Corruption is the misuse of public power for private or political gain. During conflict, the potential for the misuse of public power no doubt increases. In a war, public accountability for political actors also becomes an increasingly difficult task, which creates the perfect conditions for corruption,...
Earlier this year, the governing board of one of California’s most powerful regulatory agencies unleashed troubling accusations against its top employee.Commissioners with the California Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, accused Executive Director Alice Stebbins of violating state personnel rules by hiring former colleagues without proper...
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has asked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for more information about $3.5 million in contributions to her re-election campaign. In two filings posted to the FEC website on Monday and surfaced on Twitter by Georgia Public Broadcasting reporter Stephen Fowler on...
On 3 September, the former US Treasury Department official responsible for sending suspicious activity reports (SARs) to Buzzfeed News after lawful channels failed to act, entered Federal Prison Camp, Alderson in West Virginia. Her actions are the basis for the global FinCEN Files investigation and...
Stepping up ongoing efforts to address corruption in Afghanistan remains critical, finds a UN report released on Wednesday while adding that country's civil society and media play a critical role in fostering transparency and exposing corruption. UNAMA's annual anti-corruption report, titled "Afghanistan's Fight against Corruption: Stepping...
Rep. John Curtis (UT-03), Rep. Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Rep. Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Rep. André Carson (IN-07), Rep. Katie Porter (CA-45), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) are original cosponsors of this legislation in the House. The power to declare an individual ineligible...
From Business Insider Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the junior Republican from Alabama, failed to properly disclose stock and stock-option trades together worth at least $894,000 and as much as $3.56 million, according to a Business Insider analysis of newly filed Senate records. Tuberville was weeks or months late...
From Reuters Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday the battle against narcotics is far from over, more than five years after he began a brutal war on drugs that has killed thousands and prompted an accusation of possible crimes against humanity. Duterte, in his last State...
From ProPublica Oregon’s tax-funded forest education institute misled the public by presenting a biased view of forestry and might have broken the law by trying to influence policy, a state audit found. The Oregon Forest Resources Institute, established by lawmakers in 1991 to provide credible public education...
If you have studied your mythology, you may remember the story of Perseus, the son of Poseidon who, after slaying Medusa and the Gorgons, escaped on the fabled Pegasus (a winged, flying horse). On his return flight to Seriphos, he spotted Andromeda chained to a...