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On January 24, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the immediate firing of at least 17 inspectors general across various federal government agencies. The late-night mass dismissal has raised significant concerns about government oversight, accountability, and potential legal violations, and was called a "Friday night coup", "Friday night purge", "midnight purge" [1] or "illegal ...
In April and May 2020, United States President Donald Trump dismissed the inspectors general (IGs) of five cabinet departments in the space of six weeks. [1] [2] The inspectors general removed were Michael K. Atkinson, Intelligence, on April 3; Glenn Fine (acting), Defense, April 7; Christi Grimm (acting), Health and Human Services, May 1; Mitch Behm (acting), Transportation, May 15; and Steve ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (DOT OIG) is one of the Inspector General offices created by the Inspector General Act of 1978.The Inspector General for the Department of Transportation, like the Inspectors General of other federal departments and agencies, is charged with monitoring and auditing department programs to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.
The Interior Department overpaid dozens of employees to the tune of up to $400,000 of taxpayer money after the fed workers improperly claimed to be based in the DC area -- but were actually ...
Eric K. Little is a United States Army major general who serves at the National Guard Bureau in Washington DC as the special assistant to the chief, National Guard Bureau. He previously served Director of Manpower and Personnel before being fired in August 2023 after substantiated complaints of rampant sexism. [1]
The Trump administration eventually released the complaint [16] [17] following demands for its release from the Senate [25] and House. [26] The complaint prompted the launch of a House impeachment inquiry against Trump. [27] The whistleblower complaint brought public attention to Atkinson, who previously was a little-known official. [11]
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is responsible for conducting nearly all of the investigations of DOJ employees and programs. The office has several hundred employees, reporting to the Inspector General. Michael E. Horowitz has held the post since 2012. [1] [2]
H. David Kotz, [1] [2] also known as Harold David Kotz (born June 24, 1966), is a managing director at Berkeley Research Group. [1] [2] While Inspector General at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Kotz investigated why the SEC failed to detect the $19 billion Madoff fraud.