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IG reports NY health officials got $54.3 million they should return
News: Watchdog
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Illegally claiming traumatic brain injury reimbursements allowed the New York State Department of Health to pocket more than $54 million. According to a report from the Inspector General, New York was able to get reimbursed for $54.3 million in Federal Medicaid money for a services that were...
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Watchdog: Afghans levy $1 billion in improper taxes on U.S. contractors, IG claims
News: Watchdog
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Repeated requests for explanations of illegitimate taxes levied on U.S. contractors in Afghanistan went unanswered by the Ministry of Finance, forcing the inspector general in charge of overseeing Afghan reconstruction to rely on information from contractors and non-government sources. The...
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States, employers junking Obamacare 'calculators'
News: Watchdog
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Two online health calculators designed by federal officials to help states and employers comply with Obamacare mandates are riddled with so many flaws that users are abandoning them, The Washington Examiner has learned. Users say the calculators - one used by state officials, the other by...
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Newly released docs show inconsistencies in FBI training manual censorship
News: Watchdog
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Implying the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization or that al Qaeda had links to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center were enough to have documents purged from FBI training manuals, according to newly released agency documents. Other training materials that were scrubbed from...
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IRS went after 83-year-old Tea Party granny
News: Watchdog
Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
Internal Revenue Service officials not only wanted a wide variety of information from the Albuquerque Tea Party's application for non-profit status, it also wanted to know what contacts it had with people from other political organizations too. That included an 83-year-old great-grandmother...
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WATCHDOG EXCLUSIVE! IRS doles out $92 million in bonuses
News: Watchdog
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
More than $92 million in bonuses averaging $5,500 per employee have been handed out by IRS executives to thousands of the tax agency’s employees since 2009, according to data obtained by The Washington Examiner.
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IRS tax exemption/Obamacare exec got $103,390 in bonuses
News: Watchdog
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
Sarah Hall Ingram, the IRS executive in charge of the tax exempt division in 2010 when it began targeting conservative tea party, evangelical and pro-Israel groups for harrassment, got more than $100,000 in bonuses between 2009 and 2012. More recently, Ingram was promoted to serve as director...
Watchdog Articles
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IG reports NY health officials got $54.3 million they should return
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013 • By Kelly Cohen
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Watchdog: House takes wait-and-see view of new VA claims backlog plan
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013 • By Mark Flatten
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Watchdog: GAO says billions can be saved by stopping duplication
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013 • By Kelly Cohen
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Watchdog: Afghans levy $1 billion in improper taxes on U.S. contractors, IG claims
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013 • By Michal Conger
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States, employers junking Obamacare 'calculators'
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013 • By Richard Pollock
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Newly released docs show inconsistencies in FBI training manual censorship
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013 • By Mark Flatten
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IRS went after 83-year-old Tea Party granny
Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013 • By Rob Nikolewski
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Watchdog, Politics
'Other Than Honorable': More Army misconduct discharges
Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013 • By Dave Philipps/The Colorado Springs Gazette
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Congressmen demand end to EPA's IRS-like bias against conservative, state/local FOIA requestors
Published: Fri, May 17, 2013 • By Mark Tapscott
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Obamacare, Watchdog
UPDATED: IRS tax exemption/Obamacare exec got $103,390 in bonuses; Did Obama OK them?
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013 • By Mark Tapscott
Watchdog Briefs
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Energy Department can't account for $906 million
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013 • By Kelly Cohen
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U.S. Attorney tried to discredit Fast and Furious whistleblower, IG says
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff
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Agriculture Department to study how climate change affects cows
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff
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GSA broke personnel rules with peer awards, IG reports
Published: Fri, May 17, 2013 • By Kelly Cohen
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Judicial Watch sues Secret Service for Obama Hawaii vacation documents
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff
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HHS IG racks up more Medicare fraud convictions
Published: Fri, May 10, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff
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'Compassionate release' program isn't working, DOJ IG reports
Published: Wed, May 1, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff
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State Watchdogs: Waste and fraud exposed across America
Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff
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Cause of Action report says Obama stimulus funds used illegally to lobby for tax hikes, anti-obesity measures
Published: Tue, Apr 16, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff
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CREW wants probe of Ohio campaign ads
Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 • By Richard Pollock






