Tennessee members of Congress must protect independent inspectors general | Opinion
Independence is the key to the effectiveness of inspectors general. They need to be non-partisan fact finders and truth ...
Inspector general vacancies after Trump firings draw questions about agency oversight
The inspectors general for at least 17 agencies were terminated in late January, with one such official receiving a letter ...
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 ...
Firing inspectors general on a whim is wrong
First created among the post-Watergate government reforms aimed at increasing oversight and decreasing corruption and ...
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Inspector General Report Reveals $4.1 Million Funding Gap in Agriculture Revolving Fund
A recent inspection conducted by the Office of the Virgin Islands Inspector General (OIG) uncovered a significant funding shortfall in the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture’s Revolving Fund.
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Pentagon Inspector General Report into SECDEF Austin’s Hospitalization
The reports included concerns about whether Secretary Austin was incapacitated or under general anesthesia while in the hospital.4 The DoD issued a statement from Secretary Austin on January 6 ...
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Pentagon Inspector General Says Defense Secretary Austin ‘Unnecessarily’ Increased Risks to National Security With Secret Hospital Stays
While the surgery was carried out under general anesthesia, he transferred his authority to the deputy secretary, but the inspector general’s report says he “did not inform her of the reason for the ...
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Pentagon inspector general faults Austin for hospitalization secrecy
The Pentagon’s internal watchdog found that both Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks violated protocol in their handling of a medical crisis last year ...
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Inspector General Questions FDA’s Accelerated Approval for Biogen, Sarepta Drugs
The Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services raised concerns on Wednesday regarding what it characterized as lapses in the FDA’s judgement in granting accelerated ...
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Legislation to Establish the Office of Inspector General Re-introduced in DE General Assembly
Legislation that would establish the Office of the Inspector General has been re-introduced in the Delaware General Assembly. Senate Bill 4 was introduced by Senator Laura Sturgeon. The Office of the ...
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Del. lawmakers will again consider creating Inspector General's Office
Legislation to create an independent Office of Inspector General is again in front of Delaware lawmakers for the 153rd General Assembly that begins Tuesday. The non-partisan watchdog agency would ...
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Search on to replace first CT inspector general, who made state leader in ‘transparency’
Retired Judge Robert Devlin, who as the state’s first inspector general has turned a powerful office into a model for transparency in police-involved shootings, said Friday that he plans to ...