Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. The U.S. communications regulator on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, proposed a $225 million fine, its largest ever, against two health insurance telemarketers for spamming people with 1 billion robocalls using fake phone numbers. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Scammers impersonate federal watchdog in ‘money-laundering’ calls

Some scammers attempt to steal cash through a money-laundering phone call hoax.

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Lead pandemic watchdog urges lawmakers to extend COVID anti-fraud tool to all federal spending

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GAORebecca Shea, Government Accountability Office

Everybody expected this train wreck, but that doesn’t make it any prettier

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Two agency inspectors general got salaries that busted legal limits on political employee pay

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(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)FILE - In this April 5, 2009 file photo, the Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington.  A government audit finds that more than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police. The Health and Human Services inspector general's office faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law that requires nursing homes to immediately notify police.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Council of Inspectors General honors one of its own

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Gerry Connolly

Rep. Connolly: Select pandemic committee not ‘a substitute for regular oversight’

Congress has approved nearly $3 trillion to keep government services and the economy running during the coronavirus pandemic, but standing up the layers…

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DoDGlenn Fine, inspector general, Defense Department

Trump’s watchdog shakeup underscores legal limits for IG independence

The pandemic board will oversee more than $2 trillion in spending, but recent shakeups in its leadership raise longstanding questions about the independence…

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Mitch McConnell

Updated: What the $2T coronavirus stimulus means for federal employees, retirees and contractors

The president has signed the $2 trillion stimulus and emergency supplemental appropriations package into law. It will have implications for federal employees and their agencies, retirees and contractors.

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