Transparency

A scandal erupts. Congressional hearings are held. Documents are requested and withheld. Subpoenas are issued. Contempt charges threatened. A few documents dribble out. Then come the admissions that, oh by the way, emails required by multiple federal laws to be preserved have either been destroyed or "lost." (iSTock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Is it time to view the Obama administration as a criminal enterprise?

Mark Tapscott · August 8, 2014 12:32 pm

Most of EGA's foundation members have similar million-dollar dirty little secrets, but their tax-exempt activist recipients are not morally conflicted by taking fossil fuel cash and keeping it a secret as long as it furthers their corrosive goals. (Photo: iStock)

The hidden persuaders of the environmental elite

Ron Arnold · August 5, 2014 10:49 pm

Text messages are a type of electronic record, like email, but some agencies don't preserve them the same way. (iStock)

EPA’s Gina McCarthy broke the law by destroying official text messages and should resign

Christopher Horner · August 5, 2014 3:35 pm

Early on, Obama, at the behest of his labor union bosses, rolled back several hard-fought reforms that increased the information available to union members on how their unions spend members' dues money. (iStock Photo)

John Thune bill would restore labor union transparency that Obama degraded

Nathan Mehrens · August 1, 2014 4:39 pm

A GOP-led House panel Tuesday released an extensive report that attempts to show former top Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner lied to Congress about her involvement in the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

New emails show former IRS official Lois Lerner disparaging conservatives

Blake Seitz · July 30, 2014 6:11 pm

Eleanor Holmes Norton says ‘you don’t have a right to know’ what’s going on in government

Beltway Confidential

Eleanor Holmes Norton says ‘you don’t have a right to know’ what’s going on in government

Sean Higgins · July 25, 2014 8:38 pm

Veterans Affairs acting Inspector General Richard Griffin testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Cliff Owen)

More than 18,500 petitioners tell Veterans Affairs IG to drop demand for POGO records

Kelly Cohen · July 16, 2014 8:59 pm

Chicago police to make misconduct files public

Chicago police to make misconduct files public

Washington Examiner · July 13, 2014 4:48 pm

Embattled former Internal Revenue Service senior executive Lois Lerner cautioned colleagues against including comments in official emails that might be seen by Congress. (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)

What Lois Lerner told her IRS colleagues not to say in emails

Mark Tapscott · July 9, 2014 9:18 pm

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Beltway Confidential

HHS releases 1,296 pages of regulations ahead of holiday weekend

Philip Klein · July 3, 2014 9:00 pm

Republican strategists are distancing themselves from the Eric Cantor campaign, while simultaneously pointing the finger at their competitors for causing Cantor's defeat. There's nothing wrong with calling out the competition to gain a competitive edge, but in this case the fingers are pointed in the wrong direction; too much blame has been placed on pollster John McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates. (AP Photo)

Don’t blame John McLaughlin for Eric Cantor’s defeat

Steve Forbes · July 3, 2014 10:00 am

Another federal judge tells IRS to explain itself on lost emails

Another federal judge tells IRS to explain itself on lost emails

Mark Tapscott · July 1, 2014 9:04 pm