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The U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development fails to use common-sense oversight.

In "Million-Dollar Wasteland," The Washington Post's Debbie Cenziper reports that the federal government's largest housing construction program for the poor has squandered hundreds of millions of dollars on stalled or […]
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Lax oversight in the Salt Lake City FBI office could be detrimental to national security.

After nearly a yearlong investigation, including interviews with FBI informants, Lori Prichard and Kelly Just report on the corruption inside the SLC FBI offices. These whistleblowers were interviewed as part […]
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The NJ Casino Reinvestment Development Authority forced by former admin. to make bad loan.

The Press of Atlantic City reports that the former governor of New Jersey pressured the CRDA to make a $4 million loan to another state agency. Corzine's administration pressed the […]
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Former SEDC officials accused of embezzlement

Two San Diego redevelopment officials were arrested and accused of "embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds." The voiceofsandiego.org investigation that began in 2008 culminated this week when the Southeastern Economic […]
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White House visitor logs incomplete

An analysis by the Center for Public Integrity recently revealed that the visitor logs for the White House are incomplete. The logs are the "official record" of who stops by […]
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On Shaky Ground series

A three-part investigation by California Watch uncovered "systematic failures by the state's chief regulator of construction standards for public schools." The series exposed lax oversight of earthquake safety certification for […]
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NY lawmakers cut services while funneling money to own interests

Michelle Breidenbach of The Post-Standard in Syracuse, NY, reports that while New York state lawmakers were cutting services for health and education, they continued to quietly borrow millions of dollars […]
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Head of Emerging Technology Fund profited off of private deals

The Dallas Morning News investigated Alan Kirchhoff, the former director of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's prized economic development program, the Emerging Technology Fund. The story traced the rapid rise of […]
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Program for violent offenders deporting non-criminal immigrants

"Secure Communities, a federal immigration-enforcement program designed to identify and deport violent illegal immigrants, has increasingly targeted and deported undocumented immigrants with no criminal backgrounds," reports Thomas Francis of the […]
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Debt collection software for Sacramento County millions over budget

In 2005, Sacramento County decided to invest $4.4 million in a custom-built debt collection system.  The system was expected to be implemented within two years.  An investigation by the Sacramento […]
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