Michael Horowitz

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Federal watchdogs still uncovering full scope of fraud in $5T COVID-19 spending

Agency inspectors general have already flagged tens of billions of dollars in suspected fraud, and efforts are underway to recover some improper payments.

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How to find data on millions and millions of pandemic federal funding awards

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Pandemic broke down some, but not all barriers for IGs

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Pandemic relief oversight sheds new light on persistent gaps in federal spending data

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Senators seek ‘guardrails’ on expanded subpoena power for inspectors general

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Incarceration in the Age of COVID

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House committee passes bill to prevent another Schedule F executive order from happening

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Top challenges for IGs with the new administration

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FILE - This March 27, 2020 file photo shows the signature of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after it passed in the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. Since the pandemic began, Congress has set aside trillions of dollars to ease the crisis. A joint KHN and Associated Press investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local public health departments for work such as testing and contact tracing. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Congress approved CARES Act money, but how was it dished out?

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The American flag flies outside of the Justice Department building, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DOJ investigators have mixed reviews of agency’s COVID-19 response, IG says

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Pandemic board gets first permanent chair after Trump’s watchdog shakeup

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Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz

He also serves as chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.

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Federal prisons are facing threats from drones dropping contraband, surveilling facilities

Just when you think things can’t get worse, consider that the Bureau of Prisons is facing. A growing threat of surveillance of its facilities, and the…

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IGs on pandemic oversight board warn job well done still means billions in fraud

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IGs on the committee continue to send up red flags on COVID-19 spending. SBA’s IG office, for example, recently issued management alerts warning of billions of dollars potentially exposed to fraud.