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IGs tell managers, employees to beef up fight against workplace fraud
Agency leaders take steps to show they're serious about employee fraud. Too often, they're relying on the inspector general's office to detect corruption.
Tags: fraud , Richard Skinner , Michael Horowitz , DHS , DoJ , whistleblowers , workforce , Ruben Gomez , Association of Government Accountants
DHS underscores efforts to battle corruption
The Customs and Border Protection directorate wants to weed out agents who "go bad" years into their careers, using more lie detector tests. Background checks at the Transportation Security Administration have kept more than 5,000 potentially bad actors from joining the TSA workforce. At Immigration and Customs Enforcement, leaders emphasize the importance of employee outreach and education to prevent corruption.
Tags: oversight , management , ICE , CBP , DHS , Thomas Winkowski , James Duncan , Timothy Moynihan , Michael McCaul , House Homeland Security Committee , Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management , ethics , Ruben Gomez
Crackdown
The Bulgarian government is moving to authorize widespread confiscation of illegally obtained assets. Their goal is to crackdown ion powerful organized crime and corruption.
Justice Minister Margarita Popova said the action would be a key weapon for the newly elected government, to fight crime and avoid punishment from the European Union.
Failure to demonstrate results by July next year could cut off Bulgaria's access to 11 billion Euros foreign. Bulgaria is also thought tO be a major hub of illegal cyber activity.
Tags: technology , Pentagon , Bulgaria , crime , Cyber
Corruption in the ranks frustrates CBP
More than 125 U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees have been arrested or indicted on corruption charges since 2004. We get details from The Hill's Jordy Yager
Tags: Federal Drive , Congress , DHS , CBP , The Hill , Jordy Yager , Alan Bersin
Plea deal reached; Jack Johnson back in court
Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson originally pleaded not guilty in a pay-to-play scheme involving developers in Prince George's. He's back in court Tuesday for a re-arraignment, which indicates he's reached a deal with federal prosecutors.
Tags: Jack Johnson , Leslie Johnson , pay-to-play
Prince George's watchdog orgs lack real power
One day after former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson was indicted in federal court on charges of conspiracy, extortion and bribery, Prince George's County officials say fighting corruption is top of mind. But there's a problem. The agencies supposedly serving as government watchdogs appear to be missing some teeth.
Tags: Jack Johnson , Prince George's County Board of Ethics , Rushern Baker , Anne Magner , Ingrid Turner , Prince George's Office of Audits and Investigation , David Van Dyke , Kate Ryan
Corruption investigations in Iraq, Afghanistan on the rise
Stuart Bowen, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, discusses why alleged fraud cases seems to be increasing in the war zones.
Tags: Stuart Bowen , DoD , Iraq , Afghanistan , inspector general , accountability , Federal Drive , contracting
Baker expresses concern over Pr. Geo. Police
While uncertainity surrounds Prince George's County Police Chief Roberto Hylton's job, the county executive-elect says he's worried about what's been happening in the police department.
Tags: Rushern Baker , Roberto Hylton , The Politics Program , Prince George's County Police , University of Maryland , Jack Johnson , Leslie Johnson ,
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Tags: tech , CIO , federal CIO , Vivek Kundra , WTOP , Mark Segraves , FBI , bribery ,
Feds: Misconduct by CIA's Foggo stretched decades
Prosecutors say a former top CIA official soon to be sentenced on corruption charges had a history of misconduct stretching over two decades.
Tags: mngt , CIA , Kyle "Dusty" Foggo ,
