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Waiting for Justice
Investigation into an EEOC complaint that languished and a defendant who not only got away, but then made money off of the federal goverment. The story focused on a religious discrimination case and a fine that was never paid.
Tags: Religious Discrimination; EEOC
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CR Investigates New Worries Over Lead
This investigation tested dozens of products and found that many, especially those for children, contained unsafe levels of lead. Many of the toys tested had never been recalled before; the findings reported in this investigation exposed big gaps in federal guidelines, which allowed all of these dangerous products to stay on the shelf.
Tags: consumer safety; child health; lead; poisoning; federal goverment
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The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite
Author Ann Finkbeiner examines the history and activities of JASON. The JASON Defense Advisory Group is a group of university scientists, mostly physicists, who gather every summer to work on specific problems for the government. These problems are often military, and often classified. The group began in 1960, and counted Manhattan Project alums as some of its early members. Now, they are responsible for such innovations as the electronic battlefield, the laser guide star, a three-dimensional mapping system of the ocean's temperatures, which is used for oceanography studies and to chart global warming, and Star Wars (or Startegic Defense Initiative), the attempt to find a countermeasure for hostile ICBMs. The group is completely independent in its decision-making and in the choosing of its members, though it is funded largely by government organizations.
Tags: JASON; national defense; Manhattan Project; science; physicists; secret goverment organizations; technology; Star Wars; SDI
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Councilmen on Tourism Spree
Local councilmen in Brazil were collecting per diems paid out to enable politicians to attend qualification courses presented in other countries. Using a hidden camera, the reporter passed himself off as a politician as the others admitted they were only signing up for these courses to collect the money while skipping the classes and taking a vacation. As a result of the investigation, many city councils in the southern Brazil state of Rio Grande do Sul cut back the payments.
Tags: per diems; councilmen; Brazil; goverment; politicians
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The Collector Sector
Common Cause Magazine looks at "how private consulting firms are cashing in on goverment programs for the poor."
Tags: Medicaid; private consulting firms; government programs; federal programs; contracts; Medicaid provider; private consultants
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Umatilla: Mistrust & Money
Triggered by a false emergency warning on Dec. 30, 1999, the investigation researches on the chemical protection program for the inhabitants that live near the Umatilla Chemical Depot, where 12% of America's chemical weapons are stored. The article details how, after 10 years and $50 million, the goverment is still unable to protect the people and were the major errors reside in the CSEPP policies and program implementation.
Tags: Oregon; Oregon State Police; chemical weapons; chemical depot; FEMA; Pentagon; Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program; FOIA; Army; chemical safety.
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The Search for the Lost Bomber
43 years ago a B-25 crashed into the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh. The plane was never recovered, and some wonder if the goverment secretly removed the AIr Force bomber.
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In These Times reports on the ongoing legal battle that pits Inslaw Corp. against the U.S. Dept. of Justice; Inslaw charges the goverment with stealing the company's computer program, conspiring to send the company into bankruptcy and initiating a coverup, May 29 - June 11, 1991.
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Des Moines Register article indicates that under the Reagan Administration, the U.S. poultry industry is increasingly allowed to conduct its own testing for harmful chemical residues, to decide when potential problems should be reported to the goverment, and other functions once handled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, April 1983.
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