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Pension abuses hurt employees

Michael L. Diamond, with contributions from Paul D'Ambrosio and Nicholas Clunn, Eileen Smith and Peter Spencer of Gannett New Jersey newspapers reviewed the state's pension program, finding that "while the […]
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Pharmaceutical industry uses lobby powers to ensure legislative dominance

M. Asif Ismail of The Center for Public Integrity reviewed lobbying records to report on the "deep-pocketed pharmaceutical and health products industry", which "has lobbied on more than 1,400 congressional […]
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Restaurant inspections find high number of infractions

Lee Davidson of The Deseret Morning News uses computer assisted-reporting to analyze nearly 10,000 restaurant inspections during 2003 and 2004. The data were obtained through a state open records request. […]
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Medicare schemes may have cost taxpayers millions

Erin McCormick of the San Francisco Chronicle investigated Medicare scams dealing with elderly immigrants. What the Chronicle discovered were two scams: the first was a sleep clinic, which billed Medicare […]
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Radiologist's long hours invoke suspicion

Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber of the Los Angeles Times used California's Public Records Act to show that "Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center paid more than $1.3 million over […]
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County workers cashing in on overtime

Mickey Ciokajlo and Todd Lighty of the Chicago Tribune used Cook County payroll data to find that "more than 100 county workers were each paid $50,000 or more in overtime […]
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Physicians stay on, despite past drug and alcohol problems

Cheryl W. Thompson of The Washington Post studied medical board records from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, finding that "scores of physicians in the area and across the […]
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Police use of steriods a growing problem

CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin reports on police officers who use steriods. Griffin reports this is a growing problem across the country as police feel they need to bulk up […]
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Faulty oversight put youth at risk

Jonathan D. Rockoff and John B. O'Donnell of The (Baltimore) Sun analyzed spending by 25 companies that run group homes for foster children, finding "a broad failure by the state […]
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High-risk drivers make up majority of DUI offenses

Matthew Junker of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review used arrest data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts to determine that fully 56 percent of the people arrested last year were in […]
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