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Stimulus official: Can't certify job stats »
Posted by: gunnyreef 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
The chief federal oversight official for the stimulus program said in a letter Wednesday that he can’t certify whether the number of jobs “created ...
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Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis »
Posted by: sodakfritz 11 months ago in Political News
The financial crisis seems as if it emerged from nowhere and struck as hard and fast as lightning. How did so many financial institutions crumble ...
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Senior Democrat Says Obama’s Czars Unconstitutional »
Posted by: Klarissa 5 months, 1 week ago in News
Ken Klukowski
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Townhall
June 15, 2009
Last week President Obama appointed yet another “czar” with massive government power, answering only to him.
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Regulatory System Allows Banks to Avoid iEnforcement »
Posted by: Beau7890 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
At least 30 banks since 2000 have escaped federal regulatory action by walking away from their federal regulators and moving under state supervision, taking advantage ...
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Where did that bank bailout go? Watchdogs arent entirely sure »
Posted by: Progressive 3 months, 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON ? Although hundreds of well-trained eyes are watching over the $700 billion that Congress last year decided to spend bailing out the nation's financial ...
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Regulators seek tighter oversight of derivatives »
Posted by: Progressive 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Wednesday asked a House panel to strengthen proposed legislation that would impose new oversight on derivatives, complex financial instruments blamed by ...
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Commission gets grim report on wartime spending »
Posted by: engineer 10 months, 1 week ago in News
A new commission examining waste and corruption in wartime contracts is getting a grim report from government watchdogs who say poor planning, weak oversight and ...
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Is Congress failing on homeland security oversight? - Sarah Laskow - Center for Public Integrity - POLITICO.com »
Posted by: gbudavid 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Lawmakers haven't pushed for 9/11 Commission suggestion to create one security oversight dept. On the 9/11 Commission, then-Rep. Tim Roemer (D-Ind.) was ...
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Serious flaws found in war contractor oversight - Military- msnbc.com »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 2 months ago in News
A recent report illustrates huge problems between the U.S. armed forces and the industrial army supporting military operations. Demand for contractor services is heavy ...
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INSIDE WASHINGTON: Oversight lacking on war costs | ajc.com »
Posted by: Charlson 2 months ago in News
WASHINGTON — During a routine check of a watch tower at a U.S. military base in Kuwait, an Army sergeant found the guard leaning back ...
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‘Lord of the Flies’ at U.S. Embassy in Kabul? »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 3 months ago in News
Guards hired by the State Department for the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan are subjected to hazing and other inappropriate behavior, an oversight group says.
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Gov't tightens oversight of laptop border searches_dgshi »
Posted by: calitennflo 3 months, 1 week ago in Political News
WASHINGTON The Obama administration on Thursday put new restrictions on searches of laptops at U.S. borders to address concerns that federal agents have been ...
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Misconduct Claimed at U.S. Embassy in Kabul »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months ago in News
The report delivered Tuesday also includes anonymous testimony from dozens of American guards who provided lurid details of hazing and other abuses.
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NY Foreign Policy Examiner: G20 Summit: Sarkozy sets the tone, and yes he can »
Posted by: Sasha56 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Nicolas Sarkozy has been threatening for days leading up to the G20 summit that if certain concrete results were not achieved during this international conference ...
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U.S. ‘unlikely’ to recoup auto outlay, panel finds »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
The federal government is unlikely to recoup all of the billions of dollars that it has invested in General Motors and Chrysler, according to a ...
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