Atlanta inspector general resigns citing retaliation, city council approves changes to office
The city IG, Shannon K. Manigault, spoke hours before the City Council approved a bill that would restructure oversight of ...
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What is an inspector general and what do they do?
On October 12, 1978, Congress passed the Inspector General Act, which established twelve Federal Offices of Inspector General tasked with rooting out fraud and waste and providing non-partisan ...
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Trump fires USAID inspector general who released report on impact of agency cuts
Washington — President Trump fired the inspector general for the United States Agency for International Development on Tuesday, one day after he released a report detailing the impact of the ...
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Senate Dems slam USAID inspector general’s firing as doing more harm than good on curbing waste
A pair of Senate Democrats slammed President Trump’s firing of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) inspector general, calling on the administration to bring him back along with ...
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Trump fires USAID inspector general one day after blistering report
The White House fired the independent inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday evening, a day after his office issued a blistering report assessing the impact ...
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The retaliatory firing of USAID’s inspector general is a travesty
On Monday, USAID Inspector General Paul Martin did precisely what inspectors general are charged with doing. His office made public the results of an independent analysis designed to promote ...
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Orleans Parish Inspector General accused of racist and sexist views, creating bias investigations
On Tuesday, the advocacy group New Orleans United Front demanded transparency and accountability after accusing New Orleans Inspector General Ed Michel of racist and political bias. They brought ...
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Trump fires USAID inspector general after report critical of funding freeze
To fire IGs, in other words, is to open the door to abuses. (The inspector general at the U.S. Department of Agriculture was, among other things, investigating an Elon Musk startup. When she ...
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Inspector general for Defense Department among more than a dozen fired by Trump
WASHINGTON — Robert Storch, the inspector general at the Defense Department, was among more than a dozen IGs at federal agencies fired by President Donald Trump “It’s a very common thing to ...
Politico9d
Trump fires USAID’s inspector general after report critical of funding freeze
The Trump administration fired the inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday — a day after he put out a report criticizing the foreign aid freeze, a USAID ...
Fox News25d
Inspector general dismissed by Trump calls mass firings a threat to democracy
A former inspector general (IG) who was dismissed on Friday said President Donald Trump's decision to fire 17 independent watchdogs at various federal agencies constitutes a "threat to democracy ...
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USAID inspector general fired days after publishing report critical of aid pause
The White House has fired the inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Fox News has learned. USAID Inspector General Paul Martin was fired Tuesday, though rather ...