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AnalysisWatchdog Finds Majority of Pentagon Whistleblowers Out of Luck
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report questions why the Department of Defense Inspector General turns so many whistleblowers away.
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AnalysisCustoms and Border Protection Officer Punished for Reporting Wrongdoing
A Customs and Border Protection Officer who tried to report concerns of racial profiling and Fourth Amendment violations faced resistance and punishment from supervisors.
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Analysis$21 Billion Worth of F-35 Concurrency Orphans?
If all older model F-35s are included, costs could rise to $40 billion
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AnalysisSenate Bill Would Improve Oversight of Programs That Give Police Military Equipment
Legislation was introduced that will improve accountability in a Department of Defense program that transfers surplus military equipment to civil law enforcement agencies.
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AnalysisIG Calls for Detailed Reporting on Medical Device Failures
A new report from a federal watchdog calls on the government to require hospitals to provide more detailed reporting on medical device problems to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Better reporting could help the government identify malfunctioning devices m...
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AnalysisOf Guns At Home, And Guns Abroad
Why do we go to the ends of the Earth to kill terrorists while letting homegrown mass murderers fire freely?
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AnalysisRuling Limits Government’s Power to Police Offshore Drilling
An appeals court has ruled that the government cannot use a major set of safety and environmental regulations to prosecute offshore drilling contractors.
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AnalysisContractors and the True Size of Government
Political scientist Paul Light issued an updated headcount of the federal workforce. Of Uncle Sam’s 9.1 million employees, Light estimates more than 40 percent are contract workers.
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AnalysisICE Puts Detainees with Mental Illnesses “At Risk” in Solitary Confinement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents may be putting immigrant detainees with mental illnesses at risk of harm by not reporting when they place these detainees in solitary confinement.
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AnalysisFlashes of Accountability
Representative Walter Jones (R-NC) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ) are standing up for Congress’s constitutional oversight powers and its right to know about the operations of the Department of Defense.
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AnalysisInspectors General Community Launches Oversight.gov
Today, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) launched Oversight.gov, a database of Inspectors General reports. This database consolidates over 5,800 reports from over 60 federal watchdogs in one place.