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State officials and private employers say two federally designed online calculators meant to aid creation of new Obamacare health insurance exchange offerings are riddled with flaws. (AP Photo)

Obamacare co-ops are focus of four federal investigations

Richard Pollock · June 13, 2013 4:00 am

Contractors for the Navy's shipbuilding facilities have been overcharging on projects for years by ordering and billing the government for millions of dollars in materials they didn't need. (AP Photo/US Navy)

Navy keeps buying extra parts despite 14 years of auditors saying ‘Stop!’

Michal Conger · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

A new auditors report from the Department of Homeland Security Inspector-General says the performance or future budgeting of the department's program for screening its own employees and airport passengers cannot be documented. (AP Photo)

IG auditors report TSA can’t document screening program’s performance or spending plan

Kelly Cohen · June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel, seen here with President Obama at the White House, must respond to recommendations from two Inspector-General audits concerning waste and fraud resulting from government workers signing off on their own travel expenses. (AP Photo)

Watchdog: Thousands of feds sign off on own travel costs

Michal Conger · June 11, 2013 4:00 am

Patrick McFarland, Inspector-General for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, told a congressional subcommittee his agency has a $2 billion "revolving fund" that he can't audit. (OPM Photo)

Big problems in $2 billion OPM fund but IG can’t touch it

Kelly Cohen · June 7, 2013 4:00 am

An Inspector Generalâs report has found Medicareâs databases for processing medical providers âinaccurateâ, opening the door for potential waste, fraud and abuse.

IG says flaws in Medicare databases invite fraud and abuse

Carten Cordell · June 7, 2013 4:00 am

Iowa ranks second in the nation for the $24.9 billion in subsidies its farmers received from 1995 to 2012. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Farm subsidies going to Iowa GOPers in Congress

Sheena Dooley · June 6, 2013 4:00 am

Internal Revenue Service officials have invoked a Watergate-era law designed to protect private citizens' tax returns to justify their refusal to turn over documents requested by the House Ways and Means Committee. (Photo: Thinkstock)

IRS cites Watergate-era law to justify refusing documents sought by Congress

Richard Pollock · June 6, 2013 4:00 am

Leon Panetta gave Hollywood exec top secret info on Bin Laden raid’s SEAL unit, leader

National Security

Leon Panetta gave Hollywood exec top secret info on Bin Laden raid’s SEAL unit, leader

Mark Tapscott · June 5, 2013 4:00 am

Vermont regulator defends denial of Obamacare co-op’s license application

Richard Pollock · June 4, 2013 4:00 am

Hardly a week goes by without the news media picking up on a report concerning the vulnerability of U.S. information and infrastructure to attack through the Internet and other networked computer systems. (Photo: Thinkstock)

UPDATED! Chinese, other nations hacked VA computers, officials can’t account for everything stolen

Mark Flatten · June 4, 2013 4:00 am

Watchdog: EPA grants ethics, cyber-security certificates to fake employee ‘Richard Windsor’

Mark Tapscott · June 3, 2013 4:00 am