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Large firms awarded small business contracts by U.S. agencies

An analysis by The Washington Post found "U.S. government agencies made at least $5 billion in mistakes in their recent reports of contracts awarded to small businesses, with many claiming […]
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Campaigns benefiting from large donors

The latest campaign finance disclosures point to a proliferation of large donors supporting candidates and their parties and much of that money is coming from donors with interests in Washington, […]
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Know Parking Here series

A project by CTV-British Columbia and ESRI Canada mapped parking ticket trends in Vancouver.   Through a freedom of information request, CTV received digital copies of all the parking tickets issued […]
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LAPD paying too much in overtime

Jason Kandel of the Los Angeles Daily News reports that overtime pay for Los Angeles police officers has increased almost 150 percent in the past decade. According to department records, […]
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Obama campaign slow to return money to fictitious donors

Michael Luo and Griff Palmer of The New York Times report that nearly 3,000 donations to Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign have been in the name of fake donors. […]
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The Favor Factory 2008

An investigation by The Seattle Times shows that Congressional earmarks remain a problem despite efforts in ethics reform.  A Times analysis of the 2008 defense bill found $3.5 in hidden […]
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Texas senators play loose with payroll laws

"State senators may be violating a Texas Constitution ban on using taxpayer money for bonuses to government workers by approving temporary end-of-year raises to give staffers thousands of dollars in […]
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Atlanta 911 center mistakes put lives in danger

An investigation by D.L. Bennett, Cameron McWhirter, Heather Vogell and data analysts Megan Clarke and John Perry of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has found that the apathy and negligence of workers […]
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Urban sprawl remains a problem in Fresno

A series by Brad Branan of The Fresno Bee looks at problems with how the city of Fresno, Calif. regulates development. Despite a plan to curb urban sprawl, it continues […]
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Central Ohio fire departments missing the national response standard

The National Fire Protection Association says that firefighters should get to a site within 6 minutes, 90 percent of the time. Using state fire-run data, Doug Caruso, Martin Rozenman and […]
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