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EPA inspector general responds to FOIA review by Grassley and Issa

By Laurel Adams

January 14, 2011

The inspector general at the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a special report responding to a request by Sen. Charles Grassley an

Fraud and waste found in small business grants awarded by NASA

By Laurel Adams

January 13, 2011

Over a four year period, NASA awarded grants worth $112 million in an attempt to engage small businesses doing innovative research. A review

ITC hurt by agency's weak inspector general role

By Laurel Adams

November 1, 2010

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

Watchdog interference: Inspectors General say agencies hinder investigations

By John Solomon and Amy Biegelsen

October 19, 2010

In an unusually public spat, the independent watchdogs inside a dozen federal agencies are alleging government officials have hindered sensi

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