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Shahien Nasiripour

One Company Responsible For Nearly Half Of All Permanent Mortgage Modifications

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business


Nearly half of the permanent home loan modifications under the government's plan to help troubled borrowers come from a single company that handles le...

Stimulus Website Relaunched, Upgraded

Los Angeles Times | Joe Markman | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics


Reporting from Washington - Since February, when the government launched a website, Recovery.gov, to provide a window on the federal stimulus package...

Bailout Corruption: Feds Open 20 Criminal Probes Into Fraud, Insider Trading

Los Angeles Times | Ralph Vartabedian and Tom Hamburger | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business


Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles -- In the first major disclosure of corruption in the $750-billion financial bailout program, federal invest...

Bailout Watchdog Warns Of Lack Of Oversight, Potential For Fraud

New York Times | EDMUND L. ANDREWS | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department's most ambitious plans to rescue troubled banks -- partnerships between the government and private investors, ba...

Bailout Watchdog Warren Draws Fire From Conservatives

politico.com | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics


Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard law professor charged by Congress with overseeing trillions in financial rescue funds, has a surprising secret weapon: D...

TARP Watchdog Finally Gets Expanded Authority

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 04.25.2009 | Home


After months of waiting, Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), will finally be given the resou...