Posts Tagged ‘big government’
VA executives awash in bonuses despite ongoing wait-list scandal
Veteran Affairs employees raked in a combined $177 million in bonuses in fiscal-year 2015 even though VA offices across the country remain plagued by reports of mismanagement and continued manipulation…
Read MoreThese senators just gave the Veterans Affairs secretary a deadline for answering reform-focused questions
A dozen U.S. senators over the weekend requested President Obama’s Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald answer by Nov. 14 four questions about what, if anything, the department has done to…
Read MoreColorado VA office under investigation for allegedly fudging wait-times
Veterans Affairs employees in Colorado in an effort to cover up actual wait times are under investigation for allegedly keeping unofficial wait lists of veterans seeking care, investigators announced Wednesday.…
Read MoreU.S. attorney general declines to prosecute EPA employee in center of pollution scandal
The Environmental Protection Agency employee in the thick of the scandal that polluted three U.S. rivers due to a Colorado mine wastewater spill will not face prosecution, the U.S. Attorney…
Read MoreStudy: Common Core benefits to students, educators ‘elusive’
Recent analysis released last month of federal funding for Common Core standards shows the only winners of its implementation are not students but those who set the draft the curriculum…
Read MoreIRS persists in singling out, delaying tea-party groups’ tax-exempt-status applications
Authorities at the Internal Revenue Service after promising to speed up processing on long-in-limbo tax-exempt-status applications of conservative groups is reversing course and doubling down on their demands for additional…
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