Watchdog

A suburban Minnesota public school district expects to save millions of tax dollars by privatizing its bus system. The decision helps avoid cuts in classroom budgets but has upset members of the SEIU local that represents some of the bus drivers. (Photo courtesy of Watchdog.org)

STATE WATCHDOGS: Privatizing buses a $2M bonus for cash-strapped Minnesota school district

Tom Steward · February 22, 2013 5:00 am

Sara Horowitz

Insurer with NY’s ‘worst’ record of complaints gets $340M Obamacare loan

Richard Pollock · February 21, 2013 5:00 am

Two veterans listen to President Obama during a Veterans Day address. A Department of veterans Affairs Inspector-General report says VA officials have fixed a computer glitch that delayed claims processing but VA employees aren't properly using the remedy. AP Photo

Computer glitch fixed but Veterans Affairs IG says agency workers ignoring it

Mark Flatten · February 21, 2013 5:00 am

Acting EPA head, regional official ensnared in Windsorgate email scandal

Mark Flatten · February 20, 2013 5:00 am

close up view of a hand holding bank notes

D.C. pays $1m in overtime to 25 fire/EMS workers

Alan Blinder · February 20, 2013 5:00 am

A new release of hundreds of Windsorgate emails to and from former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson includes many that were entirely redacted for reasons that will have to be explained to the satisfaction of federal judge. (AP Photo)

Watchdog Article: New Windsorgate emails show EPA collaboration with media ‘friendlies’

Mark Tapscott · February 18, 2013 5:00 am

File cabinets filled with disability claims files at the VA's regional office in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Photo: VA inspector general)

MAKING AMERICA’S HEROES WAIT: Claims backlog grows despite parade of VA ‘solutions’

Mark Flatten · February 14, 2013 5:00 am

The front of a Veterans Affairs hospital in Pittsburgh is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.

MAKING AMERICA’S HEROES WAIT: Benefit claims backlog not our fault, VA officials say

Mark Flatten · February 13, 2013 5:00 am

Rep. Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, is calling for an FBI and Department of Justice Inspector General probe of allegations of improper political influence against a prosecution of foreign nationals working at NASA's Research Center near San Francisco. Joining the Texas Republican is Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf, who chairs a key subcommittee of Smith's panel. (AP Photo)

House leaders demand investigation of claims NASA leaked U.S. space defense secrets, Justice Department quashed prosecutions

Richard Pollock · February 13, 2013 5:00 am

Jim Landy retired from the U.S. Navy as a senior chief petty officer. He died last year. (Submitted photo.)

MAKING AMERICA’S HEROES WAIT: Vets face lies, damn lies and VA statistics

Mark Flatten · February 12, 2013 5:00 am

Claims paperwork piled high in the 6th Floor Claims Storage Filing Area of the VA regional office in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Photo: VA Inspector General's office)

MAKING AMERICA’S HEROES WAIT: Critics, IG say VA benefits claims books being cooked

Mark Flatten · February 11, 2013 5:00 am

Feds threaten to seize $28.5m from D.C. over missing Skyland records

Alan Blinder · February 10, 2013 5:00 am