When the government finally built a backup passport center to be used in case Washington became debilitated, it picked a location directly in the path of potential future disaster, the hurricane-prone Mississippi Gulf Coast, which was ravaged by Katrina just a few years ago.
When the government's main printing agency booked $100 million in unexpected profit it went on a spending spree: large bonuses to top managers, trips to Paris and Las Vegas, and an official photo of the boss that cost $10,000.
Three House leaders and the Government Printing Office's watchdog said yesterday that they are investigating security concerns about the production of electronic passports highlighted during an investigation by The Washington Times.
The United States has outsourced the manufacturing of its electronic passports to overseas companies — including one in Thailand that was victimized by Chinese espionage — raising concerns that cost savings are being put ahead of national security, an investigation by The Was …
The head of a US body-snatching ring accused of stealing the parts of around 1,000 people has pleaded guilty, after striking a deal with prosecutors.
Security, mission creep and bureaucracy nearly doubled the cost of a U.S. helicopter fleet and pushed its deadline into the unknown, The Washington Post said.
FBI headquarters officials sought to cover their informal and possibly illegal acquisition of phone records on thousands of Americans from 2003 to 2005 by issuing 11 improper, retroactive "blanket" administrative subpoenas in 2006 to three phone companies that are under contract …
Former U.S. Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, noted as a consumer champion and dedicated foe of big business, has died at the age of 90.
Ah, inflation. Everything costs more eventually, right? In the U.S., the average price of gasoline has reached an all-time high of $3.27 per gallon. And around the world, the cost of food is following suit.
Democratic lawmakers on Thursday demanded the U.S. Agriculture Department release by next week a list of stores which received the 143 million lbs of beef recalled by a California company last month, but administration officials said that may not be possible.
The nation's broadcasting lobbyists cheered the Federal Communications Commission's December 18, 2007 decision to relax its newspaper/TV station cross-ownership ban.
The Chicago-based Quaker Oats Co. has announced a recall of several varieties of its Aunt Jemima pancake and waffle mix for possible salmonella contamination.
This is a chart that lots of well-paid corporate executives probably do not want you to see.
Survey results released by We Media/Zogby earlier this week show that more people turn to the internet for news than any other source.
On a recent trip to the grocery store, a friend of mine living in the Midwest decided to put in a plug for grass-fed beef. They won't supply it if we don't ask for it, right? She approached the man behind the meat counter and asked if they carried it.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has told Congress he would not endorse an outright ban on so-called downer cows entering the food supply.
"A person would have had to eat three apples in 1991 to supply the same iron content as one in 1940."
--Brian Halweil, senior researcher at The Worldwatch Institute and author of "Still No Free Lunch: Nutrient levels in U.S. food supply eroded by pursuit of high yields."
The nation's largest meat recall expanded to include processed foods that used the meat, as two of the world's largest packaged-food companies said yesterday that they are recalling products.
House panel probing recalls say companies and federal agencies can't be relied upon to protect American consumers.. House lawmakers, calling the U.S.
Economists are no longer talking about a U.S. recession but a deep recession after figures yesterday showed business sentiment continued to plummet in early February.
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