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Former G-men retire to top jobs: Secret Service agents are exploiting a loophole in civil-service rules to assume high-level, high-paying jobs some may be unqualified for in Offices of Inspectors General
At a time when federal law enforcement finds its resources stretched to the limit with the war on terrorism, an increasing number of retired U.S....
Insight on the News, 05/13/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication -
Is there a plan to clean up the IDB? After many months of denial that anything was amiss, officials at Latin America's key development bank have established procedures for greater accountability
The stakes had grown increasingly high, but the speaker knew his subject. In an address kicking off the annual meeting of the U.S....
Insight on the News, 05/13/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication -
Whistle-blower gives lesson about politics and power
It's hard to feel sympathy for socialist Edith Cresson, France's former prime minister, recently indicted by a Belgian court on corruption charges...
Insight on the News, 04/29/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication -
Throwing the book at pigs in power
For those hungry for news about how Washington wastes your tax dollars in pork-barrel spending, the watchers serves up this tasty dish. Just a week...
Insight on the News, 04/29/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication -
Treasury Czar key to MDB reform efforts
Amid growing scrutiny arising from various corruption scandals affecting the multilateral development banks (MDBs), the role of a powerful Treasury...
Insight on the News, 04/29/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication -
Is safety the concern of U.S. Coast Guard?
Concerns about the U.S. Coast Guard's alleged "revolving-door" relationship with the maritime industry [see the watchers, Feb. 18-March 3] appear...
Insight on the News, 04/15/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication -
IDB admits pipeline project is in trouble
Faced with growing international pressure over plans to finance a Peruvian natural-gas project, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President...
Insight on the News, 04/15/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication -
DOE making cents at expense of sense
A national nuclear lab--this time the Nevada Test Site--is the latest scene of a crime against the U.S. taxpayer. A new report by the Department of...
Insight on the News, 04/15/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication -
Chairman Grassley questions IRS audit of Judicial Watch
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has demanded answers from the IRS concerning the handling of an audit of Judicial...
Insight on the News, 04/01/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication -
Accountability at the World Bank, IMF
The Bretton Woods Project, a global watchdog group, has launched an important petition drive. A campaign expressing concerns about how the...
Insight on the News, 04/01/03 by Martin Edwin Andersen · More from publication
