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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...
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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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Taxpayers funding huge federal land grabs that may harm environment
News: Watchdog
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Governments and green groups all across America are gobbling up private land in a determined and often coordinated effort to forever restrict responsible development and restrict private property rights. And American taxpayers help fund it. Here's how it works: Private property owners,...
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STATE WATCHDOGS: New Mexico's Martinez clamps down on un-audited bureaucrats
News: Watchdog
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013
SANTA FE - Government entities be warned: Fail to submit an audit to New Mexico and say good-bye to some of that state money you want. Earlier this month, Gov. Susana Martinez issued an executive order barring any governmental entity that isn't up to date on its audits from receiving any...
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Small town spends millions on hyper-fast Internet nobody wants
News: Watchdog
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013
Tullahoma, a city of only 18,000 residents, has invested $17 million of taxpayer money in ultra-high-speed Internet in hopes of attracting business to the small Tennessee town. But, as city leaders tout the potential economic benefits of the service known as Gigabit Internet, critics question...
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Two apparent NASA espionage cases have striking similarities
News: Watchdog
Published: Fri, May 10, 2013
For the second time in three years, U.S. Attorneys have sought to prosecute foreign nationals at NASA on national security grounds, only to dramatically reverse course and shut down their investigations. Most recently, federal prosecutors abruptly ended their case on May 3 against Bo Jiang, a...
Watchdog Articles
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Watchdog, News
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
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Watchdog, News
WATCHDOG EXCLUSIVE! IRS doles out $92 million in employee bonuses
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013 • By Mark Tapscott
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Politics Digest, Watchdog, Beltway Confidential
IRS exec got $42k in bonuses in three years
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013 • By Mark Tapscott
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Watchdog, News
Taxpayers funding huge federal land grabs that may harm environment
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013 • By Dustin Hurst
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Watchdog, News
State Watchdogs: New Mexico's Martinez clamps down on unaudited bureaucrats
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013 • By Rob Nikolewski
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Watchdog, News
Small town spends millions on hyper-fast Internet nobody wants ... yet
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013 • By Chris Butler
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NASA, Watchdog, News
Two apparent NASA espionage cases have striking similarities
Published: Fri, May 10, 2013 • By Richard Pollock
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Veterans Affairs, Watchdog, News
VA's No. 2 lawyer is agency's No. 1 bonus man
Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013 • By Mark Flatten
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Veterans Affairs, Watchdog, News
EXAMINER EXCLUSIVE: Failing VA officials collected massive bonuses for years
Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013 • By Mark Flatten
Watchdog Briefs
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Watchdog Blog, News
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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Watchdog Blog, News
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
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Watchdog Blog, News
Big banks pour money into House Ag Committee coffers
Updated: Tue, Apr 2, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff
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Watchdog Blog, News
'Disabled' mail carrier ran fitness center for years, now headed to prison
Published: Thu, Mar 28, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff
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Watchdog Blog, News
CNN finds that spending is the only thing fast about high-speed rail
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 • By Examiner Watchdog Staff





