U.S. embassy in Baghdad needs transition plan for staffing, vehicles

By Laurel Adams

As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011, the American embassy in Baghdad must make its own transition plans to prote

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Military failure to secure Iraq after invasion

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190,000 missing weapons in Iraq

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

ITC hurt by agency's weak inspector general role

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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

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Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

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Lack of contract oversight puts billions at risk

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

Miami firm accused of approving ineligible loans for FHA insurance

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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

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HUD criticized for sloppy management of automated underwriting

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Ginnie Mae's troubling endorsements

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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

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Watchdog interference: Inspectors General say agencies hinder investigations

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Grassley asks for independent investigator to probe ATF

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Key senator ‘outraged’ by poor legal aid oversight

By John Solomon

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

A peek inside State Department's FOIA procedures

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The State Department uses retired Foreign Service officers to help determine what internal documents and memos can be released for Freedom o

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FOIA performance is getting worse

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Government transparency under Obama misses the mark

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FOIA, meet POIA: Advocates will push for it again in 2011

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State Department FOIA requests unanswered four long years later

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

Audit says legal aid boss charged taxpayers for club, car

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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

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Key senator ‘outraged’ by poor legal aid oversight

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DOE accused of violating federal hiring rules

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SEC too lenient with secrecy requests, says watchdog

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Post-Katrina FEMA still struggling

By Laurel Adams

FEMA’s lackluster response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was blamed in part on poor coordination of funding, confusion over job roles, and

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FEMA's technology shortcomings could affect disaster response

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FEMA hopes to finish preparedness report by year-end

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As FEMA funds run out, senators from states with most disasters oppose funding bill

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Hurricanes expose FEMA woes

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

EPA scolded for website that appeared to endorse coal ash products

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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

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EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

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EPA sets public hearings on coal ash disposal options

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

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

Security clearance investigators must protect data, watchdog says

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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

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WikiLeaks and the classification follies

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Boxes of top secret documents go missing

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White House sets "CUI" designation for sensitive government documents

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

Republicans ask watchdogs to review FOIA request process

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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

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EPA inspector general responds to FOIA review by Grassley and Issa

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SEC watchdog: Becoming political appointee would jeopardize White House probe

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Top lawmaker urges Obama to fill gov’t watchdog jobs

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"… int project of the Center for Public Integrity and the Sunlight Foundation. …"

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