Independence is the key to the effectiveness of inspectors general. They need to be non-partisan fact finders and truth ...

The inspectors general for at least 17 agencies were terminated in late January, with one such official receiving a letter ...

Congress must hold the president accountable for these personnel decisions and take steps to maintain inspectors generals' ...

Recently fired Inspector General Mark Greenblatt joins Sam Stein to discuss the Trump administration’s unprecedented purge of inspectors general, the importance of having independent oversight, and ...

The full scope of the Friday night mass firings was coming into sharper view as one fired watchdog official warned of “a ...

President Donald Trump fired at least 18 inspectors general across the federal government without required notification to ...

As White House staff secretary, he plays a key role in overseeing the flow of information and business to and from the ...

An inspector general’s office is intended to operate independently. Partly in reaction to Trump’s last IG firings, Congress built new guardrails intended to protect them. A 2022 law requires ...

Acting Inspector General of the Social Security Administration Hannibal Ware. (Photo courtesy Hannibal Ware) The Trump administration has dismissed several federal inspectors general in recent days, ...

The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a ...

The White House press office did not respond to requests for comment. The role of the modern-day inspector general dates to post-Watergate Washington, when Congress installed offices inside ...