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White House medical unit handed out pills to ineligible patients
A Pentagon watchdog found "severe and systemic" problems with the unit’s internal controls on medication, among other issues.
VA police reforms slowed by confusing bureaucracy
VA police officials said more reforms are coming to help simplify the force's chain of command.
IRS employees ‘outgunned’ in the fight to enforce taxes
A shrinking workforce means that the IRS can only pursue so many audits, leaving significant tax dollars uncollected.
By Jessie Bur
Justice Department probing postmaster over fundraising
The Department of Justice is investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over political fundraising activity at his former business.
Watchdogs would get subpoena power under a bipartisan bill
Inspectors General would have the court-enforceable power to compel testimony from former feds and contractors.
By Jessie Bur
Slate of bills to protect feds and transparency considered in committee
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. led the House introduction of five of the six bills designed to protect whistleblowers and those that investigate their allegations and to increase transparency of government operations.
By Jessie Bur
Agency watchdogs lack protection and resources to fulfill missions
Inspectors general often lack the staff, influence and protection from political interference to fully accomplish their missions of uncovering waste, fraud and abuse.
By Jessie Bur
Congress to consider updating the authorities of agency watchdogs
Members of the House requested that 23 agency heads provide Congress with detailed documentation of the policies and practices surrounding inspector general interactions.
By Jessie Bur
Federal watchdogs open probe of response to Capitol riot
The reviews will encompass everything from whether the FBI adequately shared information with other law enforcement agencies about the potential for violence to how the Pentagon mobilized for the Jan. 6 crisis.
Watchdog council elects new chair for 2021
National Science Foundation Inspector General Allison Lerner was selected to chair the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency beginning in 2021.
By Jessie Bur