The top watchdog for the U.S. Energy Department has found repeated examples of the agency overpaying contractors at national labs – with the most recent being a decision to approve exorbitant executive salaries at a cost to taxpayers of up to $ 3.45 million. Source: FOXNews.com
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Venezuela Tries to Weaken Human Rights Watchdog
EFE/David Fernandez/Newscom A group of populist Latin American states—led by Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela—hopes to reduce the role of an international human rights commission and watchdog. These radical states aim to weaken the commission because it goes against their political ambitions, as it entails scrutiny and judgments of human rights violations by an outside organization…. Read more »
Left-Leaning Watchdog Group: ‘White House Could Be Violating Presidential Records Act’
The “nonpartisan” Organizing for Action is using the president’s twitter account. How is that not a violation of their 501 (c) (4) status? They’re selling access to the president. The site’s URL is Barackobama.com, and they recently made the decision to not disclose their donors, which seems to be fine with the D.C. watchdog community. … Read more »
Justice Department watchdog raps voting division over ideological tensions
The Justice Department’s watchdog has concluded that deep ideological polarization in the department’s voting rights section in both the Bush and Obama administrations fueled disputes that in some instances harmed the office’s proper functioning. The department’s inspector general said that on some occasions the disputes involved harassment of employees and managers. Source: FOXNews.com