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August 25, 2014
By Max Johnson
Billions of Dollars in Federal Spending Not Reported
A June report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that federal agencies underreported $619 billion in grants and other federal assistance spending during FY 2012 to the USAspending.gov website.
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Topics: Government Accountability
August 21, 2014
Charles Lewis’ New Book Looks at the Lies Your President Told You and Other Mistruths
Charles Lewis’ new book, 935 Lies—The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity, expands upon a Center for Public Integrity project that tracked the number of false statements that the President George W. Bush administration told in the two-year build up to the war in Iraq.
Topics: National Security
August 20, 2014
Should Contractor FOIA Objections be Labeled?
Improvements to FOIA are moving through Congress, and one additional
change is needed--the public should be informed when contractors
object to the release of information to the public.
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Topics: Open Government
August 19, 2014
By Neil Gordon
DynCorp Sued for Overcharging Anti-Terrorism Program
Last week, the public learned that DynCorp International is being sued for defrauding the Army on a narco-terrorism contract, the same contract on which a Pentagon audit found over $100 million in improper charges.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
August 18, 2014
Investigative Reporter Dan Moldea Comes Clean in ‘Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer’
Investigative reporter Dan Moldea has had a decorated, if not controversial, career as a muckraker. His book, Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer, is one part memoir and one part history lesson.
Topics: Government Accountability
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