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The Inspector General Act of 1978 is a United States federal law (92 Stat. 1101) defining a standard set of Inspector General offices across several specified departments of the U.S. federal government. The Act specifically creates Inspector General positions and offices in more than a dozen specific departments and agencies.
Experts have raised concerns that the dismissals may violate the Inspector General Act of 1978, which stipulates the process for the removal of inspectors general. Hannibal Ware , the Inspector General for the Small Business Administration, sent a letter to the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, urging them to reconsider the decision ...
The Inspector General Act of 1978 [13] created 12 departmental inspectors general. ... James Cornell March 2, 2006 – January 2, 2010 Terry Grafenstine
The Inspector General Act lays out several requirements for inspectors general: the president shall appoint IGs “without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity and ...
Speaking on Reagan’s removals, Rep. L.H. Fountain (D-N.C.), a chief sponsor of the Inspector General Act, said “it was never intended” for inspectors general to “be automatically replaced ...
The U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General (DOC OIG) is one of the Inspector General offices created by the Inspector General Act of 1978. [1] The Inspector General for the Department of Commerce is charged with investigating and auditing department programs to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. [1]
MORE: Inspector general vacancies after Trump firings draw questions about agency oversight. Trump attempted to fire 17 inspectors general during his first week in office, sending a two-sentence ...
The CIGIE is composed of all federal U.S. Inspectors General whose offices are established under section 2 or section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 [6] (5 U.S.C. App.), those that are presidentially-appointed with Senate confirmation and those that are appointed by agency heads (designated federal entities).