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USDA Admits a Lack of Strategy for Monitoring GMO Imports
In a report released by the U.S. Agriculture Department's Office of Inspector General, the Office of Inspector General said it does not have an import control policy to regulate imported GMO animals...

TIGTA: IRS Lacks Adequate Internal Controls in Spending $203m in Stimulus Funds
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration today released Concerns About Contracting Officer?s Technical Representatives That Are Relevant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Procurements (2010-11-087): Procurements that are both awarded and planned by the IRS as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...

TARP Inspector General to Call for Long-Term Strategy
The special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Neil Barofsky, is expected to release his first official report late Thursday. Barofsky, whose nomination for the inspector general position was confirmed Dec...

IRS Scraps New Web Site After Spending $19.5m
After spending two years and $19.5 million to develop its new website, the IRS has canceled the project six months before its scheduled completion date. From the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Initial Efforts to Develop a New Web-based Portal Environment Were Not Successful (2009-20-079) (May 19, 2009): In...

Inspector General report on DOJ hiring
A perspective on the Inspector General report on DOJ hiring missing from the mainstream media coverage from David Frum:The Inspector General's report on political hiring at the Department of Justice was released yesterday...

HHS OIG Report Finds Continued Lack of Medical Supplier Compliance with Medicare Requirements
News release: "Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson announced today that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of...

Workers' Compensation
City awards fire inspector $145,000 injury settlement.

Building Inspector Whistleblower
Mount Olive pays former city employee $130,000 wrongful termination settlement.

Money Mart Canada
Settles Class Action for $100 Million

Treasurer Embezzlement
Mary Lou Puccio repays Warren Cheer and Pom Program $26,000 after stealing money.

Bankrupt Money Manager
Former officers to pay $10.7 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,