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Pentagon

Pentagon Fails Another Audit, Will Likely Get Budget Increase From Congress Anyway

Auditors now say the military may be able to pass an audit before the end of the next decade, so at least that's something.

Eric Boehm | 11.17.2020 2:45 PM

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Post Office

The U.S. Postal Service 'Unsustainable,' Says GAO. And That Was Before COVID-19 Hit.

The USPS has lost $78 billion since 2007, but could lose as much as $13 billion this year as the pandemic has crushed mail volume.

Eric Boehm | 5.7.2020 11:50 AM

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Debt and Deficits

The National Debt Is 'Unsustainable' and the Pentagon's Finances Are a Total Mess, Federal Audit Says

"Absent policy changes, the federal government continues to face an unsustainable long-term fiscal path," America's top auditor warns. But is anyone listening?

Eric Boehm | 2.28.2020 1:25 PM

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Afghanistan

America Has Given Up Trying To Define Success in Afghanistan

"Most of the [indicators] of measuring success are now classified, or we don't collect it," the special inspector general for the Afghanistan reconstruction told a Senate committee.

Eric Boehm | 2.11.2020 4:40 PM

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Pentagon

Pentagon's Second Audit Identifies 1,300 New Problems

Despite the failure, Pentagon officials are spinning the audit as a step in the right direction.

Eric Boehm | 11.22.2019 12:30 PM

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Police

How Oakland Cops Gamed the System To Earn $30 Million in Overtime Pay

A new audit reveals how poor oversight and structural problems allowed one Oakland cop to earn $2.5 million in overtime pay in five years.

Eric Boehm | 6.12.2019 11:45 AM

Pentagon

The Pentagon Fails Its First Comprehensive Audit

According to Deputy Secretary Patrick Shanahan, no one expected it to pass anyway.

Zuri Davis | 11.16.2018 4:31 PM

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Defense Spending

Damning Audit Says Pentagon Cannot Account for $800 Million

Meanwhile, Trump and congressional Republicans want to remove spending caps for the Defense Department.

Eric Boehm | 2.6.2018 10:46 AM

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Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Blew $690,000 on Parking Spaces No One Was Using

And another $840,000 subsidizing parking spaces, despite federal rules meant to limit commuting by car as a way to protect the environment.

Eric Boehm | 11.17.2017 8:31 AM

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Audit

Head of Arizona's Cosmetology Board Used Public Funds for Food, Holiday Decorations, Gifts, and More

The same board investigated a student for giving free haircuts and a cancer survivor for giving beauty treatments to the terminally ill.

Eric Boehm | 9.26.2017 9:50 AM

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IRS

IRS Agents Rented Million-Dollar Townhomes, Spent Hundreds of Nights in Luxury Hotels Last Year

Taxpayers paid for "excessive and inappropriate" lodging and travel costs, including for one employee who managed to travel 381 days of the year.

Eric Boehm | 12.16.2016 4:16 PM

IRS

IRS Employees Only Semi-Literate, Finds Audit

Lucian McMahon | 10.15.2014 2:04 PM

Children

"They Kidnapped our Child": Why CPS Needs Transparency Now

Zach Weissmueller | 8.12.2013 1:09 PM

IRS

Another Scandal at the IRS

Audit finds misuse of credit cards.

M.D. Kittle | 6.2.2013 1:00 PM

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