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March 28, 2014
By Neil Gordon
GAO: Noncompetitive Contracts Need Stronger Oversight
According to a new GAO report, the government needs to improve oversight of the billions spent each year for goods and services on an urgency basis.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
March 27, 2014
By Emily Binkow
EPA Fails to Monitor Its Purchase Card Spending
A recent report by the Office of the Inspector General for the Environmental Protection Agency found abuse of the EPA's purchase cards and significant problems with the agency's system for ensuring that charge cards are not misused.
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Topics: Government Accountability
March 25, 2014
By Adam Zagorin
Intelligence Official Cited for “Unauthorized Disclosure” to Congress: Oversight on the Rocks
Just over a year ago, an official at the Defense Department gave congressional oversight committees a document that had the potential to embarrass the Secretary of Defense and the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General.
March 24, 2014
Screening of Rumsfeld Documentary Sparks Discussion About Government Secrecy
The Unknown Known documentary brings Rumsfeld national security memos to the big screen.
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Topics: National Security
March 19, 2014
By Neil Gordon
Afghanistan Watchdog Sinks Teeth Into Scrapped Incinerators
The Afghanistan reconstruction watchdog has launched a formal inquiry into an ill-fated U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract to build waste incinerators at Forward Operating Base Sharana.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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