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The seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington is seen here on June 21, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

VA still plagued by delays in veterans’ care: Watchdog

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Chaffetz is the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GAO urges feds to crack down on bad spending, increase efficiency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen insisted that his agency was secure even after a Government Accountability Office report pointed out holes in the IRS' cybersecurity. (Associated Press)

IRS still vulnerable to hackers: GAO

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

HealthCare.gov ‘passive’ on heading off fraud

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

Jeh Johnson (Associated Press)

Jeh Johnson defends cyber protection program after auditors said ‘EINSTEIN’ lacks capabilities

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

"The American people deserve better. We must do more to ensure the IRS treats all Americans fairly, holds employees responsible for these abuses accountable and implements procedures to prevent this abuse from ever happening again," said Rep. Peter J. Roskam, an Illinois Republican who helped lead one of the investigations into the IRS targeting. (Associated Press)

IRS lets individual employees decide what’s ‘fair’ in audits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. States and industry groups dependent on fossil fuels began filing court challenges Friday to President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

EPA use of social media to tout own program broke law: GAO

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

GAO reports veteran aid programs at VA still need improving

By Anjali Shastry - The Washington Times

The seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Nearly one in 10 VA registered nurses quit in 2014, GAO says

By Anjali Shastry - The Washington Times

Bonnie Bowman, a supporter of Gov. Gary Herbert's Medicaid plan, joins others at a rally to urge the House to debate the issue, Thursday, March 5, 2015, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Lawmakers in Utah's House of Representatives rejected Gov. Gary Herbert's Medicaid plan Wednesday night and instead pushed forward their own alternative proposal to help some of the state's poor get health insurance. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obamacare still exposed to fraud, double-dipping with Medicaid: GAO

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Obama administration's enabling of government fraud by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

STEVE SHERMAN: GAO enables fraud

By Steve Sherman

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican AP Photo/File)

Gene Dodaro, comptroller, says government spending mistakes totaled $124 billion last year

By Anjali Shastry - The Washington Times

A cyber security threat map is displayed inside a lounge during the RSA Conference on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in San Francisco. Threat analysts, security vendors and corporate IT administrators have gathered here to talk about malicious software, spear-phishing and other attacks that can steal money or secrets from companies and consumers. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Security incidents up 1,121 percent among federal agencies: report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

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Golden Hammer: Pentagon overspends to move service members

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Adopted children who are ‘re-homed’ hard to find, track: GAO report

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent escorts a handcuffed illegal immigrant convicted of a felony that was taken into custody during an early morning operation in Dallas on March 6, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama illegal immigration prevention spending in Central America backfires, entices migrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS risks ‘unfair’ audits of nonprofits: Watchdog

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 5, 2014, file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In remarks prepared for a Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 Senate Finance Committee event in Palo Alto, Calif., Wyden, a leading Senate critic of online surveillance, wants the government to stop spying on phone calls, texts and emails, saying the “digital dragnet” doesn’t make the country safer, and only hurts the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Ron Wyden: No actual fraud in Obamacare fake-enrollee study

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Nearly a dozen fake HealthCare.gov enrollees kept plans in 2015: GAO report

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The crude oil debate has once again pitted President Obama against his traditional friends in organized labor. Major labor unions also have criticized the president for refusing to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which the administration admits would create more than 40,000 jobs. (Associated Press)

Oil export ban support pits Obama against organized labor, allies in Congress

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times