• Air Force orders new review into racial, ethnic disparities

    Air Force orders new review into racial, ethnic disparities

    Feb 19, 2021 11:09 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force inspector general will do a second investigation into racial and ethnic disparities across the force, service leaders said Friday, expanding the review to include gender and additional racial categories such as Asian and American Indian. The latest review comes just two months after the IG ...

  • Report slams Chicago response to unrest after Floyd's death

    Report slams Chicago response to unrest after Floyd's death

    Feb 18, 2021 08:15 PM EDT

    ... officers took steps to cover up their actions during the unrest, a watchdog agency said in a blistering report released Thursday. Chicago's Office of Inspector General pinned much of the blame on the police department's "senior leadership," saying it failed front-line officers and the public for the ...

  • Audit raises concerns about wildfire risks at U.S. nuclear lab

    Audit raises concerns about wildfire risks at U.S. nuclear lab

    Feb 10, 2021 08:55 PM EDT

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the nation's premier nuclear laboratories isn't taking the necessary precautions to guard against wildfires, according to an audit by the U.S. Energy Department's inspector general. The report comes as wildfire risks intensify across the drought-stricken U.S. West. Climatologists ...

  • Why reforming the U.S. approach to deportations could be Biden's biggest immigration challenge

    Why reforming the U.S. approach to deportations could be Biden's biggest immigration challenge

    Feb 03, 2021 10:51 PM EDT

    ... and the union representing ICE, as reported by Buzzfeed News, could hamper his efforts. In a letter sent to Congressional committees and the department’s inspector general, a whistleblower alleged that these agreements “confer on the union the ability to indefinitely delay changes to immigration enforcement policies and practices as ...

  • WATCH: Senate votes to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's homeland security nominee

    WATCH: Senate votes to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's homeland security nominee

    Feb 02, 2021 09:14 PM EDT

    ... if he can do that, then we can still maintain border security.” At Mayorkas' confirmation hearing, senators raised the 2015 report by the Office of Inspector General that criticized him for his management of a program that granted U.S. residency to foreign investors. The investigation found he created an ...

  • Ex-FBI lawyer given probation for Russia probe actions

    Ex-FBI lawyer given probation for Russia probe actions

    Jan 29, 2021 11:11 PM EDT

    ... to have been charged with any wrongdoing. The surveillance application process Clinesmith was part of was nonetheless tainted by major problems, with a Justice Department inspector general report identifying dozens of errors and omissions in the four warrant applications filed with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Even so, that aspect ...

  • AP report: DOJ rescinds 'zero tolerance' immigration rule

    AP report: DOJ rescinds 'zero tolerance' immigration rule

    Jan 26, 2021 11:13 PM EDT

    ... regulation changes. The policy was a disaster; there was no system created to reunite children with their families. A report from the Justice Department's inspector general, released earlier this month, found that the policy led to a $227 million funding shortfall. Children suffered lasting emotional damage from the separations ...

  • WATCH: Alejandro Mayorkas faces nomination vote from Senate Homeland Security Committee

    WATCH: Alejandro Mayorkas faces nomination vote from Senate Homeland Security Committee

    Jan 26, 2021 03:31 PM EDT

    ... are also a nation of laws," he said during his confirmation hearing. At his confirmation hearing, senators raised the 2015 report by the Office of Inspector General that criticized Mayorkas for his management of a program that granted U.S. residency to foreign investors. The investigation found he created an ...

  • Trump impeachment trial threatens new divisions in Congress

    Trump impeachment trial threatens new divisions in Congress

    Jan 25, 2021 11:50 PM EDT

    ... s gone, is really still being attached to some chaos and to some real questions. This time, it's at the Department of Justice. The inspector general today announced that his office is going to be launching an investigation to see if any DOJ officials try to wield power to ...

  • Watchdog investigates if DOJ officials tried to overturn election

    Watchdog investigates if DOJ officials tried to overturn election

    Jan 25, 2021 06:37 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Monday that the investigation will probe allegations concerning the conduct ...