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Consumer groups protest disappearance of doctor discipline data
By Sarah Dorsey Sep 20, 2011 10:09 a.m.Robert Tenny, a doctor identified by the Kansas City star who was sued multiple times for malpractice.
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One out of ten investment advisers disciplined
By Nancy Watzman Jun 29, 2011 12:19 p.m.Throughout his career as a broker-dealer, Anthony Gerard Manaia has been fired twice. He’s been the subject of 18 complaints by disgruntled investors, most of whom accused him of putting their money in risky investments without their knowledge. He’s currently under investigation for his role in a scandal around offerings by a medical financing company that a federal agency has accused of misappropriating investor funds.
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Good investor data are hard to find
By Nancy Watzman Jun 29, 2011 12:18 p.m.In a recent report to Congress, mandated by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law, the SEC maintained that "because selecting a broker-dealer or investment adviser is one of the most important decisions that investors face, information to help them make this choice should be easy to find, easy to use, and easy to understand."
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Investment adviser contributions remain secret
By Nancy Watzman Jun 16, 2011 7:50 a.m.Starting in March 2011, investment advisers who have government clients must keep records of campaign contributions made to elected officials or candidates. But these records are kept secret--buried in internal files, out of the public eye, and available for perusal only by certain government officials.
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Overlooked part of Dodd-Frank law could keep information from the public
By Nancy Watzman Feb 14, 2011 12:20 p.m.Buried in the massive Dodd-Frank financial law is a section that could prevent the public from obtaining records the government collects as part of its new oversight of hedge funds and other private funds managed by investment advisers.
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Wall Street Journal sues for access to Medicare records
By Bill Allison Jan 25, 2011 2:56 p.m.The Wall Street Journal announced today that it's suing for access to data on payments that doctors receive from Medicare, which has been exempt from public disclosure thanks to a 1979 court case won by the American Medical Association. The Journal argues that absent data on the payments, it's impossible for journalists or members of the public to tell which doctors are billing the system improperly. "It's time to overturn an injunction that, for decades, has allowed some doctors to defraud Medicare free from public scrutiny," Mark Jackson, the counsel for Dow Jones, the Journal's immediate parent, said.
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Republicans Ask Watchdogs to Review FOIA Request Process
By Laurel Adams Oct 4, 2010 10:04 a.m.Inspectors general at the Energy Department and Social Security Administration say their review of FOIA procedures at the request of senior Republican lawmakers showed no signs of meddling by political appointees.
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Re-Named Offshore Energy Agency Urged to Publish Production Data
By Linsey Isaacs Sep 29, 2010 9:38 a.m.The scandal-wrecked Minerals Management Services changed its name to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) as part of a promised wave of reforms, but consumer advocacy groups say more transparency is what is really needed at the offshore energy agency.
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‘Baby Steps’ for Federal E-Rulemaking Process
By Jeremy Borden Sep 16, 2010 11:29 a.m.Federal rules affect many aspects of American life, ranging from whether truck drivers can send text messages to standards for the quality of drinking water.
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Consumer Safety Agency Plans Crowdsourcing Database
By Laurel Adams Sep 3, 2010 11:36 a.m.Over the objections of manufacturers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will launch a searchable, online database in March that collects consumer complaints about harmful or dangerous products.
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Gitmo detainee classifications remain detatched from identities
By Gabriel Debenedetti Aug 17, 2010 2:58 p.m.When the Guantanamo Review Task Force summary report was released in June — more than five months after its completion — it marked the latest step in President Barack Obama’s plan to close the detainee prison in Guantanamo Bay.
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OMB struggles to track $800 billion IT spending by government
By Sarah Whitmire Aug 13, 2010 10:11 a.m.IT Dashboard attempts to tracks billions of dollars spent by the federal government on information technology, but the website itself has out of date information and inaccurate ratings on the investment risks of some agency projects.
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NIH urged to create a single website showing grantees' funding
By Claritza Jiménez Aug 12, 2010 12:47 p.m.Dr. Charles Nemeroff’s name is synonymous with what can go wrong when scientists who receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. government’s $31 billion a year medical research arm, fail to disclose business relationships that pose a conflict of interest.
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EPA limits chemical accident data citing security concerns
By Chris Hamby Aug 10, 2010 12:03 p.m.It has been 20 years since Congress included provisions in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments to inform citizens of risks from factories using hazardous substances, but the data that details the potential effects of accidents at these sites is largely unavailable to the public.
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