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Chaffetz Hits Planned Parenthood Chief Over Millions Wasted on Travel, Parties

Tuesday at a hearing of the House Oversight Committee, chairmen Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) questioned Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards over her organization spending over $40...

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Beds 'are left empty' at recovery centres for wounded soldiers

Tens of millions of pounds has been spent on recovery centres for wounded soldiers where beds are left empty, it has been reported. The network of centres are funded by the British Army, in partnership...

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Thornton Hall site worth €48m less than stated

The Thornton Hall prison site in north Dublin is worth €48 million less than its current valuation in Prison Service accounts, the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General has said. The site, in...

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Fox Lake, Ill., officer was shot twice with own gun, officials say

By of the Journal Sentinel A Fox Lake, Ill., police officer who reported he was pursuing three people on foot and then was found dead in September had been shot twice with his own weapon, officials...

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Eircode property ID system to cost 38m euro, report finds

The Eircode system to uniquely identify every property in the country is estimated to cost 38 million euro. Dogged by delays since the plan was announced in 2006, it is one of a litany of big spending...

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Thoreau Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Assault Charges (Federal Bureau of...

(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Albuquerque Field Office) ALBUQUERQUE-Anthony J. Hamilton, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Thoreau, N.M., pleaded guilty this...

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Two Sentenced to Federal Prison for $5 Million Real Estate Ponzi Scheme...

(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Atlanta Field Office) ATLANTA-Charles Wooden and Hendrickx H. Toussaint, a now disbarred lawyer, have been sentenced to federal prison for operating a real...

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GAO: More Oversight Needed Over Medicare Advantage Provider Networks

The federal government needs to increase its oversight over private Medicare health plans to make sure seniors have adequate access to doctors and hospitals, according to a report released this week by...

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Analysis: C&AG report, capital plan timing a dilemma for media

Publishing the Comptroller & Auditor General(C&AG)’s report on State spending on the same day as the Government’s capital investment plan left the media with the dilemma of whether to headline...

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More Oversight Needed Over Medicare Advantage Provider Networks

The federal government needs to increase its oversight over private Medicare health plans to make sure seniors have adequate access to doctors and hospitals, according to a report released this week by...

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Laguna Pueblo Man Sentenced for Conviction on Assault by Strangulation and...

(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Albuquerque Field Office) ALBUQUERQUE-Duane Day, 25, a member and resident of Laguna Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in...

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C&AG report shines a forensic light on State spending

Publishing the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG)’s report on State spending on the same day as the Government’s capital investment plan left the media with the dilemma of whether to headline...

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Traveller’s ‘unusually heavy’ empty bag yields 3.8kg of suspected cocaine...

A traveller from Brazil was arrested at Hong Kong International Airport on Wednesday after her “exceptionally heavy” empty suitcase yielded 3.8kg of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of...

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Fair Housing Council receives more than $800,000 in federal grants

By of the Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee Metropolitan Fair Housing Council is receiving almost $825,000 in grants from a federal agency to fight discriminatory housing practices. The U.S. Department of...

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Benefit overpayments cost Government €1.5m a week in 2014

The Department of Social Protection overpaid €1.5 million a week in illness benefit last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) has found. A report by the Office of the C&AG raises...

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Man Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Prison In Multi-million Dollar...

(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina) CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Monday, September 28, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced the leader...

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Coats Highlights Waste of the Week: The National Technical Information...

(Source: Daniel Coats) Wednesday, September 30, 2015 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today delivered his twenty-second “Waste of the Week”...

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Taxpayer Money Wasted During Year-End Spending Sprees (CAGW - Citizens...

(Source: CAGW - Citizens Against Government Waste) For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 September 30, 2015 (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is...

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South Dakota Tribe To Open Nation's First Marijuana Resort

FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — The Santee Sioux tribe has already proven its business acumen, running a successful casino, a 120-room hotel and a 240-head buffalo ranch on the plains of South Dakota. But those...

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Roswell Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking...

(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico) ALBUQUERQUE - Jaime Juan Alvarado, 37, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to...

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