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March 14, 2016
VA Inspector General Confronted over Feeble Investigations
In a letter to the President, Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner put the VA's Office of the Inspector General in the spotlight over how it failed to fully investigate allegations of secret wait lists for mental health patients.
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Topics: Government Accountability, Whistleblower Protections
March 11, 2016
By Sean Moulton
Bill May Finally Make Congressional Research Reports Public
A new bill introduced in Congress would require that Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports be posted online by the Government Printing Office so the public would finally have easy, free access to the informative materials.
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Topics: Open Government
March 9, 2016
By Neil Gordon
A Guaranteed Taxpayer Rip-Off?
The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard are "essentially rewarding" contractors for producing defective ships, according to a recent GAO report.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
March 3, 2016
FBI Improves eFOIA by Dropping ID Requirement
Amid significant outcry, the FBI has responded by removing the controversial ID requirement from the newest version of its web-based FOIA system.
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Topics: Open Government
February 25, 2016
By Neil Gordon
Pentagon Must Improve Oversight of Defective Spare Parts
According to a new report, the Pentagon passed up more than $12 million in refunds from contractors and put our fighting forces at risk by not effectively managing its stockpile of defective spare parts.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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