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DATA Act Gets a Boost at Transparency Conference
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Why Zero Wall Street CEOs Are in Jail
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SIGIR Releases Its Final Report
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VA Makes Headway on Backlog with New Technology
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Benghazi Ignored: New Evidence Exposes Gaps in Kabul Embassy Security
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Watchdog Finds Flaws in DOE Contractor Responsibility Checks
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DoD IG Confirms POGO’s DARPA Concerns
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September 13, 2013
Why Zero Wall Street CEOs Are in Jail
Five years after Lehman Brothers fell and the U.S. economy collapsed in on itself, not a single Wall Street C.E.O. is in jail. In fact, none of them have even faced criminal charges.
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Topics: Financial Sector
September 13, 2013
DATA Act Gets a Boost at Transparency Conference
At the Data Transparency Conference this week, there was a lot of bipartisan support for proposed legislation to fix the many problems the public encounters with tracking federal spending: the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act.
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Topics: Open Government
September 12, 2013
VA Makes Headway on Backlog with New Technology
The Department of Veterans Affairs is finally cutting down on its huge backlog of veterans’ benefits claims thanks to a new computer system meant to aid the compensation process.
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Topics: Public Health and Science
September 12, 2013
By Neil Gordon
SIGIR Releases Its Final Report
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) released its final report this week, detailing an impressive list of accomplishments over the past decade.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
September 12, 2013
Senators Ask State Department To Respond to POGO Report on Embassy Security
Leaders of a Senate panel are asking the State Department to explain how its assurances about security at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan square with a report this week by the Project On Government Oversight documenting problems.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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