Confusing overlap in government assistance programs

By Laurel Adams

Number of American households needing assistance reached record levels during the recession.

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"… services, 44 of which overlapped with at least one other program. And the federal government spent over $62.5 billion in 2008 on 18 different food assistance programs. …"

Need financial advice? Feds have 50 different financial literacy programs

By Laurel Adams

GAO counts more than 50 financial literacy programs across 20 agency, creating confusion and duplication

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"… a consumer find information on financial decision-making? It turns out the federal government has more than 50 financial literacy programs spread across 20 different ag …"

Ex-GOP whip blunt gave earmarks and got campaign cash through the 'Murtha Method'

By Josh Israel, Josh Israel and Josh Israel

Rep. Roy Blunt’s Congressional Web site notes that “while Washington politicians claim they can spend your money better than you can, the fe

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"… ngton politicians claim they can spend your money better than you can, the federal government continues to fritter away billions of your dollars each year in the form o …"

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Insurance brokers seek health reform change to safeguard profits

By Josh Israel

Insurance brokers seek change in health reform provision to protect profits

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"… federal contribution to health insurance premiums, her group believes the federal government “has a legitimate role to play” in determining who can escape these ru …"

Watchdog interference: Inspectors General say agencies hinder investigations

By John Solomon and Amy Biegelsen

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

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"… e are 73 inspectors general empowered to investigate wrongdoing across the federal government.Republican Sens. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma recen …"

States slow to spend stimulus energy efficiency money, investigators find

By John Solomon

U.S. states have failed to spend the vast majority of 2009 stimulus money they received to encourage renewable energy and efficiency, the En

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"… be met,” the report said.The report also concluded that states gave the federal government vastly overstated estimates of the energy efficiency savings they would ac …"

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

By John Solomon

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West hailed Maryland’s Legal Aid Bureau with a rousing speech a few weeks ago that equated the nonprofi

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"… f the worst fraud cases ever to strike the Legal Services Corp. (LSC), the federal government’s main program for assisting the poor with civil law matters. The case, …"

Ex-DHS watchdog: Random searches, more cameras needed to protect mass transit

By John Solomon

The Homeland Security Department’s former chief watchdog says the government needs to do more to protect mass transit in the United States f

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"… ing periods of high threats but can’t afford to do it regularly. And the federal government has been reluctant to pick up the tab, said Ervin, now the director of hom …"

Medicare can’t identify top prescribers of addictive drugs

By The Center for Public Integrity and Joe Eaton

Medicare doesn't know if all the prescriptions it is paying for are being written by real doctors, says a new inspector general's report....

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"… the AMA, said the doctor ID websites put physicians at great risk. “The federal government is aware of the current misuse of these numbers by criminals and the AMA h …"

Congressman takes swipe at program to reduce Medicare fraud

By Naseem Miller and Joe Eaton

As health reform bills consume Congress, a battle over a program designed to help cut soaring rates of Medicare overpayment and fraud is pla

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"… n Services is reporting — according to the Associated Press — that the federal government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims in fiscal year …"

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