Federal authorities who raided the home and office of Michigan Sen. Bert Johnson are investigating claims that the state lawmaker misused Senate funds to pay an employee who never worked for him.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI spent a half-billion-dollars on a Sentinel computerized file system, but the system is rife with problems, Newsweek reports. Officials insisted the Sentinel would be completed by the end of 2009 for $425 million. But a report by the Justice Department Inspector General found mismanagement, cost overruns and technical problems…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The acting inspector general of Homeland Security is accused of mismanagement and nepotism, the New York Post reports. Documents obtained by the Post show that Charles Edwards took at least four jaunts on the taxpayers’ dime and employed his wife. Never mind that Edwards’ job is to protect the agency from violating…
