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The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center has suspended operation of its Pharmaceutical Development Section in Bethesda. The move follows an inspection by the Food and Drug Administration that was prompted by a whistleblower. Inspectors found a series of operating and handling deficiencies, including experimental drugs contaminated with fungus. Dr. Lawrence Tabak joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on what NIH found and what it\'s doing to fix the problem.
June 08, 2015 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has made significant gains over the past several months in paying its health care vendors on time. Providers tell a different story, and say the department routinely fails to comply with the Prompt Payment Act.
June 05, 2015 -
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Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser retired from government Wednesday. One Congresswoman has been investigating him for alleged misconduct for three years.
June 04, 2015 -
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Two senior Veterans Affairs officials in the Philadelphia office are suspended. The move comes after an audit found they charged subordinates money to attend a work-related party featuring psychic readings. Both are on the VA payroll while an internal review determines any disciplinary action. Cheri Cannon is a partner at the law firm Tully Rinckey. In this week\'s Legal Loop, she joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on this case.
June 04, 2015 -
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President Barack Obama named Mary Kendall as his choice to be the permanent inspector general at the Interior Department. The announcement came a day after oversight experts criticized the President for not filling the position, which has been vacant for 2,291 days.
June 03, 2015 -
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Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he will introduce legislation to let agencies dismiss federal employees more quickly if they undeniably break laws or agency policies. He also wants to give agency IGs more authority to go after feds who retire instead of facing accusations.
June 03, 2015 -
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Four Republican congressmen urged President Barack Obama to nominate a new inspector general at the Interior Department. Interior\'s last permanent IG stepped down in 2009.
June 01, 2015 -
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The Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of defense contractor KBR Inc. in a whistleblower suit brought by a former employee. Benjamin Carter accused KBR of defrauding the government over water purification work in Iraq. The justices ruled unanimously that a law extending the time frame for fraud claims committed against the U.S. during wartime doesn\'t apply to civil claims. Brian McLaughlin, a counsel in the Government Contracts Group at the law firm Crowell and Moring, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the lessons learned.
June 01, 2015 -
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It\'s the IRS\' employees, rather than its rules, who will keep the agency out of trouble, Commissioner John Koskinen said in an interview on In Depth with Francis Rose.
May 22, 2015 -
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Stephen Warren, the Veterans Affairs Department\'s chief information officer, said he\'s brought in extra vendors to deal with a backlog of cyber challenges. VA\'s inspector general found more than 9,000 outstanding system security risks in its annual Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) report.
May 22, 2015 -
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Agencies with a track record in financial transparency were recognized at an award reception Wednesday, hosted by AGA.
May 21, 2015 -
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The newly introduced bill could curb \"agency bloat\" and the tendency for them to spend frivolously at the end of the year, said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), one of the co-sponsors of the bill.
May 19, 2015 -
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Agencies are wasting more than $1 billion on duplicative and unnecessary programs, according to two new reports from members of Congress.
May 19, 2015 -
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Inspectors general would have the power to subpoena former feds and contractors to testify in cases of fraud or waste of more than $100,000, or when criminal activity is suspected.
May 19, 2015
