• Iowa Gov. Reynolds should return $450,000 in improperly spent COVID funds, says state auditor

    Iowa Gov. Reynolds should return $450,000 in improperly spent COVID funds, says state auditor

    Mar 01, 2022 07:48 PM EDT

    ... of the auditor can result in noncompliance, which can require repayment of improperly used federal funding. In November, a spokesman for the Treasury Office of Inspector General told The Associated Press that the office had not initiated an audit of the governor's office salaries and was awaiting "resolution of ...

  • First trial of a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter begins, outcome could influence other cases

    First trial of a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter begins, outcome could influence other cases

    Feb 28, 2022 04:05 PM EDT

    ... the building, and threatening his teenage children if they reported him to authorities. WATCH: House Administration hearing on Jan. 6 attack with the Capitol Police Inspector General Reffitt's trial could be a bellwether for many other Capitol riot cases. A conviction would give prosecutors more leverage in plea talks ...

  • Zinke misused position, lied to ethics official, according to federal investigators

    Zinke misused position, lied to ethics official, according to federal investigators

    Feb 16, 2022 05:52 PM EDT

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a development project in his Montana hometown and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement, according to a report from federal investigators released Wednesday. The investigation by the Interior Department's inspector general ...

  • Biden White House moves to protect data from politics after Trump census pressure

    Biden White House moves to protect data from politics after Trump census pressure

    Jan 18, 2022 11:13 PM EDT

    ... civil rights groups and led to a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to end census field operations two weeks earlier than planned. An Inspector General report around that time said the decision to speed up the schedule was not made by the Census Bureau and it could jeopardize ...

  • Watchdog warned of Afghan air force collapse ahead of U.S. pullout

    Watchdog warned of Afghan air force collapse ahead of U.S. pullout

    Jan 18, 2022 04:39 PM EDT

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Months before President Joe Biden announced the U.S.’s complete withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, Washington’s watchdog warned that the Afghan air force would collapse without critical American aid, training and maintenance. The report was declassified Tuesday. The report by the Special Inspector General for ...

  • WATCH: U.S. Capitol Police chief testifies on reforms since Jan. 6 security failures

    WATCH: U.S. Capitol Police chief testifies on reforms since Jan. 6 security failures

    Jan 05, 2022 02:11 PM EDT

    ... state-of-the-art training for its 1,800 sworn police officers and nearly 400 civilian employees after a report from U.S. Capitol Police Inspector General documented that more than 75% of officers on Jan. 6, 2021, were forced to protect the Capitol in their regular uniforms, often facing ...

  • Jan. 6 insurrection prompts year of change for U.S. Capitol Police

    Jan. 6 insurrection prompts year of change for U.S. Capitol Police

    Jan 04, 2022 05:40 PM EDT

    ... gathering and expertise needed, and an overall cultural change needed to move the department into a protective agency as opposed to a traditional police department," Inspector General Michael Bolton told lawmakers on the Senate Rules Committee last month. Police say they have been focused on "completing the recommendations that could ...

  • Pentagon eases approval process for urgent use of D.C. National Guard

    Pentagon eases approval process for urgent use of D.C. National Guard

    Dec 30, 2021 10:49 PM EDT

    ... authorities. After January's riot, the Pentagon came under criticism by some for a slow response to requests for Guard assistance, although a Defense Department inspector general review concluded that senior defense officials had acted appropriately before and during the riot. The use of National Guard troops in the nation ...

  • Military still grappling with racism and extremism, investigation finds

    Military still grappling with racism and extremism, investigation finds

    Dec 29, 2021 10:06 PM EDT

    ... Secretary of Defense, has taken immediate action to address extremism. In addition to the new guidelines on extremism, the Defense Department appointed an interim deputy inspector general for diversity and inclusion and military insider threats in April.WATCH: Exploring Hate: An inside look at anti-extremism training in the military ...

  • U.S. narcotics agent sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiring with Colombian cartel

    U.S. narcotics agent sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiring with Colombian cartel

    Dec 10, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

    ... Irizarry's wife, Nathalia Gomez-Irizarry, and a Colombian customs worker, nobody else has been charged in the conspiracy. The U.S. Justice Department's Inspector General slammed the DEA in a report over the summer for failing to properly oversee what are supposed to be tightly monitored stings of ...