ITC hurt by agency's weak inspector general role

By Laurel Adams

The U.S. International Trade Commission has ended five years of temporary inspectors general who failed to produce any investigations, audit

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Nondisclosure forms needed as contractor ranks grow

By Julie Vorman

Watchdog interference: Inspectors General say agencies hinder investigations

By John Solomon and Amy Biegelsen

Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

Lack of contract oversight puts billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

Excerpts from this story referencing "Inspector General":

"… by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), various federal Offices of Inspector General (OIG), and other government entities. Congressional Research Service repor …"

Immigration complications extend to alien children

By Laurel Adams

The Department of Homeland Security struggles to pinpoint if some aliens are under the age of 18, the age that determines if they are immedi

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Top lawmaker urges Obama to fill gov’t watchdog jobs

By John Solomon

Watchdog interference: Inspectors General say agencies hinder investigations

By John Solomon and Amy Biegelsen

Grassley asks for independent investigator to probe ATF

By John Solomon

Key senator ‘outraged’ by poor legal aid oversight

By John Solomon

Excerpts from this story referencing "Inspector General":

"… by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), various federal Offices of Inspector General (OIG), and other government entities. Congressional Research Service repor …"

Audit says legal aid boss charged taxpayers for club, car

By John Solomon and Laurel Adams

The head of a Louisiana legal aid group funded by the federal government routinely dined at a private club and drove a leased vehicle for pe

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Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

By John Solomon

Key senator ‘outraged’ by poor legal aid oversight

By John Solomon

DOE accused of violating federal hiring rules

By Julie Vorman

SEC too lenient with secrecy requests, says watchdog

By Julie Vorman

Excerpts from this story referencing "Inspector General":

"… and dinner) at a private business club and restaurants in Baton Rouge,” Inspector General Jeffrey Schanz said in his report. “Many of the meals were lunches and d …"

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

By Laurel Adams

A $4.4 billion project led by Boeing Co. to build a “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border is consistently over budget, behind schedul

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More than 40,000 cyber threats to government last year

By Laurel Adams

Senate report says national intelligence fusion centers have been useless

By R. Jeffrey Smith

$30 billion virtual border fence faces problems

By The Center for Public Integrity

FEMA program finances dubious counter-terror toys

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Excerpts from this story referencing "Inspector General":

"… by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), various federal Offices of Inspector General (OIG), and other government entities. Congressional Research Service repor …"

EPA scolded for website that appeared to endorse coal ash products

By Laurel Adams

An Environmental Protection Agency website about products made from coal ash failed to disclose contamination risks and gave the improper ap

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By releasing coal ash sites, EPA raises more questions

By Kristen Lombardi

EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

By John Solomon

EPA sets public hearings on coal ash disposal options

By Kristen Lombardi

"Beneficial use" of Coal Ash in question as EPA mulls regulation

By Kristen Lombardi

Excerpts from this story referencing "Inspector General":

"… by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), various federal Offices of Inspector General (OIG), and other government entities. Congressional Research Service repor …"

Pentagon scrimps on domestic abuse prevention

By Laurel Adams

Unreliable data means the Defense Department cannot pinpoint how many service members are involved in domestic violence incidents or identif

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Teen suspect in Ohio school shooting had violence in his early life

By Susan Ferriss

SEC too lenient with secrecy requests, says watchdog

By Julie Vorman

DOE accused of violating federal hiring rules

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

Excerpts from this story referencing "Inspector General":

"… by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), various federal Offices of Inspector General (OIG), and other government entities. Congressional Research Service repor …"

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State Dept’s bomb-sniffing dogs struggle to detect explosives

By Laurel Adams

Bomb-sniffing dogs are used by the U.S. State Department to search vehicles, packages, and luggage at embassies and consulates in Afghanista

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FACT CHECK: President Obama, Romney both distort the facts

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Kuwait contractor could be banned for security lapses

By Julie Vorman

GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

FACT CHECK: Bachmann wrongly calls the health care law the largest entitlement program in history

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Excerpts from this story referencing "Inspector General":

"… by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), various federal Offices of Inspector General (OIG), and other government entities:FINANCE* U.S. treasury loses an estim …"

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

Excerpts from this story referencing "Inspector General":

"… by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), various federal Offices of Inspector General (OIG), and other government entities:NATIONAL SECURITY* Energy Dept’s Na …"

Republicans ask watchdogs to review FOIA request process

By Laurel Adams

Inspectors general at the Energy Department and Social Security Administration say their review of FOIA procedures at the request of senior

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Grassley asks for independent investigator to probe ATF

By John Solomon

EPA inspector general responds to FOIA review by Grassley and Issa

By Laurel Adams

SEC watchdog: Becoming political appointee would jeopardize White House probe

By John Solomon

Top lawmaker urges Obama to fill gov’t watchdog jobs

By John Solomon

Forest Service struggles with staffing as firefighting costs double

By Laurel Adams

In the last decade, the Forest Service’s costs for firefighting have doubled, totaling $1 billion in 2009, according to the inspector genera

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Where are the watchdogs?

By John Solomon

State Dept. spends terrorism and emergency dollars on parties, rented linens and a kitchen

By Corbin Hiar

SEC watchdog: Becoming political appointee would jeopardize White House probe

By John Solomon

Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

By John Solomon

Excerpts from this story referencing "Inspector General":

"… by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), various federal Offices of Inspector General (OIG), and other government entities.MISC.IRS contractors owing $4.3 billi …"

"… e, it rarely prevents a contractor from receiving federal funds. (Treasury Inspector General) …"

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