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Navy should develop new ship and sub reactors that don’t use weapons-grade...
Several times a year, a convoy including an unmarked truck and heavily-armed chase vehicles moves from a government plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, along major highways to others in Irwin, Tennessee, or...
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A break-in at a South African nuclear complex alarms Washington and strains...
This is a fuller, more detailed account of the issues surrounding an alarming break-in at Pelindaba than the Center for Public Integrity published with a partner on March 15.PELINDABA– To gain access...
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Center collaboration on air pollutants in the Texas Eagle Ford Shale wins...
A Center for Public Integrity collaboration with InsideClimate News and The Weather Channel exploring the toxic air emissions in the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas has been awarded first place...
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Interior: New fracking rules are good for public, industry
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced new rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands Friday, arguing that the cost of stronger water and air protections will pay off for industry as...
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Why we still need Sunshine Week
March 21 marks the end of this year's Sunshine Week — seven days to celebrate and encourage transparency in government. The first Sunshine Week took place in 2005 and has since become the darling of...
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Fed war on health care spending abuse needs to include Medicare Advantage
The Obama administration went to great lengths last week to inform us that it recovered $3.3 billion in fraudulent payments to Medicare health care providers in fiscal year 2014. Officials even went so...
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Ted Cruz's presidential cash hunt commences
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today becomes the first high-profile politician to formally announce a 2016 presidential bid. He enjoys certain advantages — and faces significant challenges — as he attempts to...
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Feds claim Obamacare taking a toll on government transparency
Federal health officials say a heavy workload caused by the Affordable Care Act, government technology limits and staff shortages are causing unusually long delays in filling public records requests —...
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Lawmakers boost war spending as the wars wind down
The 2016 House and Senate budget proposals for war spending that moved toward a congressional floor vote this week were loaded up with tens of billions of dollars more than the Defense Department...
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Secretive group destroys candidates' chances, leaves few fingerprints
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Wedged between a nail salon and a pizza shop in a strip mall about 25 miles south of Washington, D.C., is a postal supply store where a small brass mailbox sits stuffed with unopened...
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Lack of choice on high-fee inmate debit cards draws widespread criticism
Dozens of groups are calling on federal regulators to protect released prison inmates from steep fees they must pay to access their own money via prison-issued payment cards.People who are released...
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The political kingmaker nobody knows
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The tiny bottles of 5-hour Energy that made Manoj Bhargava a billionaire are just about everywhere. But the Princeton dropout and former Hindu monk is nearly...
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Michigan governor pardons key adviser to 5-hour Energy megadonor
A top adviser to 5-hour Energy founder Manoj Bhargava was given a rare pardon in 2014 by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, according to the Associated Press.Snyder pardoned Alan Gocha Jr. in December...
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Chairman of 'grossly mismanaged' Chemical Safety Board resigns
Updated: 2:36 p.m., March 27, 2015Felled by charges of mismanagement, the chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has resigned.The departure of Rafael Moure-Eraso was first reported on the board’s...
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Schumer’s road to the top greased by donations to colleagues
It’s not what they teach in civics class, but the best way to snag a leadership position in Congress is by giving generously to one’s colleagues. By that measure, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is...
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U.S. Chamber doubling down on political juggernaut
In late February, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s biggest and most powerful lobbying group, gathered its members from around the country together on a conference call to talk politics.The...
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The enduring myth of cost shifting
Health insurance executives and lobbyists have for years told us that one of the main reasons they charge us so much for coverage is the cost shifting that results from Uncle Sam’s stinginess.The story...
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Rapper-backed group illustrates blind spot in political transparency
It was less than a month before the 2012 election when a spokesman for Black Men Vote, a political group backed by hip-hop musicians including Common and Pras Michel, publicly announced: “I want a...
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New complaints against 2016 hopefuls may be resolved this decade — or not
The Campaign Legal Center today filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission against four potential presidential candidates — Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker and Martin O'Malley—...
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U.S. Internet users pay more and have fewer choices than Europeans
More than a quarter of Americans cannot go online at home to check their children’s grades at school, apply for jobs, pay bills or research health issues. They don’t have what has become a crucial...
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