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Gallup’s recent State of the Worker report indicates that employee engagement in the United States is the highest it’s been in years – at 33%.  Two out of three workers in the US are not engaged in...

Ransomware has been in the news lately due to a few widespread attacks.  In most cases, ransomware spreads by spam – millions of sketchy emails get sent in the hopes that a few people will follow a...

Many of the greatest frauds in history are stunningly obvious with the benefit of hindsight.  A recent article on the conviction of pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli points out this very fact,...

Ransomware has become a major problem in the last few years – statistics vary, but everyone agrees that the number of attacks increased several fold in 2016, and several fold again in 2017.  They...

Money laundering remains a key part of most financial corruption.  If the money changing hands is easily tracked, it’s usually not that difficult to determine when improper behavior is at play. ...

WingSwept is proud to announce that the City of Detroit Office of Ombudsman has adopted WingSwept’s Case Management & Tracking System (CMTS) to enhance its investigative processes. The Ombudsman...

 In a recent article on the independence and accountability of Inspectors General, former government official Don Upson makes a great point.  Because federal IGs oversee Executive Branch agencies...

There are a lot of reasons to be hesitant about making a major purchase when working inside a government agency.  The procurement process can be cumbersome and time consuming.  High-cost items...

Investigators don’t get many opportunities to make lives easier for the agency staff they oversee.  When an opportunity does come along to do a favor without compromising oversight or independence,...