Category: waste

Human Waste Leaking From Truck Causes Crashes on Connecticut Highway

July 18, 2023
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—Human waste leaking from a tractor trailer on a Connecticut highway caused crashes including one involving two state police cruisers as vehicles spun out of control, authorities said. No major injuries were reported in Monday night’s mayhem on Interstate 95 in Bridgeport. Troopers arrested the truck driver on several charges, alleging he knew there…

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Fraudsters, Dead People Received Hundreds of Billions in Government Payments Last Year, Watchdog Finds

June 12, 2023
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Federal officials made more than $247 billion in improper payments in 2022, with more than half of the total—$132.4 billion—coming from five major Medicare/Medicaid programs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a June analysis by nonprofit government watchdog Open The Books (OTB). The $247 billion for 2022 was the second-highest…

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Fraudsters and Dead People Scored Hundreds of Billions in Government Payments Last Year, Watchdog Finds

June 12, 2023
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Federal officials made more than $247 billion in improper payments in 2022, with more than half of the total—$132.4 billion—coming in five major Medicare/Medicaid programs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a June 2023 analysis by nonprofit government watchdog Open The Books (OTB). OTB, which is based in Illinois, specializes…

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Billions in Untracked Federal Grants Going to China, Russia for Cat Experiments, Wuhan Lab Research: Ernst

May 31, 2023
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Hundreds of millions of American tax dollars went to recipients in China and Russia in recent years without being properly tracked by the federal government, including a grant that enabled a state-run Russian lab to test cats on treadmills, according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). Ernst and her staff investigators, working with auditors at the…

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US Sent Billions in Funding to China, Russia for Cat Experiments, Wuhan Lab Research: Ernst

May 31, 2023
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Hundreds of millions of American tax dollars went to recipients in China and Russia in recent years without being properly tracked by the federal government, including a grant that enabled a state-run Russian lab to test cats on treadmills, according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). Ernst and her staff investigators, working with auditors at the…

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Watchdog Says Biden’s Energy Department Hands Out $56 Million in Unaudited Grants, Warns More Waste, Fraud Likely

March 14, 2023
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More than $56 million in Department of Energy (DOE) grants to 60 for-profit recipients—including billions of dollars under President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act—are not being audited as required by federal law because DOE isn’t obtaining regular reports on how the money is being spent, according to a government watchdog. “We found that [DOE’s Office…

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LIVE NOW: Inspectors Generals Testify to House Oversight Committee on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Government

March 9, 2023
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Department of the Treasury Acting Inspector General Richard Delmar; Small Business Administration Deputy Inspector General Shelden Shoemaker; and Department of Labor Inspector General Larry Turner testify at 2:00 p.m. ET  on March 9 to a hearing held by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee on “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse…

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Inspectors Generals Testify to House Oversight Committee on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Government

March 9, 2023
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Department of the Treasury Acting Inspector General Richard Delmar; Small Business Administration Deputy Inspector General Shelden Shoemaker; and Department of Labor Inspector General Larry Turner testify at 2:00 p.m. ET  on March 9 to a hearing held by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee on “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse…

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Fraud Watchdog Promises Prosecution of Feds Who Got Pandemic Unemployment, Loans While Working for Government

February 2, 2023
Fraud and AbuseHouse Committee on Oversight and AccountabilityMichael HorowitzPandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC)Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)Rep. Eric BurlisonRep. James ComerSen. Joni ErnstUSwaste
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Federal employees who fraudulently applied for and received COVID-19 pandemic unemployment insurance benefits while also drawing government paychecks will be referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution, according to a waste, fraud, and abuse watchdog. Asked by Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) “how is it even possible that there is nothing in place to…

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Senate Passes $1.8 Trillion Spending Bill, Rejects Saving Title 42

December 22, 2022
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A round-robin series of crucial last-minute decisions by senators anxious to wrap up their work before Christmas resulted in a decisive 68–29 vote to approve the controversial $1.85 trillion omnibus spending bill to keep the federal government open well into the New Year. The vote represented a big win for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…

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