Search Result
Search Tags: AP
Banking feds banked big bonuses pre-meltdown
Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.
Tags: P&B , bonuses , FDIC , Office of Thrift Supervision , Comptroller of the Currency , Matt Apuzzo
President pledges $3.4 billion for 'smart' grid
Tags: technology , Smart Grid , Joe Hebert
Paging Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
Tags: Treasury Department , Matt Apuzzo , Tim Geithner
Update: Officials investigating death of Census worker
Tags: newscast , Census Bureau , OPM , Devlin Barrett ,
Afghan Corruption
United States must do more to help Afghanistan battle the corruption undermining critical programs to rebuild the war-torn country, a top government watchdog The Associated Press reports. According to the AP, Arnold Fields, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said Afghan officials have made repeated pleas for assistance in ensuring the billions of dollars in international aid they're receiving are spent properly. Yet graft and fraud remain significant problems even as more U.S. tax dollars flow into the country.
Tags: Pentagon , Afghanistan ,
