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Obama administration figures on stimulus misspending vastly understate problems

By John Solomon and Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

Deanna Aguilera (right), 30, of Salt Lake City receives assistance from employment counselor Frank Trivino while job searching at Workforce Services in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Jobless-aid applications drop to 339,000, the fewest since Feb. 2008

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar visited the Abound Solar Inc. plant in Longmont, Colo., in 2009. The company has filed for bankruptcy, but the Department of Labor says its laid-off employees aren’t eligible for federal trade assistance. (Associated Press)

Bankrupt solar company Abound ruled not on par with Solyndra

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Romney adviser Ed Gillespie (NBC News via Associated Press)

Romney adviser says jobless report ‘damning’

By Valerie Richardson and David Eldridge - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 27, 2006, file photo, former General Electric CEO Jack Welch addresses students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Officials reject conspiracies on unemployment rate

By Christopher S. Rugaber and Scott Mayerowitz - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Monday, Sept 17, 2012, file photo, Robert Orkin, of the company TxT-Alert, third from left, talks with job seekers during a job fair held by National Career Fairs, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Economists forecast that the unemployment rate edged up in September to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent, according to a survey by FactSet. Employers are expected to have added 111,000 jobs. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Unemployment falls to 7.8 percent on faster job growth

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 30, 2011 file photo, Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. talks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Conspiracy theorists came out in force Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, after the government reported a sudden drop in the U.S. unemployment rate one month before Election Day. West agreed with former GE CEO Jack Welch's skepticism of the Labor Department's announcement that the unemployment rate had fallen to 7.8 percent in September from 8.1 percent the month before. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Steep drop in unemployment rate spawns conspiracy

By Christopher S. Rugaber and Scott Mayerowitz - Associated Press

Job seekers fill out applications at a construction job fair in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Unemployment claims fall slightly to 382,000

Associated Press

Job seekers wait in line at a construction job fair in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Hurricane Isaac sends jobless claims up to 382,000

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

**FILE** Keith Olbermann poses May 3, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (Associated Press)

House panel wants details of stimulus ad campaign on MSNBC

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican (Associated Press)

House panel probing stimulus cash for MSNBC ads

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Job seekers visit a Primerica booth at a job fair in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Unemployment applications flat at 374,000

By Daniel Wagner - Associated Press

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, plans to ask White House officials for more information on why the Labor Department spent a half-million dollars in federal stimulus money for more than 100 commercials that ran on MSNBC. (Associated Press)

Chaffetz seeks data on use of stimulus cash for job ads

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks Aug. 20, 2012, at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Labor Department spends stimulus funds for ads during Olbermann, Maddow shows

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Auto workers at the Ford Stamping Plant in Chicago Heights, Ill., stack the inner door panel for a Ford Explorer on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. worker productivity up 1.6 percent in 2nd quarter

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

GOP: White House pressuring defense industry not to warn of layoffs

By Susan Crabtree and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sequestration layoff warnings won’t be coming

By Sam Hananel - Associated Press

**FILE** Tressa Miller (right) helps military veteran Roger Porter, of Detroit, with resume career counseling in Detroit on June 26, 2012. (Associated Press)

Tepid job growth continued in June; unemployment rate flat

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** People wait April 10, 2012, in a line at a job fair in Gresham, Ore. (Associated Press)

U.S. employers post fewest job openings in 5 months

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

**FILE** Job seeker Alan Shull (right) attends a job fair in Portland, Ore., on April 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. unemployment aid applications fall to 377K

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press