Watchdogs
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'Biological incident' at federal pathogen lab shines light on continuing risks in Trump era
Feds confirm a researcher's potential exposure to "Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever through an accidental breach of personal protective equipment." NIH director under pressure from lawmakers to "stop this batty research."
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CDC 'misled the public' with study implying COVID vaccines save healthy kids, UCLA expert warns
Phrasing is "anything but objective," former Journal of the American Medical Association deputy editor says. Harvard-led research finds no unvaccinated kids died from COVID in Spain for at least 19 months at height of global spread.
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Judicial Watch sues 'tarnished' Secret Service for records on how Code Pink crashed Trump dinner
Secret Service and FBI have a poor track record with Trump's safety since he was a candidate, watchdog says.
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Senate investigation finds 'grave' health risks in housing on military bases
The houses in question are under the care of Balfour Beatty, a company that previously pleaded guilty to defrauding the government.
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Election integrity watchdog launches absentee ballot tracker in battleground states
Georgia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin will be the first states where tracking absentee ballots will be made available on the watchdog's portal.
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Biden administration bungled COVID testing, wasted hotel rooms during early migrant surge
Millions of dollars wasted on unused hotel rooms, public put at risk by poor COVID screening, Homeland Security inspector general warns.
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'Highway robberies': Feds give up $1M seized from licensed marijuana businesses in transit
Settlement talks continue with California sheriff who seized cash under the feds' equitable sharing program. Armored car company says its drivers were "pretextually" pulled over five times in less than a year.
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Fed watchdog finds Bombing Prevention Office needs to improve capabilities to counter IEDs
Agency must improves its management to help protect U.S. protest against the threat posed by IED attacks, the OIG report warns.
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Ex-VA executive violated ethics rules dealing with husband's employer, probe finds
The OIG report followed a referral made by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in April 2021 regarding ethical violations and other potential misconduct allegations by Veterans Benefits Administration officials.
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Revolving door: Biden ethics waivers on track to surpass Trump tally, watchdog says
Only three agencies in the Biden administration have not granted ethics exemptions, compared to eight under the Trump administration.
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Homeland Security had intelligence regarding Jan. 6 but didn't notify until 2 days later: report
While warnings were emailed to local law enforcement "this information was not as widely disseminated as I&A's typical intelligence products," the IG wrote.
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Homeland Security admits mistakes on Afghan refugees' work documents
The employment authorization problems come less than a month after the Defense Department's inspector general sounded the alarm on security concerns involving Afghan evacuees.
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SBA oversight failures lead to $93M in questionable awards to disadvantaged firms: internal audit
Agency watchdog found 15 of 40 firms tested were "ineligible" for awards due to lack of "approved business plans," and 78% of files reviewed lacked sufficient evidence of "regular and meaningful feedback" from specialists.