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 ...

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 ...

the Treasury’s deputy inspector general, wrote in a letter. “We expect to begin our fieldwork immediately,” Sciburba wrote. “Given the breadth of this effort, the audit will likely not be ...

US President Donald Trump has fired USAID inspector general Paul Martin, a day after his office criticized the administration’s aid freeze. The report warned of $489 million in food aid at risk ...

The IG’s case adds to a pile of challenges from government workers the Trump administration has removed from various posts — especially those in independent or non-political roles. The ...

The former inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Michael Missal, is a part of the lawsuit, and he told CBS News, “My only guess could be they’re trying to impact the ...

Paul Martin, who had served as the inspector general since 2023, was informed by a White House official via email Tuesday that his termination was “effective immediately.” Martin wasn’t ...

In comparison, Judge Reyes said, Mr. Trump needs only to provide Congress with 30 days’ notice and a written explanation to remove an inspector general. She added that even if she had ...

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg delivered a memo to members of the City Council outlining investigations she claims the city’s corporation counsel has impeded by improperly asserting attorney ...

This is no doubt. The statute isn't just a technicality, it's a key protection of IG independence is what it is," Ware told MSNBC’s "Ana Cabrera Reports" back in January. White House Press ...

They were created when President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Inspector General Act of 1978. Carter described the role of inspectors general then as “perhaps the most important new tools in ...