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MAKING AMERICA’S HEROES WAIT: Vets trapped in endless Veterans Affairs bureaucracy

Mark Flatten · February 10, 2013 5:00 am

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA, and Ranking Minority Member Elijah Cummings, D-MD (left) have jointly addressed a number of pointed questions to the Justice Department on executive branch compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. (AP Photo)

House oversight panel opens bipartisan probe on FOIA compliance

Mark Tapscott · February 8, 2013 5:00 am

Army Pfc. Kevin Trimble, 19, adjusts his myoelectric upper limb prosthetic for occupational therapy at the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. At 19, Kevin has lost both legs above the knee and an arm from a bomb in Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Watchdog: IG cites ‘lack of urgency’ at VA on costly problems

Mark Flatten · February 6, 2013 5:00 am

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Obamacare co-ops being created behind closed doors

Richard Pollock · February 5, 2013 5:00 am

Seen any vacant post offices lately?

Examiner Watchdog Staff · February 5, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki. (AP Photo)

Veterans Affairs IG says new computer system riddled with gremlins

Mark Flatten · February 4, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Robert Casey, D-PA, wants the Department of Labor's Inspector-General to determine why the Job Corps program has frozen enrollment at its four centers in his state. The enrollment freeze is nationwide and is also being investigated by the House Education and the Workforce Committee. (AP PHoto)

Casey wants Labor IG to probe Job Corps enrollment freeze

Examiner Watchdog Staff · February 3, 2013 5:00 am

Sweet deal? They have to endure a few needles, occasional headache, maybe a pain or two here and there, but then Uncle Sam sends its research primates to a retirement home in Louisiana. (AP Photo)

WATCHDOGS TODAY: Retired monkeys living it up on federal tab in Louisiana ‘Chimp Haven’

Examiner Watchdog Staff · February 1, 2013 5:00 am

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The toll rates on the Dulles Greenway could be forced to change if an investigation finds the they don't follow Virginia's code.

Virginia watchdog agency to investigate tolls on Dulles Greenway

Liz Essley · January 31, 2013 5:00 am

Jeffrey David Cox Sr., American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) International President, speaks to local union members prior to joining representatives and Massachusetts labor leaders to walk, knock and talk campaign to help Massachusetts Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren in her bid for the U.S. Senate, Nov. 3, 2012, in Boston's Roslindale neighborhood. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/AP Images for American Federation of Government Employees)

WATCHDOGS TODAY: Public employee unions spending more on lobbying as membership booms

Examiner Watchdog Staff · January 31, 2013 5:00 am

Officials at the Department of Labor's Employment Training Administration handed out nearly $230 million in grants without metrics for determining whether the funds achieved their intended purposes, according to a DOL Inspector General report. The grants were made during the just-concluded tenure of department Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. (AP Photo)

WATCHDOGS TODAY: Labor Department spent $230 million on grants with no idea if they worked

Mark Tapscott · January 28, 2013 5:00 am

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WATCHDOG LOCAL: Montgomery County creates $150k post for bus studies

Kate Jacobson · January 27, 2013 5:00 am