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Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program "Initial Report to Congress" SIGTARP: Neil M. Barofsky 189 pages February...
...fence has made a difference: there were about 4,900 arrests for illegal crossings last year, compared to more than 10,000 in 2005. But P.K. Mishra, inspector general of the BSF's Assam and Meghalaya Frontier, seems to know that he has an almost impossible task. He has visited the U.S.-Mexico border fence and seen how difficult controlling illegal migration is. "Even [though] they have all the technical equipment, they can't stop it," he says...
...Army has ordered a recall of more than 16,000 sets of body armor after an audit by the inspector general of the Defense Department concluded that they failed tests to meet Army specifications. The IG fingers the Army for failing to conduct adequate testing before contracting for the armor. This is the second audit to blame the Army for the quality of body armor. A year ago, the IG found that the Army failed to follow federal contracting rules in procuring armor and concluded that the Pentagon had "no assurance" that nearly half of 28 contracts - worth nearly...
...hard to raise a family on a poet's salary, of course, so Burns took a job as a tax inspector while still writing - and farming - on the side. He switched from poems to songs, and produced a number of tunes still famous today: "A Man's a Man for A' That," "A Red, Red Rose," and of course the New Year's Eve jingle about old acquaintances. Unfortunately, Burns had a weak heart, and strenuous requirements of a farmer's life took their toll. He died in 1796 - on the very day that his wife gave birth...
...Everyone understands that the Pentagon gives out information that is not harmful to its interests.' DEFENSE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL, in a report that found no wrongdoing in the Pentagon's public relations program, which used retired officers as military analysts for NBC and other media outlets...