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 Federal Appropriations

  1. Sen. Wyden suggests military, intel officials lied about PRISM

    A key U.S. senator on Tuesday slammed senior intelligence and Pentagon officials, suggesting they knowingly lied to Congress about domestic spying efforts by a military agency.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  2. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., expresses outrage over IRS spending on conferences at a hearing. H. Darr Beiser/USA Today

    Blasted by Congress, IRS apologizes for lavish events

    The tax official responsible for a lavish, $4.1 million conference in Anaheim apologized to Congress for spending at the conference — and for his performance as Mr. Spock in a 'Star Trek' parody video.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  3. Faulty and improper security practices among the Veterans Affairs Department's senior ranks have exposed VA's most sensitive systems and databases to 'unchallenged and unfettered access' by nearly a dozen state-sponsored attackers, according to scathing testimony from VA's former chief security officer. Staff

    VA networks besieged by foreign attackers, IG says

    Foreign attackers have repeatedly penetrated Veterans Affairs Department networks for at least the past three years, potentially gaining access to millions of unencrypted veterans records and other sensitive databases, according to House lawmakers and VA

    • Jun. 4, 2013
  4. House-planned cuts in fiscal 2014 budgets 'would multiply the damage of sequestration,' Education Secretary Arne Duncan said at a hearing late last month. Thomas Brown / Staff

    Deeper cuts are threatened in 2014

    As agencies wrestle with the fallout from this year's sequester-related budget cuts, many face an even steeper round of reductions starting in October under a recently approved blueprint by the House Appropriations Committee.

    • Jun. 2, 2013
  5. Agencies respond to tornado under shadow of sequester

    Federal agencies snapped to respond Tuesday to the devastating Oklahoma tornadoes, the first major natural disaster to strike since sequester-related budget cuts took effect in March.

    • May. 21, 2013
  6. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called the agency's actions appalling and said the additional information requested was far too onerous. Mike Morones / Staff

    Justice Department launches criminal probe at IRS

    The IRS inspector general blamed 'ineffective management' for the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status by IRS employees in a report released late Tuesday.

    • May. 15, 2013
  7. FBI to investigate Tea Party tax affair

    Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he's opened a criminal inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's handling of applications for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups.

    • May. 14, 2013
  8. GOP reaction in IRS case targeting tea party groups spurs calls for probe, apology

    President Obama should apologize for the admission by the IRS that it singled out conservative tea party groups for extra scrutiny as they applied for non-profit status, Republican members of Congress said Sunday.

    • May. 12, 2013
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