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A European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) is a type of legal entity of the European corporate law created on 25 July 1985 under European Community (EC) Council Regulation 2137/85. [1] It is designed to make it easier for companies in different countries to do business together, or to form consortia to take part in EU programmes.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General (DOE OIG) is an Inspector General office created by the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977. [2] The Inspector General for the Department of Energy is charged with investigating and auditing department programs to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.
[1] [2] The OIG conducts independent investigations, audits, inspections, and special reviews of United States Department of Justice personnel and programs. The OIG completes these tasks to detect and deter waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct, and to promote integrity, economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in Department of Justice operations.
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]
The CIA OIG investigation of the Iran Contra scandal was criticized in the final report of the Congressional investigation of the Iran-Contra affair. [3] Members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (especially Boren, Cohen, Specter, and Glenn) wrestled with how to improve the IG while not interfering with the work of the CIA.
The Oxford SU announced in 2022 that they would be continuing their three-year boycott against the NSS, claiming to 'fight against the marketisation of students.' In a statement, the SU argued that 'the NSS ranks universities against each other, creating a competitive market of education and turning students into passive consumers.
[1] The main purpose of the OIG is to investigate corruption in New Orleans and to trim costs as much as possible. To that end, the OIG claims that it has identified $95 million in potential savings and generated $13.2 million from 2009 to 2016, while costing the city $29 million in that time. [2]
The Department of Defense Inspector General Distinguished Service Award is the highest civilian award given by the United States Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General.