Office of Inspector General (United States)

This article is about investigative offices in the United States. For similar offices in all countries, see Inspector general.

In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to many federal executive departments, independent federal agencies, as well as state and local governments. Each office includes an inspector general (or IG) and employees charged with identifying, auditing, and investigating fraud, waste, abuse, embezzlement and mismanagement of any kind within the executive department.

History

In the United States, other than in the military departments, the first Office of Inspector General was established by act of Congress in 1976^[1] under the Department of Health and Human Services to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and more than 100 other departmental programs.^[2] With approximately 1,600 employees, the HHS-OIG performs audits, investigations, and evaluations to recommend policy for decision-makers and the public.^[3]

Ronald Reagan terminated 16 inspectors general when he entered into office in 1981. His administration explained that Reagan intended to hire his own selections. After Congress objected, Reagan rehired five of those terminated.^[4]

George H. W. Bush also attempted to dismiss all the inspectors general when he became president in 1989, but relented after the inspectors general and Congress objected.^[4]

Barack Obama dismissed Corporation for National and Community Service inspector general Gerald Walpin citing a lack of confidence in him.^[4] After Congress objected to his lack of explanation, the Obama administration cited that Walpin had shown "troubling and inappropriate conduct", and pointed to an incident that year when Walpin was "disoriented" during a board meeting of the corporation, because of which the board requested Walpin's dismissal.^[4] Walpin sued for reinstatement, but the courts ruled against him.^[4]

In 2020, Donald Trump dismissed or replaced five inspectors general within six weeks. Two permanent inspectors general were dismissed and three acting inspectors general were replaced.^[5] Just after firing intelligence inspector general Michael Atkinson, Trump criticized Atkinson as having done a "terrible job" and that he "took a fake report and he brought it to Congress", in reference to the whistleblower complaint of the Trump–Ukraine scandal, which other testimony and evidence largely verified. Trump also described Atkinson as "not a big Trump fan".^[6][7] Around one month before Trump replaced Christi Grimm as acting health inspector general, he had called her report of shortages of medical supplies in American hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States as "wrong", "fake", and "her opinion", despite the report being based on a survey of 323 hospitals. Trump also questioned Grimm's motives for the report.^[8][9]

Authority

Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency logo

The Inspector General Act of 1978^[10] created 12 departmental inspectors general. Thirty years later, in October 2008, the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 added IGs in various other areas. As of July 2014^[update], there were 72 statutory IGs.^[11]

The offices employ special agents (criminal investigators, often armed) and auditors. In addition, federal offices of inspectors general employ forensic auditors, or "audigators", evaluators, inspectors, administrative investigators, and a variety of other specialists. Their activities include the detection and prevention of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of the government programs and operations within their parent organizations. Office investigations may be internal, targeting government employees, or external, targeting grant recipients, contractors, or recipients of the various loans and subsidies offered through the thousands of federal domestic and foreign assistance programs.^[12] The Inspector General Reform Act of 2008^[13] (IGRA) amended the 1978 act^[10] by increasing pay and various powers and creating the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE).^[14][15]

Example of an OIG report, from the DoD OIG^[a]

Some inspectors general, the heads of the offices, are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.^[18] For example, both the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Labor and the inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development are presidentially appointed. The remaining inspectors general are designated by their respective agency heads,^[19] such as the U.S. Postal Service inspector general.^[20] Presidentially appointed IGs can only be removed, or terminated, from their positions by the President of the United States, whereas designated inspectors general can be terminated by the agency head.^[21] However, in both cases Congress must be notified of the termination, removal, or reassignment.

While the IG Act of 1978^[10] requires that inspectors general be selected based upon their qualifications and not political affiliation, presidentially appointed inspectors general are considered political appointees and are often selected, if only in part and in addition to their qualifications, because of their political relationships and party affiliation. An example of the role political affiliation plays in the selection of an inspector general, and the resulting pitfalls, can be seen in the 2001 Republican appointment (and resignation under fire) of Janet Rehnquist^[22] (daughter of former Chief Justice of the United States, William Rehnquist) to the post of inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.^[23]

While all of the federal offices of inspectors general operate separately from one another, they share information and some coordination through the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.^[24] As of 2010^[update], the CIGIE comprised 68 offices.^[25] In addition to their inspector general members, the CIGIE includes non-inspector general representatives from the federal executive branch, such as executives from the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Government Ethics, the Office of Special Counsel, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The CIGIE also provides specialized training to the inspector general community.

Further evidence of coordination between federal offices of inspectors general can be seen by the public through the offices' shared website,^[26] and the use of shared training facilities and resources, such as the Inspector General Criminal Investigator Academy (IGCIA),^[27] and their Inspector General Community Auditor Training Team (IGCATS),^[28] which are hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC).

Evidence of the offices' return on investment to taxpayers can be seen through their semi-annual reports to Congress, most of which are available on each office's website.^[29]

Since the post-9/11 enactment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002,^[30] resulting in the amendment of the IG Act of 1978, Section 6e, most presidentially appointed IG special agents have had full law enforcement authority to carry firearms, make arrests, and execute search warrants. Prior to this time, most presidentially appointed IG and some designated IG special agents had the equivalent law enforcement authorities as a result of other statutes or annually required deputation by the U.S. Marshals Service. The 2002 amendment to the IG Act of 1978 made most deputation of presidentially appointed IG special agents unnecessary. Some designated IG special agents, however, still have full law enforcement authority today by virtue of this continued deputation. Some OIGs employ no criminal investigators and rely solely on administrative investigators, auditors, and inspectors.

Lists of inspectors general

Presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed (PAS) inspectors general

Establishment inspectors general

Jurisdiction	Officeholder	Term start	Website
Agency for International Development (AID-OIG)	Paul K. Martin	January 2, 2024	AID-OIG
Department of Agriculture (USDA-OIG)	Phyllis Fong	December 2, 2002[31]	USDA-OIG
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA-OIG)	Robin Ashton	June 28, 2021[32]	CIA-OIG
Department of Commerce (DOC-OIG)	Jill Baisinger (acting)	May 31, 2024[33]	DOC-OIG
Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps)	Stephen Ravas (acting)	May 7, 2023[34]	AmeriCorps OIG
Department of Defense (DOD-OIG)	Robert Storch	December 6, 2022[35]	DOD-OIG
Department of Education (ED-OIG)	Sandra Bruce	December 3, 2018 Acting: December 3, 2018 – December 2, 2021	DOED-OIG
Department of Energy (DOE-OIG)	Teri Donaldson	January 23, 2019[36]	DOE-OIG
Environmental Protection Agency and Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (EPA-OIG)	Sean O'Donnell	January 27, 2020[37]	EPA-OIG
Export-Import Bank (EIB-OIG)	Parisa Salehi	March 14, 2022[38]	EIB-OIG
Federal Communications Commission (FCC-OIG)	Fara Damelin	March 25, 2024[39]	FCC-OIG
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC-OIG)	Jennifer L. Fain	December 22, 2023[40]	FDIC-OIG
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA-OIG)	Brian Tomney	March 14, 2022[41]	FHFA-OIG
General Services Administration (GSA-OIG)	Robert C. Erickson Jr. (acting)	July 1, 2023	GSA-OIG
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG)	Christi Grimm	December 27, 2019 Acting: December 27, 2019 – February 22, 2022	HHS-OIG
Department of Homeland Security (DHS-OIG)	Joseph V. Cuffari	July 25, 2019	DHS-OIG
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD-OIG)	Rae Oliver Davis	January 23, 2019[42]	HUD-OIG
Intelligence Community (ICIG)	Thomas Monheim	April 3, 2020[43] Acting: April 3, 2020 – October 4, 2021	ICIG
Department of the Interior (DOI-OIG)	Mark Greenblatt	August 26, 2019[44]	DOI-OIG
Internal Revenue Service (TIGTA)	Heather M. Hill (acting)	January 1, 2024	TIGTA
Department of Justice (DOJ-OIG)	Michael E. Horowitz	April 16, 2012[45]	DOJ-OIG
Department of Labor (DOL-OIG)	Larry Turner	June 21, 2020 Acting: June 21, 2020 – December 7, 2021	DOL-OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA-OIG)	George Scott (acting)	January 2, 2024	NASA-OIG
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO-OIG)	Terrence Edwards	December 23, 2022	NRO-OIG
National Security Agency and Central Security Service (NSA-OIG)	Kevin Gerrity (acting)	December 14, 2022	NSA-OIG
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC-OIG)	Robert Feitel	May 27, 2020[46]	NRC-OIG
Office of Personnel Management (OPM-OIG)	Krista Boyd	April 28, 2022[47]	OPM-OIG
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB-OIG)	Ben Wagner (acting)	April 28, 2024	RRB-OIG
Small Business Administration (SBA-OIG)	Mike Ware	January 9, 2017[48] Acting: January 9, 2017 – May 24, 2018	SBA-OIG
Social Security Administration (SSA-OIG)	Mike Ware (acting)	September 30, 2024[49]	SSA-OIG
Department of State and the Agency for Global Media (DOS-OIG)	Cardell K. Richardson Sr.	May 20, 2024	DOS-OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA-OIG)	Ben Wagner	June 6, 2022[50]	TVA-OIG
Department of Transportation and National Transportation Safety Board (DOT-OIG)	Eric Soskin	January 11, 2021[51]	DOT-OIG
Department of the Treasury (Treasury OIG)	Rich Delmar (acting)	June 30, 2019	Treasury OIG
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA-OIG)	Michael Missal	May 2, 2016[52]	VA-OIG

Special inspectors general

Jurisdiction	Officeholder	Term start	Website
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)	John Sopko	July 2, 2012	SIGAR
Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR)	Brian Miller	June 5, 2020	SIGPR

Vacancies and pending nominations

Announced nominations for unfilled PAS IGs awaiting confirmation in the Senate.^[53]

Jurisdiction	Last confirmed	Vacancy date	Nominee	Nomination date
Department of the Treasury	Eric Thorson	June 30, 2019	James R. Ives	January 11, 2024[54]
National Security Agency and Central Security Service	Robert Storch	December 6, 2022	Kristi Lane Scott	July 31, 2024[55]
Corporation for National and Community Service	Deborah Jeffrey	May 7, 2023[34]	Stephen Ravas	January 11, 2024[54]
General Services Administration	Carol F. Ochoa	July 1, 2023
Internal Revenue Service	J. Russell George	January 1, 2024[56]	David S. Johnson	July 23, 2024[57]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Paul K. Martin	January 2, 2024
Department of Commerce	Peg Gustafson	January 5, 2024	Lisa M. Re	July 31, 2024[55]
Railroad Retirement Board	Martin Dickman	April 28, 2024[58]
Social Security Administration	Gail Ennis	June 29, 2024[59]

List of presidentially-appointed inspectors general

PAS IG History[60]

Afghanistan Reconstruction (Special) Officeholder Term start Arnold Fields June 12, 2008 Herbert Richardson (acting) February 5, 2011 John Sopko July 2, 2012 Agency for International Development Officeholder Term start Herbert Beckington September 1, 1977 Jeffrey Rush August 26, 1994 Everett Mosley August 2, 1999 Acting: August 2, 1999 – December 15, 2000 James Ebbitt (acting) September 4, 2004 Bruce Crandlemire (acting) March 4, 2005 Paula Hayes (acting) October 4, 2005 Donald Gambatesa January 17, 2006 Michael Carroll (acting) October 16, 2011 Catherine Trujillo (acting) January 1, 2015 Ann Calvaresi Barr November 30, 2015 Thomas J. Ullom (acting) January 1, 2021 Nicole Angarella (acting) March 28, 2022 Paul K. Martin January 2, 2024 Department of Agriculture Officeholder Term start Lester Condon July 19, 1962 Nathaniel Kossack May 1969 Position abolished January 9, 1974 Thomas McBride October 25, 1977 Robert Magee (Acting) January 27, 1981 John Graziano July 31, 1981 Robert Beuley August 11, 1986 Leon Snead December 26, 1988 Acting: December 26, 1988 – August 1, 1990 Charles Gillum (Acting) January 1993 Roger Viadero October 14, 1994 Joyce Fleischman (Acting) October 3, 2001 Phyllis Fong December 2, 2002 Central Intelligence Agency Officeholder Term start John Waller July 1976 Charles Briggs January 1980 James Taylor September 1982 John Stein July 1984 Carroll Hauver December 23, 1985 William Donnelly January 18, 1988 Acting: January 18, 1988 – December 1, 1989 Frederick Hitz November 13, 1990 Dawn Ellison (acting) May 1, 1998 Britt Snider August 3, 1998 Rebecca Donegan (acting) January 22, 2001 George Clarke (acting) January 14, 2002 John Helgerson April 26, 2002 Patricia Lewis (acting) March 21, 2009 David Buckley October 6, 2010 Christopher Sharpley (acting) February 1, 2015 Christine Ruppert (acting) August 2018 Robin Ashton June 28, 2021 Department of Commerce Officeholder Term start Guy Chamberlin (Acting) October 1, 1978 Mary Bass July 9, 1979 Frederic Heim (Acting) January 21, 1981 Sherman Funk October 2, 1981 Frank DeGeorge April 21, 1987 Acting: April 21, 1987 – April 18, 1988 Johnnie Frazier January 7, 1998 Acting: January 7, 1998 – July 20, 1999 Elizabeth Barlow (acting) June 7, 2007 Todd Zinser December 26, 2007 Morgan Kim (acting) June 4, 2015 Peg Gustafson January 9, 2017 Roderick Anderson (acting) January 5, 2024 Jill Baisinger (acting) May 31, 2024 Corporation for National and Community Service Officeholder Term start Judith Denny (Acting) April 4, 1994 Luise Jordan October 6, 1994 Terry Bathen (Acting) February 24, 2002 Russell George July 29, 2002 Carol Bates (Acting) December 12, 2004 Gerald Walpin January 8, 2007 Kenneth Bach (Acting) July 12, 2009 Deborah Jeffrey July 19, 2012 Stephen Ravas (Acting) May 7, 2023 Department of Defense Officeholder Term start Joseph Sherick April 20, 1981 On leave: June 1985 – June 3, 1986 Derek Vander Schaaf (Acting) June 1985 June Gibbs Brown November 13, 1987 Derek Vander Schaaf (Acting) October 20, 1989 Susan Crawford November 28, 1989 Derek Vander Schaaf (Acting) November 19, 1991 Eleanor Hill March 1, 1995 Donald Manusco (Acting) May 3, 1999 Robert Lieberman (Acting) January 4, 2001 Joe Schmitz April 2, 2002 Thomas Gimble (Acting) September 12, 2005 Mick Kicklighter April 30, 2007 Gordon Heddell July 14, 2008 Acting: July 14, 2008 – July 14, 2009 Lynne Halbrooks (Acting) December 25, 2011 Jon Rymer September 17, 2013 Glenn Fine (Acting) January 14, 2016 Sean O'Donnell (Acting) April 6, 2020 Robert Storch December 14, 2022 Department of Education Officeholder Term start John Yazurlo (Acting) May 4, 1980 James Thomas August 26, 1980 John Yazurlo (Acting) January 27, 1981 James Thomas July 27, 1981 Gretchen Schwarz (Acting) March 4, 1995 John Higgins (Acting) April 3, 1995 Thomas Bloom January 3, 1996 Steve McNamara (Acting) January 1, 1998 John Higgins (Acting) March 1, 1998 Lorraine Pratte Lewis June 14, 1999 John Higgins May 27, 2002 Acting: May 27, 2002 – November 27, 2002 Mary Mitchelson (Acting) July 1, 2008 Kathleen Tighe March 17, 2010 Sandra Bruce December 3, 2018 Acting: December 3, 2018 – December 2, 2021 Department of Energy Officeholder Term start Joseph Seltzer (Acting) October 1, 1977 Kenneth Mansfield May 24, 1978 James Wright (Acting) January 22, 1981 James Richards September 23, 1981 John Layton January 6, 1986 Gregory Friedman January 5, 1998 Acting: January 5, 1998 – October 21, 1998 Rickey Hass (Acting) October 3, 2015 April Stephenson (Acting) January 2019 Teri Donaldson January 23, 2019 Environmental Protection Agency Officeholder Term start Malcolm Stringer (Acting) November 1, 1978 Inez Smith Reid December 9, 1979 Ernest Bradley (Acting) January 25, 1981 Matthew Novick October 14, 1981 Charles Dempsey (Acting) February 24, 1983 Donald Kirkendall (Acting) June 13, 1983 John Martin October 27, 1983 Nikki Tinsley January 4, 1997 Acting: January 4, 1997 – November 9, 1998 Bill Roderick (Acting) March 6, 2006 Arthur Elkins June 25, 2010 Chuck Sheehan (Acting) October 12, 2018 Sean O'Donnell January 27, 2020 Export-Import Bank Officeholder Term start Michael Tankersley August 6, 2007 Osvaldo Gratacós October 31, 2009 Acting: October 31, 2009 – October 15, 2010 Mike McCarthy (Acting) June 27, 2014 Terry Settle (Acting) September 2017 Parisa Salehi (Acting) August 2018 Jennifer Fain (Acting) August 3, 2019 Parisa Salehi March 14, 2022 Federal Communications Commission Officeholder Term start John Kamp (Acting) April 13, 1989 James Warwick October 23, 1989 Acting: October 23, 1989 – June 13, 1991 Walker Feaster November 13, 1994 Acting: November 13, 1994 – April 14, 1996 Kent Nilsson January 6, 2006 Acting: January 6, 2006 – May 28, 2006 David Hunt June 5, 2009 Acting: June 5, 2009 – January 10, 2011 Sharon Diskin (Acting) January 10, 2023 Fara Damelin March 25, 2024 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Officeholder Term start James Renick (Acting) March 8, 1993 Gaston Gianni April 29, 1996 Patricia Black (Acting) January 1, 2005 Jon Rymer June 22, 2006 Fred Gibson (Acting) September 17, 2013 Jay Lerner January 9, 2017 Tyler Smith (Acting) January 27, 2023 Jennifer L. Fain December 22, 2023 Federal Emergency Management Agency Officeholder Term start Russell Miller August 4, 1990 William Partridge (Acting) May 1, 1994 George Opfer November 7, 1994 Richard Skinner (Acting) November 30, 2002 Federal Housing Finance Agency Officeholder Term start Steve Linick September 29, 2010 Michael Stephens (Acting) September 30, 2013 Laura Wertheimer October 28, 2014 Phyllis Fong (Acting) August 2, 2021 Brian Tomney March 14, 2022 General Services Administration Officeholder Term start Kurt Muellenberg April 11, 1979 Michael Eberhardt (Acting) January 21, 1981 Brian Bruh (Acting) March 3, 1981 Joseph Sickon August 5, 1981 Charles Gillum (Acting) August 5, 1984 William Barton November 19, 1985 Joel Gallay (Acting) June 4, 2001 Daniel Levinson August 9, 2001 Joel Gallay (Acting) June 9, 2005 Brian Miller August 9, 2005 Robert Erickson (Acting) May 1, 2014 Carol Fortine Ochoa July 29, 2015 Robert Erickson (Acting) July 1, 2023 Department of Health and Human Services Officeholder Term start Thomas Morris February 19, 1977 Richard Lowe (Acting) September 1, 1979 Brian Mitchell (Acting) January 1, 1981 Richard Kusserow June 1, 1981 Brian Mitchell (Acting) July 1, 1992 June Gibbs Brown November 5, 1993 Michael Mangano (Acting) January 4, 2001 Janet Rehnquist August 8, 2001 Dara Corrigan (Acting) June 2, 2003 Daniel Levinson September 13, 2004 Acting: September 13, 2004 – June 9, 2005 Joanne Chiedi (Acting) May 31, 2019 Christi Grimm December 27, 2019 Acting: December 27, 2019 – February 22, 2022 Department of Homeland Security Officeholder Term start Clark Ervin January 24, 2003 Acting: January 24, 2003 – December 26, 2003 Richard Skinner December 8, 2004 Acting: December 8, 2004 – July 28, 2005 Charles Edwards (Acting) February 27, 2011 Carlton Mann (Acting) December 17, 2014 John Roth March 10, 2014 John Kelly (Acting) December 1, 2017 Jennifer Costello (Acting) June 10, 2019 Joseph Cuffari July 25, 2019 Department of Housing and Urban Development Officeholder Term start Charles Haynes January 31, 1972 Charles Dempsey May 24, 1975 James Thomas August 31, 1975 Charles Dempsey October 1, 1977 Paul Adams (Acting) January 21, 1981 Charles Dempsey August 5, 1981 Paul Adams (Acting) February 25, 1983 Charles Dempsey June 14, 1983 Paul Adams (Acting) February 4, 1985 John Connors (Acting) March 1, 1992 Susan Gaffney August 6, 1993 James Heist (Acting) June 4, 2001 David Williams (Acting) July 16, 2001 Kenneth Donohue May 20, 2002 Michael Stephens (Acting) October 2010 David Montoya December 1, 2011 Helen Albert (Acting) July 2017 Rae Oliver Davis January 23, 2019 Intelligence Community Officeholder Term start Charles McCullough November 7, 2011 Michael Atkinson May 17, 2018 On leave: April 3, 2020 – May 3, 2020 Thomas Monheim April 3, 2020 Acting: April 3, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Department of the Interior Officeholder Term start William Kendig (Acting) October 17, 1978 June Brown May 10, 1979 Richard Mulberry July 14, 1981 Robert Beuley (Acting) October 1, 1981 Arthur Dellinger (Acting) October 26, 1984 Robert Beuley (Acting) May 2, 1985 Thomas Sheehan (Acting) September 8, 1985 James Richards January 6, 1986 Joyce Fleischman (Acting) April 1, 1993 Wilma Lewis April 10, 1995 Robert Williams (Acting) January 8, 1998 Richard Reback (Acting) July 1, 1998 Eljay Bowron November 2, 1998 Robert Williams (Acting) March 29, 1999 Earl Devaney August 5, 1999 On leave: February 23, 2009 – December 31, 2011 Mary Kendall (Acting) February 23, 2009 Mark Greenblatt August 26, 2019 Internal Revenue Service Officeholder Term start Lawrence Rogers (Acting) January 18, 1999 David Williams May 17, 1999 Pamela Gardiner (Acting) August 24, 2002 Russell George December 12, 2004 Heather M. Hill (Acting) January 1, 2024 Department of Justice Officeholder Term start Anthony Moscato (Acting) April 14, 1989 Richard Hankinson June 25, 1990 Michael Bromwich June 9, 1994 Robert Ashbaugh (Acting) August 16, 1999 Glenn Fine August 10, 2000 Acting: August 10, 2000 – December 15, 2000 Cynthia Schnedar (Acting) January 29, 2011 Michael Horowitz April 16, 2012 Department of Labor Officeholder Term start Rocco De Marco (Acting) October 23, 1978 Marjorie Fine Knowles May 18, 1979 Ronald Goldstock (Acting) May 2, 1980 Frank Yeager (Acting) February 1, 1981 Thomas McBride July 18, 1981 Robert McGee (Acting) October 16, 1982 Brian Hyland March 23, 1983 Acting: March 23, 1983 – August 4, 1983 Raymond Maria (Acting) September 3, 1989 Julian De La Rosa August 6, 1990 Charles Masten March 20, 1993 Acting: March 20, 1993 – November 20, 1993 Patricia Dalton (Acting) January 3, 2000 Gordon Heddell January 2, 2001 Daniel Petrole (Acting) July 15, 2008 Scott Dahl October 16, 2013 Larry Turner June 21, 2020 Acting: June 21, 2020 – December 7, 2021 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Officeholder Term start Robert Allnut (Acting) October 1, 1978 Eldon Taylor August 1, 1979 Brian Hyland (Acting) December 1, 1980 June Gibbs Brown June 14, 1981 Bill Colvin October 17, 1985 Lewis Rinker (Acting) September 4, 1994 Roberta Gross August 15, 1995 Frank LaRocca (Acting) March 3, 2002 Robert Cobb April 22, 2002 Thomas Howard (Acting) April 11, 2009 Paul Martin November 20, 2009 George Scott (Acting) January 2, 2024 National Reconnaissance Office Officeholder Term start Susan Gibson September 26, 2016 Terrence Edwards December 23, 2022 National Security Agency Officeholder Term start Russell Decker (Acting) December 2016 Robert Storch January 11, 2018 Kevin Gerrity (Acting) January 11, 2018 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Officeholder Term start David Williams November 22, 1989 Leo Norton (Acting) September 1, 1995 Hubert Bell July 8, 1996 David Lee (Acting) December 31, 2018 Robert Feitel May 27, 2020 Pandemic Recovery (Special) Officeholder Term start Brian Miller June 5, 2020 Office of Personnel Management Officeholder Term start Patrick Conklin March 1, 1987 Joseph Willever (Acting) April 16, 1989 Patrick McFarland August 9, 1990 Norbert Vint (Acting) February 19, 2016 Krista Boyd April 28, 2022 Railroad Retirement Board Officeholder Term start William Doyle January 14, 1986 Charles Sekerak (Acting) April 8, 1994 Martin Dickman October 14, 1994 Ben Wagner (Acting) April 28, 2024 Resolution Trust Corporation Officeholder Term start John Adair April 1, 1990 Small Business Administration Officeholder Term start Raymond Randolph (Acting) October 12, 1978 Paul Boucher July 1, 1979 Raymond Randolph (Acting) January 21, 1981 Paul Boucher July 21, 1981 Raymond Randolph (Acting) July 5, 1982 Mary Wieseman May 10, 1983 Raymond Randolph (Acting) September 7, 1986 Charles Gillum April 7, 1987 Daniel Peyser (Acting) August 19, 1990 James Hoobler April 18, 1991 Karen Lee (Acting) December 1, 1997 Phyllis Fong April 6, 1999 Peter McClintock (Acting) December 2, 2002 Harold Damelin April 21, 2003 Peter McClintock (Acting) April 4, 2005 Eric Thorson April 2006 Peter McClintock (Acting) August 12, 2008 Peg Gustafson October 2, 2009 Mike Ware January 9, 2017 Acting: January 9, 2017 – May 24, 2018 Social Security Administration Officeholder Term start June Gibbs Brown March 31, 1995 David Williams January 4, 1996 James Huse June 22, 1998 Patrick O'Carroll March 7, 2004 Acting: March 7, 2004 – November 29, 2004 Gale Stallworth Stone (Acting) May 29, 2016 Gail Ennis January 29, 2019 Michelle Anderson (Acting) June 29, 2024 Mike Ware (Acting) September 30, 2024 Department of State Officeholder Term start Raymond Miller March 1, 1954 – October 31, 1960 Gerald Drew November 13, 1960 – May 31, 1962 Norris Haselton June 10, 1962 – July 31, 1964 Fraser Wilkins July 23, 1964 – August 8, 1971 Thomas McElhiney July 1, 1971 – July 18, 1973 Jim Sutterlin October 15, 1973 Robert Yost (Acting) September 1, 1974 William Schaufele August 22, 1975 Robert Sayre November 24, 1975 Brandon Grove (Acting) May 1, 1978 Ted Eliot July 5, 1978 – October 16, 1978 Robert Brewster January 14, 1979 – January 21, 1981 Robert Brown January 21, 1981 – June 30, 1983 Acting: January 21, 1981 – July 7, 1981 William Harrop December 12, 1983 Acting: November 15, 1983 – August 16, 1985 Bryon Hollingsworth (Acting) August 27, 1986 Sherman Funk August 14, 1987 Rocky Suddarth (Acting) February 15, 1994 Harold Geisel (Acting) June 12, 1994 Jacquelyn Williams-Bridgers April 7, 1995 Anne Sigmund (Acting) February 4, 2001 Clark Ervin August 3, 2001 Anne Sigmund (Acting) January 24, 2003 Anne Patterson (Acting) September 28, 2003 John Lange (Acting) August 3, 2004 Cameron Hume (Acting) August 23, 2004 Howard Krongard May 2, 2005 Harold Geisel (Acting) January 16, 2008 Steve Linick September 30, 2013 On leave: May 15, 2020 – June 14, 2020 Stephen Akard (Acting) May 15, 2020 Diana Shaw (Acting) August 7, 2020 Matthew Klimow (Acting) August 31, 2020 Diana Shaw (Acting) December 11, 2020 Sandra Lewis (Acting) April 5, 2024 Cardell K. Richardson Sr. May 20, 2024 Tennessee Valley Authority Officeholder Term start Richard Chambers (Acting) December 1, 2000 Donald Hickman (Acting) January 26, 2002 Richard Moore May 9, 2003 Jill Matthews (Acting) September 21, 2017 Ben Wagner June 6, 2022 Department of Transportation Officeholder Term start Frenk Sato May 10, 1979 Joseph Genovese (Acting) January 22, 1981 Joseph Welsch July 18, 1981 Joseph Genovese (Acting) January 1, 1986 John Melchner October 12, 1986 Raymond DeCarli (Acting) January 1, 1990 Mary Schiavo October 31, 1990 Mario Lauro (Acting) July 8, 1996 Joyce Fleischman (Acting) August 12, 1996 Kenneth Mead May 29, 1997 Todd Zinser (Acting) February 11, 2006 Calvin Scovel October 27, 2006 Mitch Behm (Acting) February 1, 2020 Skip Elliott (Acting) May 16, 2020 Eric J. Soskin January 11, 2021 Department of the Treasury Officeholder Term start Leon Wigrizer August 18, 1978 Eugene Essner (Acting) February 1, 1981 Paul Trause August 12, 1981 Emily Marwell (Acting) February 26, 1984 John Layton September 9, 1984 Michael Hill April 6, 1986 Acting: April 6, 1986 – April 16, 1989 Robert Cesca (Acting) June 1, 1989 Donald Kirkendall November 22, 1989 Robert Cesca (Acting) January 21, 1993 Valerie Lau October 11, 1994 Richard Calahan (Acting) February 9, 1998 David Williams October 26, 1998 Lawrence Rogers (Acting) May 17, 1999 Jeffrey Rush July 30, 1999 Dennis Schindel (Acting) April 3, 2004 Harold Damelin April 4, 2005 Dennis Schindel (Acting) April 30, 2007 Eric Thorson August 12, 2008 Rich Delmar (Acting) June 30, 2019 Troubled Asset Relief Program (Special) Officeholder Term start Neil Barofsky December 8, 2008 Christy Romero April 1, 2011 Acting: April 1, 2011 – February 1, 2012 Melissa Bruce (Acting) March 30, 2022 U.S. Information Agency Officeholder Term start Anthony Gabriel July 2, 1987 George Murphy August 6, 1990 Terence Shea (Acting) May 1, 1993 Marian Bennet November 28, 1993 Department of Veterans Affairs Officeholder Term start John Williams (Acting) November 9, 1977 Allan Reynolds May 1, 1979 Morris Silverstein (Acting) January 21, 1981 Frank Sato July 31, 1981 Renald Morani January 1, 1988 Stephen Trodden August 4, 1990 William Merriman (Acting) January 3, 1996 Richard Griffin November 11, 1997 Jon Wooditch (Acting) June 22, 2005 George Opfer November 17, 2005 Richard Griffin (Acting) January 1, 2014 Linda Halliday (Acting) July 6, 2015 Michael Missal May 2, 2016

Designated federal entity (DFE) inspectors general

Jurisdiction	Officeholder	Term start	Website
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC-OIG)	Clayton Fox	2023/24	ARC-OIG
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (CPPBSD-OIG)	Stefania Pozzi Porter	July 15, 2021 Acting: July 15, 2021 – October 13, 2022[61]	CPPBSD-OIG
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC-OIG)	Christopher Skinner	April 10, 2024[62]	CFTC-OIG
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC-OIG)	Christopher Dentel	January 9, 2003[63] Acting: January 9, 2003 – January 10, 2004	CPSC-OIG
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB-OIG)	Kimberly Howell	October 7, 2019[64]	CPB-OIG
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA-OIG)	Jeremy Kirkland	January 27, 2023 Acting: January 27, 2023 - June 3, 2023[65]	DIA-OIG
Denali Commission (DC-OIG)	Roderick Fillinger	January 19, 2020[66]	Denali OIG
Election Assistance Commission (EAC-OIG)	Sarah Dreyer (acting)	April 2024	EAC-OIG
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC-OIG)	Joyce Willoughby	July 3, 2022Acting: July 3, 2022 - March 12, 2023[67]	EEOC-OIG
Farm Credit Administration (FCA-OIG)	Wendy Laguarda	August 1, 2017[68]	FCA-OIG
Federal Election Commission (FEC-OIG)	Susan Ruge-Hudson	October 21, 2024[69]	FEC-OIG
Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA-OIG)	Dana Rooney	August 30, 2010[63]	FLRA-OIG
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC-OIG)	Jon Hatfield	August 12, 2013[63] Acting: August 12, 2013 – May 18, 2014	FMC-OIG
Federal Reserve Board and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (FRB-OIG)	Mark Bialek	July 25, 2011[63]	FRB-OIG
Federal Trade Commission (FTC-OIG)	Andrew Katsaros	June 8, 2018[70] Acting: June 8, 2018 – November 2018[71]	FTC-OIG
International Development Finance Corporation (DFC-OIG)	Anthony Zakel	August 20, 2020[72]	DFC-OIG
International Trade Commission (USITC-OIG)	Rashmi Bartlett	July 6, 2021[73]	USITC-OIG
Legal Services Corporation (LSC-OIG)	Thomas Yatsco	April 25, 2023[74]	LSC-OIG
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA-OIG)	Brett Baker	April 19, 2021 Acting: April 19, 2021 – July 23, 2021	NARA-OIG
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA-OIG)	Jim Hagen	June 1, 2013[63]	NCUA-OIG
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA-OIG)	Ron Stith	June 13, 2016[75]	NEA-OIG
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-OIG)	Laura Davis	January 30, 2011[63] Acting: January 30, 2011 – December 17, 2012	NEH-OIG
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA-OIG)	Michael Boehman	August 2024	NGA-OIG
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB-OIG)	Ruth Blevins	October 28, 2024[76]	NLRB-OIG
National Railroad Passenger Corporation	Kevin Winters	February 1, 2019[77]	Amtrak OIG
National Science Foundation (NSF-OIG)	Allison Lerner	April 27, 2009[63]	NSF-OIG
Peace Corps (PC-OIG)	Joaquin E. Ferrao	January 1, 2022Acting: January 1, 2022 - April 25, 2023	PC-OIG
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC-OIG)	Nicholas Novak	April 27, 2020 Acting: April 27, 2020 – February 17, 2021	PBGC-OIG
Postal Service and Postal Regulatory Commission (USPS-OIG)	Tammy Whitcomb Hull	February 19, 2016 Acting: February 19, 2016 – November 29, 2018	USPS-OIG
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC-OIG)	Deborah Jeffrey	May 7, 2023	SEC-OIG
Smithsonian Institution (SI-OIG)	Nicole Angarella	May 20, 2024[78]	SI-OIG

List of DFE IGs

DFE IG History[79][80]

Appalachian Regional Commission Officeholder Term start Hubert Sparks October 2, 1989 Clifford Jennings April 8, 2002 Hubert Sparks April 18, 2011 Philip Heneghan February 19, 2020 Clayton Fox 2023/24 Architect of the Capitol Officeholder Term start Carol Bates August 18, 2008 Kevin Mulshine September 8, 2013 Thomas Lehrich (Acting) December 2016 Christopher Failla April 17, 2017 Capitol Police Officeholder Term start Carl Hoecker July 10, 2006 Fay Ropella February 11, 2013 Acting: February 11, 2013 – August 11, 2013 Michael Bolton March 30, 2018 Acting: March 30, 2018 – January 20, 2019 Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Officeholder Term start Thomas Lehrich May 2017 Commodity Futures Trading Commission Officeholder Term start Nancy Wentzler September 24, 1989 Donald Smith (Acting) June 17, 1990 Roy Lavik October 7, 1990 Brett Baker (acting) May 17, 2023 Christopher Skinner April 10, 2024 Consumer Product Safety Commission Officeholder Term start Thomas Stein April 7, 1989 Acting: April 7, 1989 – January 19, 1990 Mary Wyles August 2, 1998 Acting: August 2, 1998 – February 7, 1999 Christopher Dentel January 9, 2003 Acting: January 9, 2003 – January 10, 2004 Corporation for Public Broadcasting Officeholder Term start Lester Latney April 17, 1989 Joe Arvizu February 16, 1997 Frederick Lau (Acting) May 26, 1998 Kenneth Konz November 9, 1998 Mary Mitchelson June 3, 2013 William Richardson (Acting) April 26, 2019 Kimberly Howell October 7, 2019 Denali Commission Officeholder Term start Michael Marsh December 22, 2006 David Sheppard (Acting) May 28, 2014 Roderick Fillinger 2014 Election Assistance Commission Officeholder Term start Roger LaRouche (Acting) August 9, 2005 Curtis Crider August 24, 2006 Roger LaRouche (Acting) September 30, 2015 Patricia Layfield February 22, 2016 Brianna Schletz October 14, 2021 Sarah Dreyer (Acting) April 2024 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Officeholder Term start William Miller January 4, 1989 Aletha Brown February 6, 1995 Acting: February 6, 1995 – July 28, 1996 Milton Mayo January 1, 2010 Acting: January 1, 2010 – June 22, 2011 Farm Credit Administration Officeholder Term start Eldon Stoehr January 22, 1989 Elizabeth Dean (Acting) December 16, 2000 Stephen Smith January 12, 2001 Elizabeth Dean (Acting) June 16, 2005 Carl Clinefelter July 10, 2005 Elizabeth Dean January 4, 2013 Acting: January 4, 2013 – June 19, 2013 Wendy Laguarda August 1, 2017 Federal Election Commission Officeholder Term start Craig Crooks (Acting) April 17, 1989 Lynne McFarland February 11, 1990 Cameron Thurber (Acting) March 1, 2017 Vacant November 9, 2018 Tony Baptiste (Acting) May 22, 2019 Christopher Skinner August 5, 2019 Michael Mitchell (Acting) April 2024 Susan Ruge-Hudson October 21, 2024 Federal Labor Relations Authority Officeholder Term start Paul Miller September 24, 1989 John Zielinski (Acting) April 15, 1994 William Tobey (Acting) April 30, 1994 John Suszko (Acting) May 23, 1994 William Tobey (Acting) October 30, 1994 Robert Andary May 7, 1995 William Tobey (Acting) July 20, 1997 Francine Eichler February 22, 1998 Charlie Center (Acting) January 3, 2010 Dana Rooney August 30, 2010 Federal Maritime Commission Officeholder Term start Tony Kominoth February 26, 1989 Bridgette Hicks (Acting) March 3, 2005 Adam Trzeciak April 16, 2006 Dana Rooney (Acting) January 22, 2013 Jon Hatfield August 12, 2013 Acting: August 12, 2013 – May 18, 2014 Federal Reserve Board Officeholder Term start Brent Bowen July 20, 1987 Barry Snyder June 1, 1998 Beth Coleman May 6, 2007 Mark Bialek July 25, 2011 Federal Trade Commission Officeholder Term start Frederick Zirkel June 6, 1989 Adam Trzeciak (Acting) February 1, 2005 Howard Sribnick May 30, 2005 John Seeba January 7, 2008 Scott Wilson August 13, 2012 Kelly Tshibaka (Acting) June 1, 2014 Roslyn Mazer March 29, 2015 Andrew Katsaros June 8, 2018 Acting: June 8, 2018 – November 2018 Government Accountability Office Officeholder Term start Francis Garcia January 19, 1986 Cathy Helm (Acting) December 29, 2012 Adam Trzeciak January 13, 2013 Government Publishing Office Officeholder Term start Joyce Blaylock March 10, 1985 Victor Bouril (acting) June 16, 1990 Lewis Small May 7, 1995 Thomas Muldoon (acting) January 6, 1997 Robert Andary November 9, 1997 Andrew Killgore (acting) February 7, 2003 Marc Nichols March 17, 2003 Greg Brower October 3, 2004 Anthony Ogden October 1, 2006 Michael Raponi November 21, 2011 Stephen Roy (acting) April 2018 Melinda Miguel July 12, 2018 James Ives (acting) January 8, 2019 Mike Leary April 24, 2019 House of Representatives Officeholder Term start John Lainhart November 14, 1993 – March 31, 1999 Steve McNamara March 13, 2000 – May 30, 2005 James Cornell March 2, 2006 – January 2, 2010 Terry Grafenstine January 2, 2010 – September 2017 Acting: January 2, 2010 – July 30, 2010 Michael Ptasienski September 2017 – present Acting: September 2017 – February 15, 2018 International Development Finance Corporation Officeholder Term start TBD International Trade Commission Officeholder Term start Jane Altenhofen April 17, 1989 Dev Jagadesan (acting) May 30, 1999 Kenneth Clark July 15, 2001 Jean Smith (acting) November 1, 2005 Vacant March 12, 2006 Jean Smith (acting) August 19, 2007 Vacant December 20, 2007 Judith Gwynn (acting) January 6, 2008 Antonio Baptiste (acting) August 17, 2009 Philip Heneghan December 6, 2009 Rhonda Turnbow (acting) March 1, 2020 Rashmi Bartlett July 6, 2021 Iraq Reconstruction (Special) Officeholder Term start Stuart Bowen January 20, 2004 Legal Services Corporation Officeholder Term start David Wilkinson September 5, 1989 Robert Holliday (Acting) September 6, 1991 Edouard Quatrevaux September 17, 1991 Leonard Koczur (Acting) December 2, 2000 Kirt West September 1, 2004 Dutch Merryman (Acting) September 16, 2007 Jeffrey Schanz March 3, 2008 Library of Congress Officeholder Term start Karl Schornagel March 12, 2001 Kurt Hyde July 28, 2014 Glenda B. Arrington June 20, 2023 Debbie Lehrich (Acting) 2023/24 Kimberly Benoit November 2024 National Archives and Records Administration Officeholder Term start Lawrence Oberg April 16, 1989 Debra Guentzel (Acting) November 9, 1992 Roberta Gross (Acting) January 10, 1993 Floyd Justice June 1, 1993 Robert Taylor (Acting) July 23, 1995 Kelly Sisario March 18, 1996 Ralph McNamara (Acting) July 4, 1999 Paul Brachfeld December 19, 1999 James Springs September 12, 2012 Acting: September 12, 2012 – March 23, 2015 Brett Baker April 19, 2021 Acting: April 19, 2021 - July 31, 2021 National Credit Union Administration Officeholder Term start Joan Perry March 23, 1989 Frank Thomas September 8, 1992 William DeSarno (Acting) July 8, 2002 Herbert Yolles October 21, 2002 William DeSarno April 1, 2005 Jim Hagen June 1, 2013 National Endowment for the Arts Officeholder Term start Leon Lilly April 9, 1989 Edward Johns October 15, 1995 Acting: October 15, 1995 – March 31, 1996 Daniel Shaw January 14, 2001 Acting: January 14, 2001 – March 25, 2001 Tonie Jones March 17, 2008 Michael Binder (Acting) December 28, 2015 Ron Stith June 13, 2016 National Endowment for the Humanities Officeholder Term start Sheldon Bernstein April 12, 1989 Laura Davis January 30, 2011 Acting: January 30, 2011 – December 17, 2012 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Officeholder Term start Cardell K. Richardson December 2017 Michael Boehman August 2024 National Labor Relations Board Officeholder Term start Bernard Levine November 7, 1989 John Higgins (Acting) July 25, 1994 Robert Allen September 23, 1996 Acting: September 23, 1996 – March 21, 1997 Aileen Armstrong May 18, 1998 Jane Altenhofen May 30, 1999 Vacant December 21, 2007 David Berry November 23, 2008 Kevin Thomas (Acting) 2024 Ruth Blevins October 28, 2024 National Railroad Passenger Corporation Officeholder Term start Fred Weiderhold April 3, 1989 Lorraine Green (Acting) June 17, 2009 Ted Alves November 5, 2009 Tom Howard February 4, 2014 Kevin Winters February 1, 2019 National Science Foundation Officeholder Term start Linda Sundro April 30, 1989 Philip Sunshine (Acting) April 12, 1998 Christine Boesz January 18, 2000 Allison Lerner April 27, 2009 Panama Canal Commission Officeholder Term start John Mathis April 16, 1989 Peter Liehr December 15, 1989 William Forbes January 4, 1997 Victor Diamond January 4, 1998 Peace Corps Officeholder Term start Gerard Roy January 23, 1989 John Hale (Acting) February 14, 1992 Michael Hill May 31, 1992 Michael Tully (Acting) February 9, 1993 Jeffrey Rush (Acting) February 21, 1993 Deborah Holt Kirk March 6, 1994 Charles Maddox April 30, 1995 Acting: April 30, 1995 – January 3, 1996 Charles Smith July 6, 1997 Acting: July 6, 1997 – August 2, 1998 David Kotz January 6, 2006 Kathy Buller May 25, 2008 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Officeholder Term start Wayne Poll April 24, 1989 Deborah Stover-Springer (Acting) June 1, 2002 Robert Emmons January 16, 2003 Deborah Stover-Springer (Acting) October 3, 2007 Rebecca Batts April 30, 2008 Deborah Stover-Springer (Acting) October 3, 2013 Bob Westbrooks May 2015 Nicholas Novak (Acting) April 27, 2020 Postal Regulatory Commission Officeholder Term start Jack Callender June 25, 2007 Postal Service Officeholder Term start Charles Clauson October 18, 1988 Kenneth Hunter September 5, 1992 Karla Corcoran January 4, 1997 David Williams August 20, 2003 Tammy Whitcomb Hull February 19, 2016 Acting: February 19, 2016 – November 29, 2018 Securities and Exchange Commission Officeholder Term start Walter Stachnik March 12, 1989 Nelson Egbert (acting) August 6, 2007 David Kotz December 5, 2007 Noelle Maloney (acting) January 30, 2012 Jon Rymer (acting) May 31, 2012 Carl Hoecker February 11, 2013 Smithsonian Institution Officeholder Term start John Fawsett (acting) April 17, 1989 Thomas Blair June 3, 1990 Debra Ritt March 7, 2005 Sprightley Ryan June 11, 2006 Acting: 2006–2007 Scott Dahl January 15, 2012 Cathy Helm July 14, 2014 Joan Mockeridge (Acting) September 3, 2023 Nicole Angarella May 20, 2024 Tennessee Valley Authority Officeholder Term start Norman Zigrossi January 25, 1986 George Prosser (acting) April 16, 1992 William Hinshaw May 4, 1992 George Prosser April 1, 1994 Robert Thompson (acting) August 22, 1999 George Prosser March 18, 2000

Legislative agency inspectors general

Jurisdiction	Officeholder	Term start	Website
Architect of the Capitol (AOC-OIG)	Christopher Failla	April 17, 2017	AOC-OIG
Capitol Police (USCP-OIG)	David T. Harper	February 5, 2024	USCP-OIG
Government Accountability Office (GAO-OIG)	L. Nancy Birnbaum	March 27, 2022[81]	GAO-OIG
Government Publishing Office (GPO-OIG)	Nathan Deahl	March 1, 2023 Acting: March 1, 2023 - June 28, 2023[82]	GPO-OIG
House of Representatives	Joseph C. Picolla	June 5, 2021 Acting: June 5, 2021 – April 24, 2022	House IG
Library of Congress (LOC-OIG)	Kimberly Benoit	November 2024	LOC-OIG

U.S. military

Within the United States Armed Forces, the position of inspector general is normally part of the personal staff serving a general or flag officer in a command position. The inspector general's office functions in two ways. To a certain degree they are ombudsmen for their branch of service. However, their primary function is to ensure the combat readiness of subordinate units in their command.

An armed services inspector general also investigates noncriminal allegations and some specific criminal allegations, to include determining if the matter should be referred for criminal investigation by the service's criminal investigative agency.

The Air Force Inspector General Complaints Program was established to address the concerns of Air Force active duty, reserve, and Guard members, civilian employees, family members, and retirees, as well as the interest of the Air Force. One of the first responsibilities of the Air Force inspector general is to operate a credible complaints program that investigates personnel complaints: Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) allegations; congressional inquiries; and issues involving the Air Force mission. Personnel complaints and FWA disclosures to the IG help commanders correct problems that affect the productivity, mission accomplishment, and morale of assigned personnel, which are areas of high concern to Air Force leaders at all levels.^[83]

Jurisdiction	Officeholder	Term start	Website
United States Air Force (DAF/IG)	Stephen L. Davis	March 2, 2022	USAF-OIG
United States Army (DAIG)	LTG Donna W. Martin	September 2, 2021	DAIG
United States Navy (NAVINSGEN)	John V. Fuller	June 11, 2021	NAVINSGEN

Former

• ACTION
• Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (concurrent with State Department)
• Coalition Provisional Authority
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• U.S. Information Agency
• Iraq Reconstruction (Special)
• Panama Canal Commission
• Resolution Trust Corporation
• Troubled Asset Relief Program (Special)

Review boards

• Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
• Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute enforcement

HHS-OIG develops and distributes resources to assist the health care industry in its efforts to comply with the nation's fraud and abuse laws and to educate the public about fraudulent schemes so that it can protect itself and report suspicious activities.^[2]

As of 2015, HHS-OIG had targeted hospitals and healthcare systems for Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute violations pertaining to the management of physician compensation arrangements.^[84] In 2015, a fraud alert was issued to publicize the OIG's intent to further regulate such non-compliance.^[85] In light of such efforts and consequent record-breaking settlements, healthcare experts have begun to call for the transition from paper-based physician time logging and contract management to automated solutions.^[86]

Reception

Support

Glenn Fine argues that Inspector Generals save taxpayers billions of dollars a year and have the potential to save much more if given more resources and independence, as well as more independent oversight of the Inspector Generals.^[87][88] He also argues that the Supreme Court of the United States, along with every institution, needs an independent and nonpartisan inspector generals.^[88]

Criticism

Inspectors general have also been criticized for being ineffective and persecuting whistleblowers rather than protecting them. In a 2011 article by Matt Taibbi, SEC whistleblowers said that complaining to the SEC OIG was "well-known to be a career-killer".^{[89][better source needed]}

In the Thomas Andrews Drake case, some complainants to the Pentagon's OIG over NSA's Trailblazer Project were later raided by the FBI and threatened with criminal prosecution.^{[90][needs update]}

See also

• United States portal
• Politics portal

• 2020 dismissal of inspectors general
• Corruption Perceptions Index
• Federal law enforcement in the United States
• Independent agencies of the United States government

Explanatory notes

1. Redacted version of the DoD Inspector General audit, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the Project on Government Oversight and others.^[16][17]

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Further reading

• Fine, Glenn A. (2024). Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government (First hardcover ed.). Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813952468. OCLC 1425947853.
• Hilliard, Nadia (2017). The Accountability State: US Federal Inspectors General and the Pursuit of Democratic Integrity. Studies in Government and Public Policy. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700623976. JSTOR j.ctt1p6qpbk. OCLC 1005678179.

External links

• Official website
• Inspector General Vacancy Tracker by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency