President Trump fired 17 inspectors general across federal agencies. Here's what an inspector general does and who they work ...

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’ ...

According to a report from Reuters, she was escorted from the building today by security. Fong is a 22-year veteran of the ...

Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran, said the Trump administration had not followed proper protocols, according to Reuters ...

Leading concerns included that U.N. agencies and foreign NGOs often don’t cooperate with investigations and that there’s limited ability to vet partners for ties to terrorism and corruption.

Created among the post-Watergate government reforms aimed at increasing oversight and decreasing corruption and ...

"They are saving way more than we are spending on them." Offices of inspector general in their current form date back to 1978, when a federal law allowed for their creation. "There were some ...

Senators have now requested that the president provide the required explanations for the inspector general terminations. Even so, the current law’s focus on procedural notice does not provide an ...

They are highly effective. In fiscal 2023, federal inspector general oversight resulted in $93 billion in savings, more than 4,000 criminal prosecutions and more than 7,000 noncriminal actions. Yet ...