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Homeland Security Watchdog May Close Troubled Texas Office

Andrew Becker | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Corruption, Department of Homeland Security, Fbi, Inspector General, Texas, Justice Department, Politics News, Washington, Politics News

The Homeland Security Department's beleaguered watchdog might close a troubled Texas office amid a federal probe into its agents' investigative practices, the Center for Investigative Reporting has learned.

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The Real Meaning of the GSA Scandal

J.H. Snider | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Spectrum, Fcc, Inspector General, General Services Administration, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Martha Johnson, Federal Communications Commission, Government Corruption, Gsa, Office of Inspector General, Public Airwaves, Ntia, Politics News

What accounts for the different treatment? Why is a million dollars of waste at the GSA a scandal but not tens of billions of dollars at the FCC-NTIA? I believe public ignorance and apathy are the immediate cause of blame.

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Homeland Security Office to Unload Hundreds of Corruption Probes

Andrew Becker | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Inspector General, Justice Department, Fbi, Corruption, Politics News

Officials with the inspectors general's office believe bypassing the watchdog agency by going directly to Customs and Border Protection for information could hamper their investigations. Other agents, however, view the inspector general as ill-equipped to root out corruption.

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Homeland Security Corruption Probes to Be Reviewed

Andrew Becker | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Corruption, Department of Homeland Security, Inspector General, Washington D.C., Texas, Justice Department, Senate, Fbi, Lieberman, Politics News

Dozens of corruption investigations within the Department of Homeland Security are getting a fresh look by federal officials, amid reports that some internal watchdog agents falsified records at a Texas field office.

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GSA Scandal Is a Window to the Way Washington Really Works

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Small Business Contract, Inspector General, Gsa, America, Government Contracts, Tax Dollars, Lavish Spending, Small Business Administration, Martha Johnson, General Services Administration, Federal Contracts, Small Busines, Sba, Administrator, Obama, Scandal, Small Business News

Maybe it was the fact that the administrator was forced to resign and two employees were fired. Truth be told, a lot of administration heads should probably resign. These abuses are not unique to the Obama administration; they've gone on for decades.

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Homeland Security Office Accused of Faking Reports on Internal Investigations

Andrew Becker | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Inspector General, Justice Department, Dhs, Fbi, Corruption, Department of Homeland Security, Politics News, Politics News

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's watchdog agency is in turmoil amid allegations that its agents in Texas were told to falsify reports ahead of an office inspection last fall, according to an internal email and interviews.

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Mortgage Investigation Consistently Hindered By Major U.S. Banks: Watchdog

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Inspector General, Robo-Signing, Loan Servicers, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Foreclosure, HUD Investigation, Citigroup, Business News

The five banks that agreed to a $25 billion settlement to resolve fraudulent foreclosure claims consistently hindered a government watchdog's investig...

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Watchdog: Mortgage Giants Spending Too Much Defending Former Execs

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Inspector General, Video, Fannie-Freddie-Legal-Fees, Freddie Mac, Fannie Freddie, Business News, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Mortgage-Giants, Housing News, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must do a better job limiting legal expenses paid by the two mortgage giant...

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Washington and Banks Don't Understand Small Businesses Are the Engine of Economic Growth in America

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.05.2012

Let me give you some advice I have been giving to people for a decade: quit listening to what your politicians are saying and start watching what they are doing. If you look past the propaganda you'll see that the U.S. government is anti-small business.

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Let's All Do the SIGOCO

David Isenberg | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Inspector General, Private Military Security Contractors, Iraq, Afghanistan War, Contractors, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Business News

Boiled down to a single question, the issue is whether taxpayers are getting their money's worth when the government uses private military and security contractors.

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Inspectors General Save Taxpayers Billions, Earn Plaques From Eric Holder

Corbin Hiar | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Glaxosmithkline, Inspector General, General Services Administration, Small Business Administration, Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Atf, Department of Transit, Fast and Furious, Brian D. Miller, Eric Holder, Iwatch News, Cigie, Politics News

Government watchdogs identified potential savings of $87.2 billion in 2010 in investigations of everything from defective drugs to disaster loan fraud, according a study by the U.S. inspectors general oversight organization.

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Did Mayor Daley Favor Wife Maggie's Non-Profit? Audit Suggests So

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Inspector General, Nonprofit Donations, Public Benefits Clauses, Kidstart, Maggie Daley, Preferential Treatment, After School Matters, After School Matters Beneficiary, Tif, Richard M. Daley, Tif Reform, Joe Ferguson, Tif Funding, Public Benefit Donations, Chicago News

A review of tax increment financing (TIF) public benefits clauses and charitable donations released Tuesday by Inspector General Joe Ferguson alleges ...

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EPA Pushes Back Against Report Alleging Agency Cut Corners On Climate Finding

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Obama Administration, Inspector General, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Emissions, James Inhofe, Greenhouse Gas Regualtions, Office of Management and Budget, Climate Deniers, Epa, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday pushed back against an inspector general report alleging the White House cut corners in...

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Grassley Demands Review of Veterans Dept Travel After News of $131,000 Commute

Corbin Hiar | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Fraud, Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs, Senate Judiciary Committee, Charles Grassley, Chuck Grassley, George Opfer, Official Travel, Politics News

Iowa Republican and longtime government watchdog Sen. Charles Grassley on Thursday demanded a review of $80 million spent on travel last year by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Inspector General: Fire 54 Firefighters Over Alleged $100,000 Fraud

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Inspector General, Illinois, Chicago Firefighters, Joe Ferguson, Chicago, Chicago News

Chicago's Inspector General is recommending the termination of 54 firefighters assigned to the Fire Department's scandal-scarred Fire Prevention Burea...

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Senate Probes Small Business Administration on Billions in Fraud and Abuse

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.25.2011

In 2008, President Obama recognized the magnitude of the issue stating, "It is time to end the diversion of small business contracts to corporate giants."

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Inspector General: Rahm Picking Up Where Daley Left Off

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Chicago Inspector General, Inspector General, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Megan Mcdonald, Inspector General Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Corruption, Chicago, John Kosiba, Illinois, Joe Ferguson, Chicago News

A letter issued Tuesday by Inspector General Joe Ferguson says that with regard to a number of ethics-related investigations, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is no...

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House Republicans Grill Nuclear Watchdog Over Yucca Mountain Probe

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Rossana Raspa, Yucca Mountain, Energy, Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Edward Markey, Tim Murphy, Joseph Mcmillan, Nuclear Power, Gregory-Jaczko, 112th Congress, Joe Barton, Henry Waxman, Hubert Bell, Green News

Members of a Congressional subcommittee grilled the inspector general of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Tuesday over a report in which he and...

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Did NRC Chief Mislead Fellow Commissioners?

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Yucca Mountain, Nuclear Waste, Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Radioactive Waste, Gregory-Jaczko, Environment, Nrc, Nevada, Hubert Bell, Green News

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was unprofessional and "wrong" as he repeatedly misled fellow commissioners about...

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Official: Bank Of America 'Significantly Hindered' Federal Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Mortgage Investigation, HUD IG, Inspector General, Hud Inspector General, State Attorneys General, Mortgage Securities, Bank of America, Bank of America Mortgage, Bank of America Foreclosures, Foreclosure Investigation, Video, Business News

NEW YORK -- Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank by assets, "significantly hindered" a federal investigation into the firm's faulty foreclosure prac...

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Chicago Inspector General: Minority Business Program "Dysfunctional"

Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Fraud, Mayor Emanuel, Inspector General, Chicago Politics, City Contracts, Mayor Daley, James Meeks, Chicago Business, Tom Tunney, Business, Minority Business Programs, Joe Ferguson, Chicago News

Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson sounded the alarm Thursday in a new report detailing "widespread fraud, abuse and mismanagement" in the city mi...

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Snow Chief Keeps His Job Despite Using Employees For Errands

Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Snow Command, Inspector General, Chicago Snow Command, Bobby Richardson, Bobby Richardson Suspended, Chicago, Illinois, Joe Ferguson, Chicago News

On May 1, Inspector General Joe Ferguson released a report detailing a series of ethics violations at the Chicago Snow Command. According to Fergu...

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Deutsche Bank Accused Of Massive Mortgage Fraud By U.S. Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank Lawsuit, Federal Housing Administration, Deutsche Bank Mortgage, Inspector General, Fha, Mortgage Fraud, Hud, Financial Crisis, Deutsche Bank Mortgage Fraud, US Attorneys, Justice Department, Preet Bharara, Video, Business News

The Justice Department sued Deutsche Bank AG, one of the world's 10 biggest banks by assets, on Tuesday for at least $1 billion for defrauding taxpaye...

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Arnold Fields, Afghanistan Reconstruction Watchdog, BLASTED By Congress

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Contractors, Afghanistan, Afghan, Rebuilding, Arnold Fields, Contracts, Inspector General, Tom Coburn, Fraud, Claire McCaskill, Sigar, Chuck Grassley, Ig, Waste, Tommy Vietor, Corruption, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. official charged with combating corruption in the multibillion-dollar effort to rebuild Afghanistan failed Thursday to con...

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Reform Or Window Dressing? Aldermen Prepare To Hire Inspector

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Aldermen, Inspector General, City Council Inspector General, Mayor Daley, Chicago City Council, Chicago, Shakman, Illinois, Chicago News

The Chicago City Council is moving forward on hiring an inspector general to police its own members, in a process that some describe as reform and oth...

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