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Financial Oversight
Financial Crisis Panel Commissioners Leaked Confidential Information to Lobbyists, Report Alleges
Shahien Nasiripour, The Huffington Post
The Whistleblower From the Madoff Scandal Tells How to Reform the SEC
Dina Rasor, Truthout
White House Threatens Veto for Bill Defunding Wall Street Reform
Peter Schroeder, The Hill's On the Money
National Security
Early F-35 Costs Increase $771 Million, Lockheed Says
Philip Ewing, DoD Buzz
Over a Fifth of Navy Ships Aren't Ready to Fight
Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room
House Offers Budget Boost to Troubled Pentagon Agency Fighting Roadside Bombs
Corbin Hiar, iWatch News
DHS Plans to Spend $300 Million on Troubled Radiation Detectors
Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post
Energy Oversight
Lawmakers Attempt to Roll Back Expanded Oversight of Offshore Drilling
Marian Wang, ProPublica
Misbehaving Drillers May Undergo New Scrutiny
Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Houston Chronicle
House Committee Limits EPA Ability to Regulate Coal Ash
Evan Bush, iWatch News
UCS Recommendations for Nuclear Power Safety and Security After Fukushima
Lisbeth Gronlund, All Things Nuclear
Public Health
Agency Created to Help Brain-Damaged Vets Not Getting the Job Done
Noel Brinkerhoff, All Gov
Contractor Oversight
BAE Subsidiary to Pay $16 Million to Settle U.S. Bribery Probe
Christopher M. Matthews, Just Anti-Corruption
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