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IWN, the OIG obituary: 1998-2012

The slow-motion disintegration of a Justice Department-led effort to create a nationwide land mobile radio system for federal law enforcement leaves many federal agencies back where they started when

Mueller: FBI's cyber crime operation is flawed but improving

The FBI has made progress in its fight against cyber crime, but its operation has flaws, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee during a Dec. 14 hearing. "The structure of

Mexican drug cartels not 'insurgents' says State official

A State Department official resisted pressure from congressmen to call Mexican drug cartels "terrorist" or "insurgent" organizations during a Oct. 4 joint hearing of subcommittees from House Foreign

DEA progressing in prescription drug control, but GAO wary of performance measures

The Drug Enforcement Administration's Tactical Diversion Squads have helped combat the illegal trade of prescription drugs, although the Government Accountability Office is wary of some of the

GAO: ICE and DEA working better on drugs

A 2009 agreement between the Drug Enforcement Agency and Immigration and Customs Enforcement that promised better cooperation between the agencies over counternarcotics investigations is working as

GAO: Many DOJ agents refusing to use information-sharing tools

Only 65 percent of agents at Justice Department law enforcement components use deconfliction databases to determine roles and responsibilities during an investigation, according to a Government

ATF bogged down by manual processes, says IG

A review of a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives effort to combat firearms trafficking from southwestern border states into Mexico finds the ATF is inhibited in part by disconnected