaron Mehta

Treasury’s inability to raise debt limit could cause problems

By Laurel Adams

The debt limit, which is the ceiling on Treasury’s ability to pay obligations already incurred, could be reached as early as April....

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Skyrocketing deficit

By The Center for Public Integrity

FACT CHECK: Does the United States "look a lot like Greece?"

By FactCheck.Org

FACT CHECK: Twists and turns on the U.S. debt ceiling

By FactCheck.Org and Scott Blackburn

FACT CHECK: Did Perry double Texas budget?

By FactCheck.Org

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Stimulus-funded USDA loan program lent to ineligible borrowers

By Laurel Adams

Roughly $10 billion in Recovery Act funds went to guarantee housing loans in rural areas, but an audit shows the program lent to a high numb

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In details of Dodd bill, some loopholes and unanswered questions

By Keith Epstein, Ben Protess and David Heath

The roots of the financial crisis: Who is to blame?

By John Dunbar and David Donald

Education Department pulls student debt collectors guide off website

By Ariel Wittenberg

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

By Cezary Podkul

Miami firm accused of approving ineligible loans for FHA insurance

By Laurel Adams

Miami-based Nationwide Home Loans Inc. should be prepared to repay some $5 million to the Federal Housing Administration because the lender’

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Home loans brokered by nonprofits helped fuel the housing crisis

By Jeff Horwitz and Dave Jamieson

HUD criticized for sloppy management of automated underwriting

By Julie Vorman

Ginnie Mae's troubling endorsements

By Brian Grow and Zachary Goldfarb

The Financial Meltdown: A Glossary

By Kat Aaron

Brokerage regulator’s portfolio, practices remain secret

By Laurel Adams

Watchdog groups have long called for more oversight of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a quasi-governmental, self-regul

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Reform Reading: A peek inside JPMorgan's world

By Julie Vorman

Bailed-out banks, Freddie Mac, AIG gave $6 million to 2008 conventions

By John Dunbar and Michael Beckel

A high-profile client list for lobbyist in ethics probe

By Nick Schwellenbach

Reform reading: Hedge, private equity funds now subject to SEC regulation

By Shirley Gao

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Paul Ryan — Budget Committee

By Caitlin Ginley

Paul Ryan went to Congress at the age of 28, representing Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district, which includes farm communities as well as

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Jon Huntsman's $1 trillion mistake

By FactCheck.Org

Gov't auditors doubt legality of Medicare bonuses

By The Associated Press

Is Michael Jackson's doctor disqualified from Medicare? Or are two senators mistaken?

By Joe Eaton

GAO: Almost a tenth of Medicare spending was improper

By Laurel Adams

Supreme Court leaves most of auditing regulator intact

The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down as unconstitutional some provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that created an auditing oversight re

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Can an auditor still be independent after 100 years on a corporate payroll?

By Shirley Gao

SEC’s ex-chief accountant: Is agency a lapdog or watchdog?

Philadelphia Housing Authority spent millions improperly

By Aaron Mehta

Lack of regs fueled accounting scandal

By The Center for Public Integrity

Reform reading: AEI urges closer look at derivatives, whistleblower, consumer agency rules

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of news and commentary to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. ...

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Financial reform this week: Will SEC's final whistleblower rule require first filing internal complaint?

By Julie Vorman

Citizens United ruling could tilt playing field against labor, toward corporations

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Judge throws out tech executive's whistleblower claim against Bank of America

By Michael Hudson

2012 election + weak housing market = new White House policies?

By Shirley Gao and Julie Vorman

FDIC proposes big bank, brokerage liquidation procedure

By Julie Vorman

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sketched out today a set of proposed regulations for liquidating in an orderly way any big banks, broker

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FDIC Chief got Bank of America loans while working on its rescue

By Keith Epstein and David Heath

Financial reform this week: Will Fed bow to banks' demand to keep swipe fees high?

By Julie Vorman

Reform reading: Bailout paradox in Nov. 2 election

New systemic risk regulatory council sets goals

By Jeremy Borden

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