Inspectors General

Homeland Security can’t spend tax dollars wisely, IG reports

National Security

Homeland Security can’t spend tax dollars wisely, IG reports

Kelly Cohen · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

A member of the Afghan National Security Forces patrols on Sept. 8. As part of the 2014 transition, the U.S. is building facilities worth $4.7 billion and transferring existing U.S. bases to hold Afghan National Security Forces troops. But officials didn't take existing U.S. buildings and future troop drawdowns into consideration, and may be left with expensive empty buildings, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

US spending billions on buildings in Afghanistan that may go wasted

Michal Conger · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

The Environmental Protection Agency still isn't training its employees on the rules or evaluating their effectiveness.

Energy and Environment

EPA stalling policy to prevent politicizing science

Michal Conger · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

USPS officials responsible for preventing misuse of agency travel cards are missing thousands of dollars employees get with the cards for their personal use. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Postal Service employees make off with agency cash, IG decries

Kelly Cohen · September 5, 2013 4:00 am

American tax dollars funding a public health program in Afghanistan could be wasted by the Afghan government, but the U.S. agency overseeing the program isn't doing its job, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction. (Photo: Thinkstock)

IG exposes USAID spending millions on Afghan program despite fraud risk

Michal Conger · September 5, 2013 4:00 am

Did the Labor Department mislead Congress on jobs program’s record?

Did the Labor Department mislead Congress on jobs program’s record?

Michael Volpe · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

Fed’s IG says central bank violated document rules

Fed’s IG says central bank violated document rules

Martin Crutsinger · August 29, 2013 10:20 pm

The program provided this money via "bonus payments," or funds given to help states pay for an increase of children enrolled in Medicaid programs. (Photo: Thiknstock)

Alabama politely declines feds’ demand for $88 million back, IG reports

Kelly Cohen · August 29, 2013 4:00 am

Dancing With The Stars (courtesy photo)

Why work when you can watch TV at a New York steam plant?

Kelly Cohen · August 27, 2013 4:00 am

Fannie Mae hasn't adopted accounting practices to show losses despite being told do so last year by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to the agency's inspector general. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Fannie, Freddie improperly accounting for losses, IG says

Kelly Cohen · August 23, 2013 4:00 am

"Three of the nation's civilian nuclear research facilities and its 104 commercial reactors remain ill-prepared to guard against large-scale terrorism threats," a Pentagon-funded study reports. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Just how safe are the nation’s nuclear reactors?

Kelly Cohen · August 22, 2013 4:00 am

VA progress on claims backlog is a statistical illusion, vets groups say

VA progress on claims backlog is a statistical illusion, vets groups say

Mark Flatten · August 20, 2013 4:00 am