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audit stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy just loves her fleurs and she's often photographed arranging blooms in the Elysée Palace. Problem is, the flowers are costing French taxpayers $1,100 a day, and they want the spending nipped in the bud. The blooming bills were revealed in the first state... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • spending • Elysee • audit • flowers • Carla Bruni • French

 Blackwater Bilked US Out of 
 $55M for Iraq Security: Audit 

Company didn't provide enough workers

Jun 16, 09 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US overpaid Blackwater by $55 million for its security work in Iraq, a government audit has found. The company, since renamed Xe, didn't employ enough guards, medics, and other personnel to protect high-level officials but still collected full payment from the State Department, the Wall Street Journal reports. "... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • State Department • Blackwater • security guards • audit • government contracts • Xe

 FBI Neglected 
 Terror Watch 
 List: Audit 

Suspects may have traveled into US while off the list

May 6, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(AP) - The FBI is slow to update the national terror suspect watch list, and the lapses pose real risks to US security, according to a Justice Department audit. Twelve terror suspects who were either not listed or were slow to be added may have traveled into or out of the US,... More »

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Department of Justice • FBI • audit • terror suspects • terrorist watch list

ANALYSIS

 What If I Don't Feel Like Filing? 

Christopher Beam explores the potential evader's options

Apr 15, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - With millions of Americans enduring long lines at the post office today to file their tax returns, Christopher Beam of Slate can’t help wonder: What would happen if you simply didn’t file? The answer is probably not much—7 million Americans declined to file last year, and only... More »

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taxes • IRS • income tax • business • tax evasion • audit • federal income tax • Wesley Snipes

Too-Speedy Bailout Spending May Squander Billions

Auditors understaffed for behemoth task, leaving field open to shifty contractors

Feb 9, 09 4:24 AM CST
(Newser) - If new federal bailout funds are spent too quickly, billions could be wasted because the government administrative staff may be too overburdened to provide adequate oversight, warn budget experts. Billions of dollars in government money were squandered by private contractors who overcharged the Bush administration, according to a government report.... More »

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contractors • oversight • audit • economic stimulus package • government contracts • financial crisis • President Obama

Obama's Haul Spurs Concern About Faceless Donors

But it paves way for new standard in political fundraising system

Oct 26, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The huge success of Barack Obama’s Internet fundraising campaign has sparked concerns about the regulation of campaign finance. Some worry that the faceless system allows for easy abuse, particularly in light of donations from anonymous or clearly fake names such as "Osama bin Laden," the Washington Post... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • campaign fundraising • public financing • audit • Election 2008

 Audit Shows Billions Unaccounted for in Iraq

Almost $8.2B in Iraq War funding evaded federal rules, reports the Pentagon

May 23, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pentagon audit of $8.2 billion in taxpayer money spent in Iraq found that nearly all of the handouts skirted federal rules, and millions of dollars in contracts were awarded with little or no record of what they were for, reports the New York Times. Take the $320.8... More »

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Pentagon • contractors • US military • audit • Iraq contractors • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • IAP

IRS Employees Charged With Sneaking Into Records

Internal audit nabs five in Calif. office; ties to snooped-on taxpayers uncertain

May 16, 08 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five employees at a California branch of the Internal Revenue Service have been charged with illegally inspecting citizens’ tax information, ComputerWorld reports. Exactly whom the workers were snooping on was not disclosed, but there were up to 13 victims, all in 2006. Court dates on misdemeanor charges are pending for... More »

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taxes • IRS • misdemeanor • audit

Audits Rip Fed Oversight of Security Firms, Costs

Lax controls, slopping accounting

Oct 23, 07 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A State Department internal review of its own security practices in Iraq is sharply critical of the lack of oversight of private contractors Blackwater, DynCorp International and Triple Canopy. A second report due today says officials can't say what the government got for $1.2B paid to DynCorp since 2004,... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Pentagon • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Blackwater • contractors • Triple Canopy • convoys • DynCorp • audit • security practices

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