What is an inspector general and what do they do?
On October 12, 1978, Congress passed the Inspector General Act, which established twelve Federal Offices of Inspector General tasked with rooting out fraud and waste and providing non-partisan ...
President Trump lays off 17 inspectors general. Here's what they do in that job
President Trump fired 17 inspectors general across federal agencies. Here's what an inspector general does and who they work for.
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Interior Department overpaid workers by up to $400K in taxpayer funds after they wrongly claimed to be in DC, watchdog tells Ernst
according to a report from the department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) in response to a review requested by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). Forty employees assigned to Interior headquarters ...
Editorial: Firing inspectors general on a whim is wrong
Created among the post-Watergate government reforms aimed at increasing oversight and decreasing corruption and ...
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Inspector General Escorted Out Of Office After Defying Trump’s Dismissal
Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) out of her office Monday after she refused to ... Energy, Defense, Interior and Transportation. “I don’t ...
USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House
In an email to colleagues on Saturday, reviewed by Reuters, she said the independent Council of the Inspectors General on ...
Trump defends ousting at least 15 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a ...
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President Trump lays off 17 inspectors general. Here's what they do in that job
How the Post covered Trump's first Southern White House There are more than 70 inspectors general in federal and state agencies, according to the Department of State’s Office of Inspector ...