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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (VA OIG) is one of the Inspector General offices created by the Inspector General Act of 1978. [1] The Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs is charged with investigating and auditing department programs to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.
In 2023, the VCL received criticism in a report from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The report detailed the case of an unidentified veteran with a previous history of PTSD and other mental health concerns that died by suicide after a call with the VCL due to improper risk assessment.
An investigation of delays in treatment throughout the Veterans Health Administration system is being conducted by the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General, [2] [3] [4] and the House has passed legislation to fund a $1 million criminal investigation by the Justice Department. [5]
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 ...
The Inspector General Act of 1978 mandated many federal departments to create Offices of Inspector General. The Act imposed a requirement on inspectors general to report both to their agency heads and to Congress. The Inspector General of the Department of State was one of the last federal OIGs to be created. [5]
The Department of Defense Inspector General was established in 1982. The mission of DoD IG; as established by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, (5 U.S.C. Appendix); and implemented by DoD Directive 5106.01, "Inspector General of the Department of Defense", is to serve as an independent and objective office in DoD to:
The individuals affected came from positions in the Pentagon, departments of State, Veterans Affairs and Interior. [10] [11] Trump did not provide Congress with 30 days’ advance notice or a written explanation of the rationale behind the firing, as required by the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Securing Inspectors General Act of 2022. [12]
OIG accomplishments are reported in semiannual reports to the Congress. [2] OIG’s published plans and reports, [3] testimony, [4] and press releases [5] are available on its Web site. [6] The underlying law laying out the OIG's authority, responsibility, and reporting requirements is the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. [7]