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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 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]
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.
Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense: Reports to: Secretary of the Army Chief of Staff of the Army: Seat: The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia: Appointer: The President with Senate advice and consent: Term length: 4 years: Constituting instrument: 10 U.S.C. § 7020: Precursor: Inspector-General of the Cavalry of the United ...
Last year, Trump's predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, fired the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, after an investigation found the official had created a hostile work environment.
Former President Biden fired the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Martin Dickman after a probe over a hostile work environment, The Hill reported in late March last year.
Cardell Richardson Sr. – Inspector General of the State Department; Christi Grimm – Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Missal, VA IG [10] Paul K. Martin, USAID IG (fired February 11, 2025) [11] The Department of Justice Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, former CIGIE chair, [12] was reportedly ...
An inspector general’s office is intended to operate independently. Partly in reaction to Trump’s last IG firings, Congress built new guardrails intended to protect them.