Michal Conger

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DynCorp International won $2.8 billion in State Department contracts between 2002 and last year, primarily to train and equip law enforcement and counter-narcotics forces in Afghanistan, according to a new report by SIGAR.

Defense contractor DynCorp reaps two-thirds of State Dept.’s Afghanistan reconstruction dollars

Michal Conger · April 26, 2014 4:00 am

Forms and a newspaper article are spread on a table as a representative of Marketplace Nebraska, a health insurance broker under the new Affordable Care Act, explains the health insurance enrollment process and the options that are available. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Judicial Watch sues HHS for documents on faulty Obamacare ‘834’ insurance forms

Michal Conger · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

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National Security

Poor security policies put national security at risk at defense intelligence agencies, IG says

Michal Conger · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

The U.S. Postal Service sold 22 historic post office buildings between October 2010 and June 2013 to help address its massive budget woes.

USPS doesn’t know how many historic buildings it owns

Michal Conger · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

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Energy and Environment

Federal agencies can’t track costs or benefits of National Environmental Policy Act reviews, GAO says

Michal Conger · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

Afghan policeman take up positions on a road near the scene of an attack by militants in the Torkham area in Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Corruption, kidnappings hurt $200m U.S. effort to help Afghanistan collect customs revenue

Michal Conger · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program, the loan program that lost $139 million on Fisker Automotive, is one of dozens the government could axe or fix to save billions, GAO headÃÂ Gene DodaroÃÂ told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during testimony earlier this week. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Energy and Environment

GAO recommends scrapping failed auto loan program Energy Department wants to revive

Michal Conger · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed the FOIA request in December for messages sent to and from current EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy from 11 officials on government-assigned devices. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Watchdog group sues EPA for text messages from top officials

Michal Conger · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

Federal inspectors general are supposed to protect whistleblowers, but a House panel has accused Department of Commerce inspector general Todd Zinser of doing the opposite. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

House panel calls on Commerce inspector general to fire officials who forced ‘gag clause’ on whistleblowers

Michal Conger · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Jason Chaffetz rips USAID over ‘slush fund’ to Afghan government

National Security

Jason Chaffetz rips USAID over ‘slush fund’ to Afghan government

Michal Conger · April 3, 2014 4:00 am

This Sept, 14, 2012 file photo shows a Libyan military guard standing in front of one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt-out buildings.ÃÂ Blue Mountain Group, the British company providing security at the U.S. compound in Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012, attack there, was hired by the State Department despite having lost several other contracts in Libya, according to emails obtained by watchdog group Judicial Watch.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

National Security

Benghazi security contractor had history of failure in Libya, emails show

Michal Conger · April 1, 2014 4:00 am

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National Security

U.S. tax dollars may be paying salaries of Afghan National Police ‘ghost workers’

Michal Conger · March 31, 2014 4:00 am