there has to be a 30-day notice to Congress, according to the Congressional Research Service’s Rules for the Removal of Inspectors General. “An Inspector General may be removed from office ...

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

the Office of Inspector General began in 1976 after an act of Congress was passed. The first inspector general oversaw the Department of Health and Human Services and was charged with eliminating ...

The Trump administration purged at least a dozen federal inspectors general overnight Friday, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News. It is an unprecedented move that will likely result in legal ...

not least because they may no longer have a safe avenue through their inspector general office. We hope Congress will take on Mr. Trump to assure the continued viability of the inspector general ...

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 ...