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Tax Cheats Pony up $5.5 Billion in Amnesty Program
In all, the Internal Revenue Service recouped more than $5.5 billion. But there's more. The Government Accountability Office suspects that thousands of other taxpayers have quietly started reporting foreign accounts without paying
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Lawmakers Probe Gaps in Fertilizer Plant Rules
George Miller, top Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, also is asking the Government Accountability Office to examine whether the Texas plant was exempt from certain regulations and why. Some plants with 10
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NM Slaughterhouse Ground Zero in Horse Debate
would be more humane than shipping the animals elsewhere. They point to a 2011 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office that found horse abuse and abandonment increasing since Congress effectively banned horse slaughter
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The Government Agency That Should Fine Itselfmillions of cases left to review, and no idea whether their findings were reliable, according to the Government Accountability Office . Rep. Carolyn B Maloney (D-NY), no shrinking violet, was far too kind when she said, the final
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Bid for FBI Building Sets off Regional Competition
Hoover Building is obsolete, inefficient and in disrepair. Those findings were confirmed by a 2011 Government Accountability Office report that agreed the building didn't meet the agency's long-term security needs. The bureau
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Obama Taking Action on Gun Background Check System
losing up to 5 percent of the federal funding they receive to fight crime. Last year's review by the Government Accountability Office found that although the number of mental health records available to the background check system increased
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'Gang of 8' to Introduce Immigration Bill TodayStates before Dec. 31, 2011 to apply for legal status, setting them off on a 10-year path to citizenship. A February GAO report found that Yuma sector already had 100 percent operational control, where as Marfa sector reported only 11 percent operational
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Is the Border Secure? Ranchers Say No
and funnel drugs or have people climb over walls in that area. No, they come through here." A Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) report from February found that most apprehensions, 38%, and drug seizures, 28%, occur in the Tucson
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Insolvent Union Pension Plans May Double By 2017
The report, issued by the Government Accountability Office , included the survey results workers and retirees, the GAO said. Read more: New Changes continues to increase, but the GAO warns that the insurance fund manufacturing, according to the GAO . For multiemployer plans
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Walgreens Clinics a Challenge to Doctors
workers get false or misleading information about their 401(k) fund options when they switch jobs. The Government Accountability Office - the Congressional watchdog - says the guidance workers receive is either too complex or too general
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401(k) Rollover Process Can Be Misleading, Report Says
study, the U.S. Government Accountability Office called 30 call center Your 401(k) The GAO said the current rollover the report said. " GAO found that service rolled over," the GAO reported. An example rollover process," the GAO report stated. The Internal
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'Gang of Eight' to Tour Arizona-Mexico Border
Homeland Security has focused on the region. The Tucson sector reported making the most apprehensions and the most drug seizures out of all nine border sectors in 2011, according to a Government Accountability Office report released in February
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Hotel Contracts for Biden Trip to London, Paris Totaled $1 Million
required to travel in advance of the president or vice president. Safety and security are not negotiable." A 1999 GAO report showed that trips President Bill Clinton took to Africa, Chile and China in 1998 cost $42.8 million, $10.5 million
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Coburn on GAO Report : We Look Like 'Jackasses'Misled. And incompetent. And that the American public needs to hold us accountable. It took me forever to get this I asked the GAO for this individual. The citizen and possible. I asked the congressional research service for that He said it's an impossible
us accountable. It took me forever to get this I asked the GAO for this individual. The citizen and possible. I asked the congressional research service for that He said it's an impossible that sought -
Group Pushes to Switch Dollar Currency From Paper to CoinThere's a new call to dump the dollar bill that comes from the Government Accountability Office a congressional watchdog agency. The office says the US could save almost a 150 million dollars a year by switching to dollar
a new call to dump the dollar bill that comes from the Government Accountability Office a congressional watchdog agency. The office says the US could save almost a 150 million dollars a year by switching to dollar -
Blunt to Obama: 'You've Got the Biggest Microphone'and fairness before you evaluated. As that the Government Accountability Office that you report. Showing. tens of millions for less. Senator says that looking at this GAO report all these duplicative agencies makes congress
year and fairness before you evaluated. As -- -- -- that the Government Accountability Office that you report. Showing. -- tens of millions of dollars in duplicate programs. Showing that. Congress never goes back to see whether -
Sen. Blunt Takes a Ride on ABC's 'Subway Series'we should. Forced applies. And look at the Government Accountability Office that you report. Showing. tens of millions over again senator Coburn says looking at this GAO report all of these duplicative agencies makes congress
on the ground that we should. Forced applies. And look at the Government Accountability Office that you report. Showing. -- tens of millions of dollars in duplicate programs. Showing that. Congress never goes back to see whether these programs are actually important. Create more appropriate to the same thing over and over again senator Coburn says looking at this GAO report all of these duplicative agencies makes congress quickly. Appointed Jack asks. Thank you can't hear you very little leadership you can actually -
Allegations of Military Misconducttime for military record. This past week the Government Accountability Office reported the violations by recruiters jumped or is this a wider systemic issue here. The GAO report bill certainly says that the the pressures the
comes at a difficult time for military record. This past week the Government Accountability Office reported the violations by recruiters jumped by 50%. Last year as they struggled to meet their targets amid mounting casualties in Iraq -
Concern Over Dietary Supplement Sales Tacticsabout their herbal dietary supplements. The GAO found that certain dietary supplements commonly Potentially harmful medical advice the GAO says there is simply no scientific research for cancer or below cure alzheimer's the GAO also sent some herbal supplement ingredients
sales people -- series of questions about their herbal dietary supplements. The GAO found that certain dietary supplements commonly used by the elderly were deceptively or questionable. In some cases investigators were given. Potentially harmful medical advice the GAO says there is simply no scientific research to support such claims as garlic as a magic bullet for blood pressure or diabetes. Or ginseng as a cure for cancer or -- below -- -- cure alzheimer's the GAO also sent some herbal supplement ingredients to a lab and found. Trace amounts of at least one potentially hazardous contaminant in 37 of the forty herbal dietary products tested. Traces of elements like lead Mercury and arsenic were found but below the levels of FDA or EPA regulations. The GAO points out that some herbal supplements can interact in a potentially harmful manner with certain prescription drugs. But this is not always -
Meet Woody, the Bomb-Sniffing Dogat sniffing out explosives in luggage but now are increasingly being. We're so busy airport terminals action. The GAO report criticizes the government for spending 100 million dollars on a new program. to 700 canine teams in roughly a year
-- are increasingly being. We're so busy airport terminals -- action. The GAO report criticizes the government for spending 100 million dollars on a new program. -- to 700 canine teams in roughly a year. Before
